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How Much Horsepower Do You Really Need?
When mass produced automobiles first came around you were lucky to get 20 horsepower in your Model T. A century later, Yet we’ve advanced so far and so fast that now your average person can pack 500 or more ponies under their hood. It makes you wonder though just how much power do you actually need?
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Toyota Slashes Its Already Low EV Targets
Good morning! It’s Friday, September 6, 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.
Reuters
Japanese cars, beer gain ground in S.Korea as relations thaw
Japanese products, from cars to beer, whisky and clothes, have been rising in popularity in South Korea, rebounding from consumer boycotts in 2019 on the back of improving bilateral relations and the cheaper yen. The monthly sales of Japanese cars, including Toyota Motor and Lexus, jumped 31% in August from a year earlier, taking a boost from rival Hyundai Motor's capacity crunch and consumer preferences shifting away from electric vehicles. South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, who made it a priority to mend ties with Japan since taking office in 2022, will have a summit meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in Seoul on Friday.
Reuters
Renault CEO says sector could face billions in fines as EV sales slow
Europe's autos industry could face fines of 15 billion euros ($17.4 billion) for carbon emissions due to slowing demand for electric vehicles, Renault CEO Luca de Meo said on Saturday. "If electric vehicles remain at today's level, the European industry may have to pay 15 billion euros in fines or give up the production of more than 2.5 million vehicles," de Meo told France Inter radio. "The speed of the electric ramp-up is half of what we would need to achieve the objectives that would allow us not to pay fines," de Meo, who is also president of the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA), said of the sector.
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Walmart to start selling name brand sneakers
In an effort to beef up online sales and compete with other major retailers, Walmart will soon start selling name brand sneakers.
Just Auto
Toyota to cut EV output by a third – report
Vehicle makers reacting to slower global BEV demand
The Daily Beast
Taylor Swift Literally Distances Self From Trump-Supporting Bestie Brittany Mahomes
Taylor Swift was spotted seated separately from bestie Brittany Mahomes at Thursday’s Kansas City Chiefs game after the wife of quarterback Patrick Mahomes came out in support of ex-President Donald Trump.Brittany Mahomes had been a frequent companion of Swift’s since she began dating Chiefs tight-end Travis Kelce, and the two typically sat together in the same suite at games—but Mahomes found herself in hot water with some Swift fans (and potentially Swift herself) after she liked a post from D
USA TODAY
Trump admits he lost in 2020, leading white nationalist Nick Fuentes to disavow him
Trump quietly admits he lost 2020, enrages supporters
Miami Herald
Jail put ‘violent’ inmate in man’s cell and he was killed within 45 minutes, suit says
He was “subjected to not only a deadly but lengthy attack without it ever being heard or observed,” the lawsuit filed in California says.
HuffPost
Trump Fumes Over 'Irrelevant' Dick Cheney In Meltdown After Harris Endorsement
Donald Trump said only he could "stop World War III" in a message going after the former GOP vice president and "Comrade Kamala Harris."
The Daily Beast
Georgia Gunman Colt Gray Was ‘Ridiculed’ and Called Gay by Bullies at School
Details continue to flood in about the troubled life of Colt Gray, the 14-year-old accused of killing four of his teachers and classmates in a mass shooting at his Georgia high school on Wednesday.The teen’s dad, 54-year-old Colin Gray, told officers in an interview last year that his son was often picked on by bullies who’d touch him, pinch him and taunt him. “‘Colt’s gay,’” his father said they would call out. The elder Gray’s interview with police came just after his son threatened to shoot u
Associated Press
Prince Hisahito becomes the first royal male in Japan to reach adulthood in 4 decades.
In a big milestone for Japan's royal family, Prince Hisahito turned 18 on Friday, becoming the first male royal family member to reach adulthood in almost four decades. Hisahito, who is set to become the emperor one day, is the nephew of Japanese Emperor Naruhito. Hisahito is the youngest of the 17-member all-adult imperial family, which currently has only four men.
HuffPost
Doug Emhoff Has Perfect Reply To Kimmel's 'Turned Black' Question About Kamala Harris
The second gentleman summed up Donald Trump's racist attacks on his wife, his family and himself with just one word.
HuffPost
Lawrence O'Donnell Predicts Exact Date Donald Trump Will Have 'Worst' Campaign Day Ever
It will actually be the “worst day any presidential campaign has ever had," said the host of MSNBC's "Last Word."
Parade
Sally Field Looks Unrecognizable During Latest Outing in Los Angeles
The 77-year-old actress was spotted taking her dog for a walk.
The Guardian
Trump campaign pulls away from three target states after Harris surge
Ex-president diverts resources from states he boasted about winning while Biden was Democratic candidate
The New Republic
New Details Expose True Disaster of Trump’s Arlington Cemetery Fight
One of the two staffers involved is a deputy campaign manager for Donald Trump’s presidential bid.
Business Insider
A woman confronted Bill Gates on the street about a vaccine conspiracy theory. This is how he responded.
Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates is the subject of many conspiracy theories. He told CNET about a chance encounter with a person who believed one.
NY Post
Disturbing details of Georgia school shooting suspect's broken homelife | Reporter Replay
Colt Gray, the baby-face Georgia school shooting suspect who is charged with murdering two classmates and two teachers, grew up in a broken and neglectful home, which police and child services visited on a regular basis, a former neighbor and landlord tell The Post.
NY Post
Dear Abby: My brother-in-law sexually assaulted me — and my family is blaming me
Dear Abby advises a sister whose brother-in-law sexually assaulted them.

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