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The Dutch certainly have some interesting ideas, from the world’s first car with a CVT to putting hundreds of illegally imported squirrels into a shredder. One of their more recent ideas is using AI to issue parking tickets, reports NL Times. This has worked about as well as when Hertz used AI scanners to detect…

“Life After Cars” is the latest book from Sarah Goodyear and Doug Gordon, the co-hosts of the popular War on Cars podcast. It’s been out for a couple of months now, and as much as I enjoyed the book, I’ve had an incredibly hard time reviewing it. The authors’ argument that life would get better…

The price gap between electric vehicles and their gas-powered counterparts just hit its lowest levels ever as March’s average EV transaction price dropped to just a tick over $54,500. That’s good news for you, me, and whoever else is looking to get into the gas-free lifestyle — especially as fuel prices remain elevated — but…

When you think of Ducati, you probably think of powerful Italian machines with screaming V4 engines and desmodromic valves. This particular Ducati is about as far away from that as you can get. Silodrome brought to our attention this itty bitty Ducati, a 1969 Mini Marcellino, currently up for auction in France. There is some…

With well over one million units sold since its 2016 debut, there’s no denying that the Tesla Model 3 is a hugely popular electric sedan. Not that its success is a surprise. It’s quiet, comfortable, and exceptionally fast. It charges quickly and achieves more than 300 miles of driving range between charges. But how does it perform…

Over the last month, gas prices have skyrocketed, and coincidentally, used EV sales were up in Q1. We actually won’t know what kind of effect Trump’s senseless war in Iran has had on EV sales until we see the Q2 numbers, and lower prices on used EVs may have boosted those numbers anyway, but still,…

Happy Monday! It’s April 13, 2026, and this is The Morning Shift — your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. This is where you’ll find the most important stories that are shaping the way Americans drive and get around. In this morning’s edition, we’re looking at European…

Usually, I don’t like when automakers kill off a vehicle. It means there’s one less option for buyers to choose from, one less car for enthusiasts to enjoy (even if they’re not very good), and one less project for people to pour their heart and soul into. However, not all vehicles deserve the same sort…

While today’s Nice Price or No Dice 145 wagon is missing its title and hasn’t run in years, it’s an old Volvo, so how hard could it be to clean up and fire up? Let’s see if this down-on-its-luck Swede is priced to make that resurrection a done deal. Tweedledum and Tweedledee are twin characters…

It wasn’t too long ago that cop cars were puny little sedans based on rental cars like the Chevrolet Impala and old people cars like the Ford Crown Victoria. Thankfully, Ford put an end to all that nonsense when it introduced the bigger, more capable Police Interceptor Utility based on the Ford Explorer. But there’s…