Trump’s Planned Assault On Mexican Imports Will Screw Over America’s Auto Industry Good morning! It’s Tuesday, November 12, 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…

Toyota, A Company With Almost No EVs, Says California’s EV Mandates Are ‘Impossible’ To Meet Toyota is pushing back against California stringent EV mandates, some of which start to kick in in less than two years. The Japanese automaker thinks that some of the mandates can’t be met, so it wants for California officials to change them. Read more…

At $12,995, Is This Special Edition 2008 Pontiac Solstice GXP A Winner? Today’s Nice Price or No Dice Solstice is one of two the seller is offering for sale, but it’s by far the more interesting of the pair. Let’s see if its price piques our interest. Read more…

2025 Porsche Taycan GTS Sport Turismo Wagon Is Back With 100 More Horsepower Earlier this year Porsche unveiled the facelifted 2025 Taycan, first showing the bread and butter of the lineup and then following up with the bonkers Turbo GT. Now it’s time for the final three variants, bringing the total to twelve (or thirteen if you count the Turbo GT with Weissach package differently.) Joining… Read more…

Traffic Jams: The Maccabees – ‘Grew Up At Midnight’ Happy Tuesday, how is your day looking today? Not too bad, I hope. Mine should be alright, I’ve got a roast red pepper soup to look forward to for lunch and band practice this evening, so not a bad weekday truth be told. Read more…

The horror of Amsterdam (RNS) — Jews denying their Jewishness in order to survive. Jews jumping into canals. Get your mind around that. The post The horror of Amsterdam appeared first on RNS.

As COP29 begins, some voice concerns over religious freedom in host country Azerbaijan (RNS) — When RNS reached out to the faith groups that have had a leading presence at recent COPs for comment on how they would approach their work given religious liberty violations, most were silent. The post As COP29 begins, some voice concerns over religious freedom in host country Azerbaijan appeared first on RNS.

Self-Driving Cars Will Ruin Cities, Not Fix Them If you’re delusional enough to believe Tesla CEO and Unelected Co-President Elon Musk, cheap robotaxis are just around the corner, ready to revolutionize transportation as we know it. They aren’t, but even if they were, the idea that they would actually make society better is just as ridiculous as Musk’s claim that he… Read more…

Dodge Fast Tracks Gas-Powered Charger Production Because Of Demand Dodge apparently knows not many folks are terribly excited about its upcoming electric Charger coupe and sedan, so it’s reportedly pushing up the release date of the gas-powered Charger Sixpack by five months. It was originally slated to debut in late 2025, but it’s now looking like they’ll be hitting the dealers in… Read more…

Consumer Reports Trashes VinFast VF8 In First Review When we first drove the VinFast VF8, we weren’t impressed. Our headline said it was “simply not ready for America,” and the criticism only got worse from there. VinFast clearly rushed the development process and didn’t have a remotely competitive product to offer. Supposedly, the Vietnamese automaker planned to… Read more…

ECAP collaborates with Joni & Friends to protect vulnerable adults from abuse Evangelical Council for Abuse Prevention The post ECAP collaborates with Joni & Friends to protect vulnerable adults from abuse appeared first on RNS.

New Apostolic Reformation evangelicals see Trump as God’s warrior in battle to Christianize America (The Conversation) — Many followers of the New Apostolic Reformation − a Christian religious movement − claim they receive divine guidance in reconstructing modern society based on Christian spiritual beliefs. The post New Apostolic Reformation evangelicals see Trump as God’s warrior in battle to Christianize America appeared first on RNS.

AP VoteCast shows Trump boosted his level of support among Catholic voters (AP) — This year, according to VoteCast, 54% of Catholic voters supported Trump and 44% backed Harris. The post AP VoteCast shows Trump boosted his level of support among Catholic voters appeared first on RNS.

Heritage Foundation’s ‘Esther’ addendum to Project 2025 isn’t really about antisemitism (RNS) — Project Esther’s concern for antisemitism is actually a smokescreen for an attack on a variety of progressive causes. The post Heritage Foundation’s ‘Esther’ addendum to Project 2025 isn’t really about antisemitism appeared first on RNS.

Tesla’s Meme Stock Soars To $1 Trillion Market Cap After Trump’s Win Good morning! It’s Monday, November 11, 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…

Hyundai Research Proves The People Demand Real Buttons And Knobs Back in the 1900s, automakers realized they could save a lot of money if they used the same buttons and knobs across various brands. Then Tesla changed the game again, sticking essentially all of the vehicle controls on a cheap touchscreen. Many other automakers soon followed suit and largely abandoned physical… Read more…

Next-Generation Mazda Miata Will Be Electric With A Rotary Range Extender Every day the automotive industry brings us closer to a world without sports cars, or coupes of any kind for that matter. Mazda is working diligently to prevent such an eventuality from coming to pass. Since its 1989 introduction the MX-5 has become one of the most successful sports cars in history, and while the… Read more…

Wild ‘Conveyor Belt Road’ Coming To Japan Japan is looking to up its world-leading mass transit game with a “conveyor belt road” meant to be a 320-mile automated cargo transport corridor that will link Tokyo and Osaka. This “autoflow road” is being built in an effort to make up for Japan’s delivery capacity shortage. Read more…

Honda Made A Small EV With 81 Miles Of Range Nearly 30 Years Ago Honda has been doing big things with alternative fuels for decades now. While models like the game changing first-gen Insight and theAccord and Civic Hybrids from the early 2000s put Honda’s electrification efforts into the mainstream public’s awareness, few may realize that Honda started down this path right before… Read more…

You Can Get A Brand New Tesla Cybertruck In A Week If You Order It Now, And That’s Probably Bad For Tesla Do you want a Tesla Cybertruck, but you don’t want to wait for it? I’ve got good news for you, Trump voter: If you order a Cybertruck right now, you can get it in as little as a week. If you go on Tesla’s website, it’ll show that both the Cybertruck All-Wheel Drive and Cybertruck Cyberbeast can be delivered to you… Read more…