Car CultureThe Morning ShiftCar CultureThe Morning ShiftDealers Wrestle With Dreaded Incentives As New Car Stock Piles UpAlso, Ford's making deals for lithium and Honda's built-in-China SUVs are headed to Europe, all in today's Morning…ByAdam IsmailPublishedMay 22, 2023Comments (140)
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Car CultureThe Morning ShiftCar CultureThe Morning ShiftStellantis Says Auto Loans Are Getting Longer as Demand Remains HighThat's a good problem to have if you're in the business of selling cars, and bad for the rest of us.ByAdam IsmailPublishedApril 4, 2023Comments (39)
Car CultureThe Morning ShiftCar CultureThe Morning ShiftRivian Is Relocating Engineers in Hopes of Boosting ProductionAlso, Germany has gotten the e-fuel clearance it's desired from the EU and Tesla is back in court for racial…ByAdam IsmailPublishedMarch 27, 2023Comments (47)
Car CultureThe Morning ShiftCar CultureThe Morning ShiftGlobal Air Travel Is Still Just Over Two-Thirds of What It Was Pre-PandemicAlso, Hertz had a bounce-back year and VinFast's U.S. expansion has met yet another setback.ByAdam IsmailPublishedFebruary 7, 2023Comments (16)
NewsNewsUber Wants Cheaper EVs Made Just For Ride-SharingThe ride-sharing company is reportedly working with automakers to develop cheap EVs exclusively for its drivers.…ByLawrence HodgePublishedJanuary 20, 2023Comments (26)
NewsNewsHertz Agrees to $168 Million Settlement Over Bogus Stolen-Car ArrestsThe money will go to more than 350 Hertz customers who say they were wrongfully arrested when the rental company…ByLawrence HodgePublishedDecember 5, 2022Comments (56)
NewsNewsRental Cars Used By Secret Service Destroyed in Fire at Nantucket AirportThe 5-car blaze happened 40 feet away from fuel tanks at Nantucket Memorial Airport.ByRyan Erik KingPublishedNovember 30, 2022Comments (32)
Car CultureThe Morning ShiftCar CultureThe Morning ShiftFord Tripled Its EV Sales Despite a Dip in Total DeliveriesEVs now account for 3.3 percent of Ford’s sales, thanks to the launch of the F-150 Lightning and the electric…ByOwen BellwoodPublishedOctober 5, 2022Comments (32)
NewsNewsHertz Arrests Still Happening Despite New CEO Calling Them OutHertz customers are still being falsely arrested over rentals even though the company’s CEO has called them…ByLawrence HodgePublishedSeptember 27, 2022Comments (76)
Car CultureCar CultureThe Horrible Hassle Of Renting A Car In Hawai'iIf you plan to go to Hawai'i, do yourself a favor and try not to rent a car.ByLawrence HodgePublishedSeptember 22, 2022Comments (105)
NewsNewsPolestar's Next Flagship Vehicle Will Preview at GoodwoodA Polestar 5 prototype will run the hill climb later this month ahead of the car's launch in 2024.ByAdam IsmailPublishedJune 14, 2022Comments (2)
NewsNewsPolestar 2s Will Soon Join Hertz's Rental Fleets, a Big Upgrade From Nondescript Midsize SedanThe rental car company has started receiving the first of the 65,000 cars Polestar will build for it by 2025.ByAdam IsmailPublishedJune 9, 2022Comments (19)
NewsNewsPolestar Will Deliver 15,000 Fewer Cars in 2022 Due to China's Covid LockdownThe electric car company slashed its 2022 delivery targets in response to pandemic problems in China, where every…ByOwen BellwoodPublishedMay 20, 2022Comments (1)
Car CultureCar CultureHertz Gave the Mustang Shelby GT500 140 Extra Horses and Just About Anybody Can Rent It (UPDATE)If you can rent a car, you can rent a 900-hp Shelby Mustang from Hertz.ByLawrence HodgePublishedMay 11, 2022Comments (93)
NewsNews300 People Now Claim Hertz Had Them Wrongly Arrested For "Stealing" Rental CarsNumerous Hertz customers were arrested at gunpoint despite having done nothing wrong.ByMercedes StreeterPublishedApril 28, 2022Comments (9)
NewsRead ThisNewsRead ThisA Hertz 'Whistleblower' Says The Company Is Using Law Enforcement As Repo MenA former manager claims the company is going about its false customer arrest issue the wrong way.ByLawrence HodgePublishedApril 6, 2022Comments (32)
Car CultureThe Morning ShiftCar CultureThe Morning ShiftYou’re Not Wrong, Car Dealerships Are Getting Bigger And BiggerBig dealership groups are buying up more and more dealershipsByRaphael OrlovePublishedApril 4, 2022Comments (37)
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NewsNewsMan Accused Of Stealing Hertz Rental Car Arrested While Departing Cruise Ship VacationThe Hertz President's Club member says he paid for an extension on the rental in question, and the tow just a year…ByLawrence HodgePublishedFebruary 16, 2022Comments (127)