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Plug-In Hybrid Sales Surpassing EVs
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.
2005 Pontiac GTO: The Ultimate Sleeper Car of the Mid-2000s
When GM reintroduced the Pontiac GTO for the 2004 model year, it was a big deal, and yet, at the same time, it somehow wasn’t. It had the same name as the original American muscle car, but it was actually based on the Australian-market Holden Monaro, and its styling could probably best be described as “understated.”…
Best Trucks and Vans Not Available in the U.S. Market
There are so many great cars available in other markets that we don’t get here in the U.S. because of our own silly protectionist laws. There are plenty of market forces preventing the above Citroën Berlingo from being sold here, but specifically because it is a cargo van, it receives a 25 percent tariff.
Weekend Quotes of the Day March 16, 2024 | Giga Gears
A few weeks ago we talked about cars that looked dumb, but that doesn’t necessarily mean their owners are dummies themselves. That got me thinking: What cars are only driven by idiots? What cars are driven by the sort of people who can only breathe with their mouths wide open and their knuckles dragging on the ground?…
Consumer Reports: Tesla’s Updated Autopilot Still Lacks Safety, Says Giga Gears
Tesla was forced to recall nearly two million cars in the U.S. in December after the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration determined that its Autopilot driver assistance system could be abused too easily. Right out of the gate, experts were skeptical that Tesla would actually fix the problems the NHTSA had…