Weekend News Roundup April 06, 2024

The Ford Mustang Mach-E may have caused its fair share of controversy over the decision to call an electric crossover a Mustang, but as long as you can get past that, we found it to be a solid EV. Unfortunately for Ford, it ran into issues selling the Mach-E and ended up with a lot of extra inventory. Ford responded by cutting prices, and wouldn’t you know it, now that Ford has released its numbers for Q1, it looks like lowering the price on the Mach-E actually worked. - Collin Woodard Read More

From gunky surfaces t0 embarrassing off-road exploits to malfunctioning after going through water, the stainless steel Tesla Cybertruck seems like an all-around mess. We cover a lot of those concerns here on Jalopnik, but if you want an even clearer picture of just how dire owners of this machine have it, look no further than the Cybertruck owners forums. - Lawrence Hodge Read More

When you buy a brand-new car, you buy it knowing it’s going to depreciate. At least as long as it’s a relatively normal car and not something like a Porsche 911 R. That said, it’s not as bad as many “never buy a new car for any reason ever” financial influencers make it sound. You probably won’t get back every penny if you tried to sell a new car the next day, but you won’t actually lose 30 percent the moment you drive it off the lot. Unless you’re Edmunds and recently bought a Fisker Ocean for testing, that is. - Collin Woodard Read More

If you know what you’re doing and don’t take any unnecessary risks, driving on the beach can be a blast. As one man in Kuwait found out recently, though, if you’re too reckless, things can go from fun to very bad in the blink of an eye. One minute, you’re driving along in your Toyota FJ Cruiser, and the next you’re flying through the air and praying the landing doesn’t hurt too badly. - Collin Woodard Read More

These days, any full-size pickup truck you buy is going to be perfectly suitable for daily driving. Even if you have no use for the Toyota Tundra’s payload and towing capability, you can still basically use it like an oversized car without hating your life, but that wasn’t always the case. Trucks used to be basic work vehicles with minimal creature comforts. That doesn’t mean that Chevrolet wasn’t proud of the suspension in its 1972 pickup trucks, though. That suspension was a revelation! - Collin Woodard Read More

It’s been a nice 69 years for Disneyland’s car attraction Autopia, but it’s finally getting an upgrade worthy of its neighbors. Situated in the futuristic area called Tomorrowland, nestled next to Space Mountain and Star Tours, the ride has used gas-powered cars since its debut in 1955. Now though, Disney has announced that the ride will soon make the pivot to electric cars. - Germain Lussier Read More

There’s been a lot of talk about Tesla lately, but it has mostly been focused on the Cybertruck. The conversation hasn’t always been positive, but hey, at least people have been talking about Tesla. And all coverage is good for the company, right? Not necessarily. Tesla released its results for the first quarter of 2024 today, and, well, let’s just say it’s probably safe to assume that Elon Musk is having a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. - Collin Woodard Read More

Two facts about the automotive world are immutable: Americans love pickup trucks, and the future requires drastic reductions in the environmental harm caused by passenger cars. Automakers, seeing these two truths, slapped them together and started selling massive, hulking EV pickups with six-figure price tags. Turns out, that’s not what customers want. - Amber DaSilva Read More

Update: Friday, April 5, 11:40 a.m. EST: So, uh, we don’t think this article had anything to do with the earthquake that just struck northern New Jersey, about 50 miles west of Manhattan, New York. Regardless, you’re welcome for telling you all the proper way to drive through the magnitude 4.7 quake. I personally cannot think of a single better way to kick off the solar eclipse weekend than with a sizable earthquake in a place that almost never gets them. - Logan Carter Read More

Since the Francis Scott Key Bridge was destroyed over a week ago, we’ve gotten a ton of photos and videos of the wreckage. Much of it has been either from land or the water. Now, we’re getting our first look at what the disaster looks like from the bridge itself. - Andy Kalmowitz Read More