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Ford’s Q2 Warranty Costs Increase by $800M | Giga Gears
Good morning! It’s Thursday, July 25, 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.
GM Cuts Electric Car Targets by 50,000 Amid Slow EV Growth
Good morning! It’s Monday, July 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.
Elvis’ Jet, Ford Maverick Shifter, and Japanese Car Culture in This Week’s Culture Roundup
Elvis Presley had quite the collection of vehicles, including a 1974 Cadillac Fleetwood, a De Tomaso Pantera and a Stutz Blackhawk. He also had an old private jet that sat rusting away for several decades before a YouTuber swept in and saved it from the scrapheap. Instead of returning it to the skies, they did the…
Ford Invests $3 Billion in New Trucks Following Small EV Delay | Giga Gears
Ford is investing $3 billion to build more of its extremely profitable F-Series Super Duty pickup trucks at a plant in Ontario, Canada that was previously earmarked to build an electric crossover. The plant is set to be opened in 2026, and it will employ 1,800 workers to build the large work trucks. The move will add…
North Carolina’s $96 Million Investment in VinFast Factory at Risk | Giga Gears
North Carolina cut a deal with VinFast in 2022 to provide one of the largest incentives packages in state history to coax Vietnamese electric automaker VinFast to build its U.S. headquarters and production facility in Chatham County. For a little over $1.25 billion in benefits provided by the state, VinFast claims it…