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JANUARY 5, 2024

The future of personal transportation, cars and trucks and bikes and scooters , is electric. We know this now, and we’ve known it for some time, but automakers, despite all that knowledge, have dragged their feet on actually producing electric cars. Read more.

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Jalopnik

JULY 5, 2023

Nikola, the company reported on Wednesday , sold 66 trucks in the second quarter of 2023,… Read more. What follows is your irregular check in on the state of Nikola, an EV semi startup whose founder got in quite a lot of trouble with the authorities but whose company is still somehow alive and kicking, and still publicly traded.

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Jalopnik

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Just over 10 percent of Canadian new car buyers this year chose to buy a battery electric or plug-in hybrid electric vehicle. million new cars, trucks, and SUVs… Read more. According to CTV , the exact number is 10.3 The Canadian market is relatively small, as the massive frigid country is expected to purchase around 1.63

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Jalopnik

JANUARY 4, 2024

This isn’t the first time Ford has toyed with the pricing for its electric pickup truck , but with its biggest competitor, the Tesla Cybertruck , still undergoing countless delays and still more expensive… Read more. Ford has confirmed that it’s going to be raising prices for its base-model 2024 F-150 Lightning by roughly $5,000.

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AutoSuccess

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Best Compact Truck: 2024 Ford Maverick Ford didn’t invent the compact pickup; they just reminded everyone how much Americans missed having the option. Its compact size easily slips into parking spaces often too small for a full-size truck, and its lower ride height means loading the bed doesn’t require body-builder-size arms.

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Jalopnik

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Electric vehicle makers are in a tight spot right now, with sales struggling to the extent that Ford is even considering cutting a shift at the factory that assembles its F-150 Lightning electric pickup truck.

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Jalopnik

APRIL 3, 2024

Despite some of the things you may read online, demand for electric cars both in the U.S. While many new EVs are big hulking trucks and… Read more. and globally is at an all-time high, and sales are increasing exponentially. More than one million EVs were sold here in 2023 , and the price premium versus gas cars is lessening.

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Jalopnik

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

A 663 horsepower Range-Extended Electric Truck coming in 2025.

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Jalopnik

APRIL 1, 2024

Two facts about the automotive world are immutable: Americans love pickup trucks , and the future requires drastic reductions in the environmental harm caused by passenger cars. Automakers, seeing these two truths, slapped them together and started selling massive, hulking EV pickups with six-figure price tags. Turns… Read more.

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Jalopnik

OCTOBER 2, 2023

The Irvine, California-based electric automaker reported third-quarter deliveries above what analysts were estimating. At the same time, it’s ramping up production to meet steady demand for its R1T pickup truck and R1S SUV , according to Reuters. Rivian is having a nice little time right now. Read more.

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Jalopnik

APRIL 30, 2024

Starting in 2029, all new cars and trucks sold in the U.S. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration made a bold move on Monday to notify automakers that within five years they will all be mandated to include technology in cars that is already widespread, if not 100 percent adopted. market will be required to… Read more.

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Jalopnik

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Just a little over a month out from the event, Tesla still has not finalized pricing for the truck. Tesla has said the first deliveries of its long-awaited Cybertruck will begin November 30 at its Giga Texas facility, with actual production to begin in 2025. Some who have ordered Cybertrucks claim to have been… Read more.

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Jalopnik

OCTOBER 19, 2023

After missing yet another deadline for the Tesla Cybertruck to actually launch, company boss Elon Musk has come out to set the mood ahead of the electric pickup’s eventual rollout. In a Tesla earnings call last night, Musk explained the challenges the EV maker has faced bringing the angular Cybertruck to fruition and… Read more.

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Jalopnik

OCTOBER 25, 2023

are mostly oversized SUVs and trucks , the best-selling EV in Japan is the small, light, cheap, too-cute-for-life Nissan Sakura kei-car. While EV options in the U.S. Read more.

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Jalopnik

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Mercedes-Benz electric vehicles are spending nearly three months sitting on dealer lots. Data shows that it took Mercedes dealers an average of 82 days to sell the automaker’s battery-powered EQ models , according to Automotive News. Read more.

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Jalopnik

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Rivian finally started offering leases for its electric R1T pickup in 14 states on Monday, and these leases are eligible for the full $7500 federal EV lease credit – in contrast to the $3750 credit that Rivian buyers are eligible for. Read more.

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Jalopnik

DECEMBER 27, 2023

However, pickup trucks and SUVs continue to… Read more. The Environmental Protection Agency’s annual report on automotive trends in the United States illustrates a strange landscape. At a nationwide average of 26 miles per gallon, fuel economy has never been better. Vehicle carbon dioxide emissions are also at an all-time low.

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Brake & Front End

JUNE 30, 2023

Managed by the new Stellantis Charging and Energy Business Unit, Free2move Charge addresses electric vehicle customer needs at home, in their business and on-the-go. “As Free2move Charge Home delivers private customers support with installation, financing and warranty of home charging and other energy hardware and services.

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Jalopnik

APRIL 1, 2024

Good morning! It’s Monday, April 1, 2024, 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. Read more.

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Jalopnik

MARCH 22, 2024

Good morning! It’s Friday, March 22, 2024, 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. Read more.

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Jalopnik

APRIL 3, 2024

Good morning! It’s Wednesday, April 3, 2024, 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. Read more.

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Jalopnik

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Ford, like other automakers, have gone all in on EVs to the tune of billions of dollars. That gamble hasn’t quite played out like Ford expected it to however. EVs sales have slowed and inventories of once popular models like the Mustang Mach-E and F-150 Lightning have caused the automaker to slash prices and offer… Read more.

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Jalopnik

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Amid a one-two punch of an industry-wide sales slowdown for EVs and struggles to get production of its own EV under control, GM went and did something surprising: the company listened. Mere days after calls from its dealerships for hybrids, GM CEO Marry Barra announced the company would be bringing back hybrids in a… Read more.

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Jalopnik

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Toyota’s all-new Tacoma is expecting to hit dealer lots this month as they slowly trickle out of the factory. As of this writing, there are less than ten 2024 Tacoma’s for sale in the whole country. While the majority of those don’t have prices listed yet—presumably because the dealer wants to tell you how much the… Read more.

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Jalopnik

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Good morning! It’s Thursday, November 16, 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. Read more.

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Jalopnik

JULY 6, 2023

Ford dropped a bombshell when it introduced the Maverick. Here was a smallish pickup with a hybrid engine that the company was going to sell for just over $20,000. We couldn’t believe it. Fast forward a couple of years, and Ford bit off more than they could chew. An insane customer response combined with supply chain… Read more.

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Jalopnik

DECEMBER 9, 2023

Here we present our weekly Jalopnik series that recaps the latest in news. We’ve showcased our most read offerings as well as some you may have missed. Read more.

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Jalopnik

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Good morning! It’s Wednesday, November 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. Read more.

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Jalopnik

MAY 6, 2024

Good morning! It’s Monday, May 6, 2024, 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. Read more.

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Jalopnik

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Good morning! It’s Thursday, February 15, 2024, 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. Read more.

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