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It’s no secret that legislation tends to lag behind technological and social advancements, but as technology advances at higher rates than ever before, legislation needs to react faster. Autonomous vehicles have been on California roads for years, but California law only allows enforcement of traffic violations for…

My 2001 Porsche 911 Turbo is nearly out of paint jail after an admittedly quite short stint at Two Brothers in Canton, Ohio. This color-change project started in November and should be done any day now, and I’ve heard of jobs like this stretching over a year. I’m anxious to get my car back to drive it this summer, but…

When I was a kid, my family took me to a drive-through “safari” somewhere up in Canada as part of our family vacation. During that safari, a big-ass monkey jumped on top of our car; as someone in the under-five age demographic, that was the most terrifying thing to ever happen to me. From that day on, I’ve carried an…

Tesla announced Tuesdaythat it will lay off everyone who works on both the new vehicle and Supercharger teams. At this point, no one has any idea what CEO Elon Musk was thinking or what’s going to happen going forward. Including other automakers that recently switched to NACS. Maybe Musk is just looking to get out of…

Good morning! It’s Wednesday, May 1, 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.

While it may never be the first away from a light, today’s Nice Price or No Dice Volvo could reasonably eventually be the last car standing. Let’s decide what such immortality might just cost.

As the Formula 1 world commemorates the 30th anniversary of Ayrton Senna’s death at the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix, Netflix released the first trailer for “Senna,” its limited series about the three-time F1 champion. The teaser is less than two minutes long but quickly thrusts viewers into the vivid atmosphere of…

The SEMA show is always great. It can kind of be a downer though because most of the vehicles you see will never be made for sale. Not unless you want to spend a lot of time and dollars parting one out. But sometimes, one of those special vehicles from the show pops up for sale in a random place. Take this Ford…

Four zebras escaped from a transport trailer outside of Seattle, Washington, on Sunday en route from a farm to a petting zoo in Montana, leading police and area residents on a wild chase, according to reports from the Washington Post. The finely orchestrated escape began when the driver noticed an issue with the…

Tom Walkinshaw Racing is back, and to celebrate, TWR has, of course, revealed a restomodded, racing-inspired Jaguar XJS coupe that it calls the Supercat. Considering Walkinshaw’s history of racing Jaguars, is that really a surprise? That said, the TWR team didn’t just throw some wide fenders and a body kit on a…