Trump’s Return-To-Office Forces 17,000 Workers Into 4,400 Parking Spaces In DC President Donald Trump’s second term has thus far been a deluge of executive orders. They’ve largely ranged from bad to horrifying, but one always stuck out as primarily just weird and out-of-touch: A ban on remote work for the federal government. As it turns out, this one’s even worse than it seems — government… Read more…

Nissan’s Pride Killed Its Merger With Honda Good morning! It’s Wednesday, February 12, 2025, 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. Read more…

Mass Artemis Program Layoffs Could Be In Boeing’s Future If Musk Gets His Way NASA’s first moon landing since Apollo 17 was initially scheduled for late 2024. However, development delays with both Boeing and SpaceX have pushed Artemis III back to 2027. Boeing is now preparing to layoff half its Artemis Program workforce as signs point toward the Trump administration not renewing the aerospace… Read more…

Tesla Drivers Surpass Ram As Worst In Country: Study If there’s one thing Tesla owners love, it’s daydreaming about a time when their cars will ferry them from point A to point B without a single bit of driving in between. Unfortunately for us all, it seems those owners are doing that daydreaming behind the wheel as, according to a new study, they’re the worst drivers… Read more…

Wreckage Of Missing Alaska Plane Found Floating On Sea Ice A plane went missing near Nome, Alaska, on Thursday after taking off in Unalakleet with nine passengers and the pilot on board. It seemed unlikely at the time that anyone had survived the crash, especially if the plane had gone down in the water, but the Air Force and the Coast Guard joined local authorities in the… Read more…

This Incredibly Trashed Tesla Roadster Could Be Yours Remember when the first Tesla Roadster was released? Back in the days before EV performance and electric motors in supercars were the norm, the Roadster was this weird out-there thing. Now, though, it seems they’re ending up the way all cars do: As beat-to-hell examples available on Facebook Marketplace with salvage… Read more…

Annoying Extended Warranty Pop-Up Ad Takes Over Jeep Owner’s Infotainment Screen While extended warranty plans can provide additional peace of mind for new car owners, they are also a go-to upsell for manufacturers. Imagine if an automaker was still pushing that warranty plan long after you drove away from the dealership. One owner of a 2022 Jeep Grand Cherokee kept receiving full-screen pop-up… Read more…

Switchblade Keys Kind Of Suck, And My Childhood Self Would Be So Disappointed To Hear Me Say That Some of you knew exactly what you wanted out of life, took a direct route to get there, achieved your goals and made your younger self proud. I, on the other hand, am living a life that would disappoint my younger self so thoroughly, he’d wonder how I ended up doing the one thing he would be proud of me for doing —… Read more…

Corvette ZR1 Steals Five Track Records At Iconic American Road Courses There’s a new King in America today, baby, and it’s not the one you’re thinking of. The new Chevrolet Corvette isn’t pulling any more punches with the new ZR1, proving it can beat the world’s best sports cars with five new production car lap records at four iconic American road courses. With 1,064 horsepower, a set of… Read more…

These Are The Small Cars You Think Should Return In 2025 Over the last decade automakers have axed many of their smaller cars, opting to go for giant vehicles with expansive profit margins. Small cars may be set to make a return as automakers inflation makes us more broke than ever. So now, we just need to figure out what models need to come back. Read more…

Be Like Tim Robinson And Paul Rudd, And Drive Your Convertible In The Winter A24 released a new trailer today for “Friendship,” a movie starring creative genius Tim Robinson and “Clueless” actor Paul Rudd. Billed as “I Love You, Man for sickos,” Robinson and Rudd appear to form a new friendship that goes wrong. Do I know much else about the plot? No, I do not. What I do know, though, is that… Read more…

Gold Cybertruck Owner Says He Can’t Handle All The Hate But Tesla Won’t Take The Truck Back The owner of a gold-wrapped Cybertruck took to the internet to complain about what he and his family go through as the owners of a rolling, gaudy, controversial gold monstrosity. The man’s had enough, but it looks like Tesla’s not taking the truck back. Read more…

At $16,000, Is This 2006 GX 470 A Lust-Worthy Lexus? Today’s Nice Price or No Dice Lexus is a Toyota Land Cruiser Prado in all but name. That pedigree means it’s likely to be just as stout as it is luxurious. Let’s see if this super-clean example is also right priced. Read more…

2026 Honda Passport Muscles Its Way Into Dealerships With A Starting MSRP Of $46,200 The 2026 Honda Passport TrailSport is rock-climbing its way to dealers this week and, with an MRSP of $49,900, the off-roader trim turns this formerly mild-mannered grocery-getter into a vehicle fit for the wilderness. The base 2026 Passport starts at $46,200 including destination, a couple grand more than the… Read more…

Plane Owned By Mötley Crüe Frontman Crashes On Runway Killing Pilot America’s deadliest fortnight in aviation in more than 20 years continued this week as a private jet owned by Mötley Crüe lead singer Vince Neil crashed at an Arizona airport. Three people were injured in the incident and the pilot of the plane was killed in the crash on Monday. Read more…

America’s Trade War Tactics Are Coming Back To Bite It Happy Tuesday! It’s February 11, 2025, 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. Read more…

Chevy Blazer EV SS Has More Power To Distract You From The Fact It’s Been Massively Delayed Do you guys remember the Chevy Blazer EV SS? Yeah, I sort of forgot about it too. Sure, it was the hero car in “Barbie” nearly two years ago, promising excellent performance at a decent price, but after years of delays and a rocky rollout of the regular Blazer EV, the electric crossover lost a lot of the hype… Read more…

Listen To The Bugatti Tourbillon’s Hybrid V16 Scream To 9,000 RPM In ICE-Only Mode Without question my most anticipated car of this decade is the Bugatti Tourbillon, the follow-up to the Chiron that features the only powertrain worthy of replacing Bugatti’s world-breaking quad-turbo W16: a naturally aspirated V16. Not just any V16, but one with a 9,000 rpm redline and a total output of 1,800… Read more…

America’s Firefighting History Is Restored And Celebrated In This Unassuming Barn We might disagree on which supercar is the prettiest, what hatch is the hottest or what racing livery is the most iconic, but I’m sure there’s one automotive opinion that we can all agree on: fire trucks are cool. Whether they’re electric ones, enormous American engines or ones that fly, fire trucks are pretty amazing… Read more…

Traffic Lights No Match For Drunk Eagles Fans After Super Bowl Win Nothing matches the communal ecstasy of your local sports team winning a league championship, and very few cities can beat the unrestrained glee of Philadephia. Eagles fans took to the streets on Sunday night as their team smashed the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl LIV. With downed light poles, mounted garbage… Read more…