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  • Nikola’s New CEO Announces Hydrogen Truck Deliveries, Stock Rebounds

    Image: Nikola The Nikola TRE fuel cell electric vehicle, according to Nikola CEO Steve Girsky, is on track for delivery to dealers by the end of this month or early next month. Ram Recalls 1.4 Million Pickup Trucks for Tailgates That Can Fly Open While Driving The electrified truck company announced on Thursday that its…

  • Electric Vehicle Sales Are Increasing Exponentially: Report

    Do you ever feel like you’re constantly hearing about electric vehicles? It turns out, there’s a good reason for that — people keep buying them. Every year, EVs make up a higher percentage of vehicles as a whole than ever before. Now, according to a new report from Bloomberg, the march of the EV is…

  • Trump Seeks UAW Support With Anti-EV Stance

    In the middle of the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, on the brink of maybe the largest UAW strike in history, and embroiled in a somewhat messy electric vehicle production ramp-up nationwide, former President and Fulton County co-defendant Donald Trump took to social media to bash EVs and Biden in hopes of gaining…

  • The Biden Administration Wants To Spend $100 Million To Fix The Country’s Broken EV Chargers

    Image: Mike McCleary (AP) EV charging in this country still sucks. From too much tech to simply being unreliable, there’s still no practical incentive to buy an EV. No matter how many tax discounts the government can offer, no one wants a car that they can’t charge because all their local infrastructure is broken. Thankfully,…

  • California Is Ending One Of Its EV Rebate Programs To Focus On Low Income Drivers

    One of California’s programs designed to get buyers into EVs is ending. Southern California’s The Daily Bulletin reports that the long-running Clean Vehicle Rebate Project is ending when it runs out of funds at the end of the year so the state can focus on low-income drivers. Feds Want To Stop Shady Car Sales The…

  • Mercedes Will Build A Mini Electric G-Wagen For The U.S.

    Good morning! It’s Friday, September 8, 2023, and this is The Morning Shift, your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. Here are the important stories you need to know. What Recession? Car Companies Insist Everything Is Fine 1st Gear: Mercedes Minimizes The G-Wagen When Mercedes unveiled the…

  • EV Gender Gap Suggests Men Want Novelty, Women Want Value: Report

    Despite EVs gaining wider acceptance in the U.S. market, a trend seems to be emerging among buyers based on gender. Men are far more likely to buy EVs than women, according to Edmunds. The reasons go beyond early adopter syndrome and have more to do with the nature of car buying, which is based on emotion.…

  • EV Adoption Varies Widely From State To State

    Good morning! It’s Tuesday, September 5, 2023, and this is The Morning Shift, your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. Here are the important stories you need to know. New York Joins California, Banning Non-Electric Vehicles After 2035 1st Gear: EV Adoption Varies Greatly State-By-State It would…

  • Rivian CEO Mocks People Who Buy Gas Cars

    The EV transition is happening, whether you like it or not. It won’t be an overnight process — we keep our cars around for 12.5 years on average, and it’ll take longer than that to entirely cycle out America’s internal combustion fleet — but Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe sees that change coming sooner rather than…

  • EVs Are Only Environmentally Friendly If You Drive A Lot: Report

    There’s no question that EVs are better for the environment as far as tailpipe emissions go, but research suggests that the production of batteries poses a problem when comparing EVs and ICE-equipped cars. In order for EVs to be environmentally beneficial, drivers must pass a certain mileage threshold, but many U.S. households are not driving…