GM Dealers Want Hybrids For Customers Who Aren’t Ready For EVs
GM is all in on electric vehicles. Through 2025, the company plans to spend some $35 billion on bringing more EVs to market. While that plan has had a bit …
Toyota
Activist Group Fools Journalists With AI Hoax Criticizing Toyota’s Anti-EV Views
Some members of the automotive press were bamboozled by a Toyota press release and accompanying conference last week. The story was that, in order to promote the company’s electrified offerings, …
The Suzuki Jimny Is So Good Even Akio Toyoda Loves It
Toyota chairman Akio Toyoda revealed a stable of his favorite cars at the 2024 Tokyo Auto Salon. As you’d expect, four of the six vehicles onstage at the car show …
Toyota Knows What It Has; Will Certify 125,000-Mile Pre-Owned Cars
Photo: Carsfera / Wikimedia Commons Toyota has expanded its certified pre-owned program requirements to include vehicles that are up to 10 model years old and have up to 125,000 miles. …
Daihatsu recalls 320,000 cars and extends factory halt
Carmaker Daihatsu recalled more than 320,000 vehicles and extended a factory shutdown on Wednesday, deepening troubles sparked by a major safety testing scandal last month. The Toyota-owned firm notified the …
BMW Is Looking To Mimic Tesla’s Robot Workers
Happy Thursday! It’s January 18, 2024, and this is The Morning Shift — your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, all in one place. Here …
Only zero-emission cars can help tackle air pollution, reduce oil imports: Tata Motors
Only zero emission cars can contribute towards a reduction in air pollution, cutting burgeoning fuel imports and attaining net zero targets, according to Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles Managing Director Shailesh …
The First TRX Was A Dodge Dakota Pickup Truck
The Ram TRX was a ridiculous vehicle. Who actually needs a 702-horsepower, 6,000+ pound performance off-road pickup that gets just under 11 mpg? No one, of course, but we loved …
tata motors: Tata Motors urges govt to keep hybrid tax as Toyota seeks cut
India’s top electric car maker Tata Motors is urging the government not to cut taxes on hybrid cars as they are more polluting than pure electrics, countering calls from Toyota …
Team Kicks Off 31,000-Mile Road Trip From The North Pole To The South Pole And Back Again
On a cold, blustery Friday in Detroit, members of the Explorer’s Club Transglobal Car Expedition paused on their around the world road trip to take in the Motor City. The …