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Norwegian Union Halts Tesla Exports to Sweden
Norway’s largest private sector union is considering blocking the shipping of any Tesla car bound for the Swedish market. The Fellesforbundet (United Federation of Trade Unions) could start its blockade of the electric automaker’s vehicles as early as December 20, Reuters reports. The Norwegian union aims to help…
Elon Musk’s Oversight: Problems on Earth Could Haunt Him on Mars
For at least the last decade, Elon Musk has been obsessed with the rapid advancement of artificial intelligence. Almost as obsessed as he is with escaping the shackles of Earth to live on Mars. According to reports from the time, Musk was afraid that artificial general intelligence was going to advance to a point that…
Tesla Cybertruck Delivery Starts Today… Kind of | Giga Gears
Good morning! It’s Thursday, November 30, 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.
Top News Stories of the Week: December 02, 2023 by Jalopnik | Giga Gears
Police identified the driver and passenger of the fiery crash at the Niagara Falls, New York border on November 22 as Kurt P. Villani and his passenger and wife Monica Villani. The couple were driving in a 2022 Bentley Flying Spur that exploded when it crashed into a border checkpoint. Read More
Why Do Cars Have Many Gears? Top Car Culture Stories | Giga Gears
I came across a bit of commentary on the website Slate.com that was mostly about last week’s Bentley crash at the Rainbow Bridge, and it contained the following: “Why would an automaker manufacture a car with so much engine power that it requires an eight-speed transmission? The obvious answer is: because people pay a…