The Morning Shift

Carmakers should probably read the room on paid over-the-air software services

Real competition is starting to arrive but Tesla thinks it has answers for now

Proposed rules would give consumers access to battery life info, but not before 2026.

All that and more in The Morning Shift for June 8, 2021.

GM made just the right car, at just the right price, with just enough range, in just the right place, at just the…

Tesla is facing yet more headwinds in the biggest car market in the world, Ford is now making more of the other Musta…

The used car market has overheated, Volvo is doing well, and EV startups are not. All that and more in The Morning…

The simplest and most genius-brain solution to charging times and range with EVs isn’t one you’ll find in America.…

It’s a great time to be a dealer, Teslas cost more because materials cost more, and Joe Biden. All that and more in T…

Some Japanese carmakers haven’t experienced the worst of the semiconductor shortage yet, Tesla’s faith in China…

Hyundai is making its electric move, Congress is trying to fix the EV subsidy, and Mazda. All that and more in The…

I don’t know how much we should ever believe anything Tesla says until it’s staring us in the face, but the company…

The seams are beginning to show at Lordstown, Tesla is facing a bizarre lawsuit, and Nissan. All that and more in The…

This is to say that Ford is exceedingly lame about EVs. Boring. Normal. In contrast to Tesla, as well as VW and GM,…

Tesla wants another new frontier, everyone’s favorite ex-CEO-turned-fugitive just lost a case against his former…

Ford is feeling itself, Ford also lost billions in Brazil and pedestrian deaths in America are soaring. All that and…

Pirelli is making eco-conscious tires, Wall Street agrees that gambling rocks, and Joe Biden wants point-of-sale…

If autonomous cars are supposed to save lives, shouldn’t they also save jobs? All that and more in The Morning Shift…

The car market these days is in a moment of demand outpacing supply, and rental car companies are not helping. All…

Hyundai is pumping a bunch of money into its U.S. plants, the United Auto Workers is imploring General Motors to…