Fast Driving Cars, Slow Stopping Cars And A Lambo Dodge In This Week's Car Culture Roundup

Tesla’s charge port has become the North American Charging Standard (NACS), but what does it take for non-Tesla owners to take advantage of the brand’s ubiquitous Supercharger network? Online retailers like Amazon are full of NACS adapters that look like they would allow non-Tesla EVs to charge at Tesla Superchargers, but unfortunately none of these actually work. There are only a few ways for EV owners to use Tesla Superchargers, and there is no quick fix on Amazon. Consider for a moment though that your car costs a lot of money, and charging a whole car involves a lot more energy than charging a phone, so it’s not a smart situation to cheap-out on. - Logan Carter Read More

As Eleanor Roosevelt once said, “America is all about speed, hot, nasty bad-ass speed,” and today that is as true as it ever was. That’s why we’re taking a look at the fastest production cars our dumb little planet has ever seen. - Andy Kalmowitz Read More

Chrysler’s K-Car pulled the company back from the brink of financial collapse. This platform and its multitude of models and body styles was the brain child of automotive legend Lee Iacocca, and they brought spacious and well-built vehicles back to the stagnant Chrysler line up. While the company sold millions and could be had with more than a few turbocharged engines, car’s on the platform came with little in the way of performance. Take MotorWeek’s 1982 test of the Chrysler LeBaron Coupe. - Lawrence Hodge Read More

Good morning! It’s Monday, May 13, 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. - Owen Bellwood Read More

Good morning! It’s Tuesday, May 14, 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. - Owen Bellwood Read More

Good morning! It’s Thursday, May 16, 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. - Andy Kalmowitz Read More

Good morning! It’s Wednesday, May 15, 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. - Andy Kalmowitz Read More

In general the concept of trying to drive across the country at breakneck speeds is old hat. Breaking a bunch of laws and putting a bunch of people at risk on public roadways for thirty seconds of Reddit fame is silly, and doesn’t deserve a second thought. But when you cast your thoughts back to the first major cross-country record setter, you find a guy worthy of your applause. Erwin Baker was an early motorcycle racer daredevil turned long-distance endurance maven, and his 1914 sea-to-shining-sea record stands as one of the most impressive feats in motoring. It should be made into a movie. - Bradley Brownell Read More

There are no two ways about it, car thefts in America are on the rise. In 2022, vehicle thefts were up 20 percent and last year more than a million cars were stolen across the U.S. Now, it turns that just ten models accounted for nearly a quarter of the cars stolen in America last year. - Owen Bellwood Read More

The 1980s were a weird time for Chrysler: The company had just come back from the brink thanks to the versatile K-Car platform which flooded the formerly struggling company with the cash it needed to make a controversial move at the time: the purchase of Lamborghini for just $25 million. This bold move resulted in one of the greatest skunk works car projects of all time: A Dodge Daytona with a V8. - Lawrence Hodge Read More