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Image: WinnebagoWinnebago, yes that Winnebago, is jumping onboard the electric vehicle bandwagon in a big way. This week at the RV Super Show in Tampa, Fla. the company unveiled the e-RV, what it is calling the first all-electric zero emission motorhome concept. You can look at it and instantly tell that it’s Ford Transit-based, which makes sense…

There are shock claims transport workers are being forced to drive trucks and buses while infected with COVID-19.It comes after more than two thousand workers in freight, logistics, distribution centres, passenger transport, waste, food delivery and aviation completed a survey.Watch the video above for more on these shocking COVID claimsIt found…

Photo: ExxonMobilFord says it thinks it will make billions on its Rivian investment, GM dealers are getting a bunch of slow chargers, and “responsibly sourced gas.”All that and more in The Morning Shift for January 19, 2022.1st Gear: It’s Come To This: ‘Responsibly-Sourced Gas’This is like the fossil fuel equivalent of trying to sell people on the…

Are self-driving cars a fad you wish would just die? Photo: Jeff Kowalsky / Contributor (Getty Images)The automotive world is a fickle space. One day you might be the biggest fish in the tank, and the next you’re being served up as someone’s dinner. It’s safe to say that trends come and go in the car world almost as quickly as fresh fish at a sushi…

Photo: Joe Raedle (Getty Images)We may sound like a broken record, but something else just hit a record high price – rental cars. And as with everything as of late, it isn’t getting better anytime soon.The price of a daily rental has nearly doubled since December 2019. Back then, it was an average of $46. A small number compared to December 2021 –…

Photo: Stefani Renyolds (Getty Images)Major airline operators across the U.S. can breathe a sigh of relief – at least for now. Verizon and AT&T are changing their plans for 5G cell phone signal rollouts near airports around the country.It’s in an attempt to quell concerns their equipment would interfere with airplane equipment once the services…

Image: FordFord has partnered with online financial services company Stripe, to handle payment processing for the automaker for things like vehicle reservations and the unfortunate future: subscriptions, Automotive News reports.Ford says its dealers offering Stripe Connect as a payment platform will allow the company to “scale new services that…

Photo: Getty Images (Getty Images)Stellantis’s stock is a year old, Elon Musk is going to Germany, and Toyota. All that and more in The Morning Shift for January 18, 2022.1st Gear: StellantisA year and a half ago Fiat Chrysler and Peugeot announced that they were merging to form a new company called Stellantis, and we all had a good laugh, because…

Consumer confidence has slumped due to the rapid spread of the COVID-19 Omicron variant and the immense strain this has put on testing facilities, as retail spending slowed in the first few weeks of the year.Prior to the Omicron outbreak, where tens of thousands of Australians were infected each day and fatalities spiked, the economy was rebounding…

Photo: MercedesWhat do you think the average price of a new luxury car was in December? If you guessed $64,864, you are right. That, according to Bloomberg, is over $20,000 more than the $43,072 average for a “non-luxury vehicle,” which is still very high. More interestingly, though, Bloomberg also says that, increasingly, luxury cars are a bigger…