Gm Throws In The Towel On Future Electric Trucks

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Happy Wednesday! It's April 22, 2026, and this is The Morning Shift — your regular roundup of nan apical automotive headlines from astir nan world, successful 1 place. This is wherever you'll find nan astir important stories that are shaping nan measurement Americans thrust and get around.

In this morning's edition, we're looking astatine nan extremity of GM's electrical motortruck plans, and Tesla scrambling to hole lackluster income successful India. We'll besides look astatine Amazon's car income landing pinch a flop, and different Ford recall. 

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GM has a statement of large electrical trucks, but they're not precisely trading spectacularly. Now, pinch the institution pulling backmost connected this full "electrification" thing, it seems nan Sierra, Silverado, and Hummer EVs will beryllium near to dice connected nan vine. From Automotive News: 

General Motors has indefinitely delayed its adjacent procreation full-size electrical motortruck programme amid waning EV income and a pivot backmost to nan soul combustion motor and hybrid technology.

The automaker had been processing little cost, refreshed versions of nan all-electric GMC Sierra, Chevrolet Silverado, Escalade IQ and Hummer SUV and pickup pinch a targeted commencement of accumulation successful 2028, according to 3 group pinch knowledge of nan scheme who requested anonymity.

Suppliers were precocious informed that nan next-gen programme was halted pinch nary caller timetable specified. Supplier executives and analysts told Crain's Detroit Business that they do not expect to spot a caller procreation of nan electrical conveyance statement until 2030 aliases beyond.

Automotive News says to expect plug-in hybrid Silveradoes and Sierras, but made nary mention of a akin curen for nan Escalade. I'm shocked you can't already get Cadillac's biggest conveyance arsenic a hybrid, but for that to stay nan lawsuit moreover arsenic platform-mates get electrified is absurd. 

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Tesla made a big, flashy entranceway into India a while back, which was instantly proven to beryllium a flop as soon arsenic income numbers came out. Now nan institution is trying to tailor its best-selling crossover for nan Indian market, but that not beryllium capable to prevention it. From Reuters: 

MUMBAI, April 22 (Reuters) – U.S. electrical conveyance shaper ‌Tesla has launched a six-seater type of its best-selling Model Y successful India arsenic it tries to pull buyers successful nan world's third-largest car marketplace wherever it has struggled to turn sales.

Tesla has sold conscionable 350 Model Ys successful India since starting deliveries successful ​September, authorities information showed, pinch rivals including BYD, Mercedes-Benz and BMW acold outselling nan U.S. institution complete nan ​same period.

Its imported Model Y attracts a steep 100% import tariff, a level that main Elon ⁠Musk has often criticised, meaning Tesla's cars are priced overmuch higher successful India than successful different markets.

With nan Model ​Y L, Tesla intends to pat a wider customer guidelines arsenic Indian buyers, particularly families, progressively move to larger, premium ​vehicles equipped pinch touchscreen displays and sunroofs. This displacement has helped propel request for three-row SUVs successful India, a conception presently dominated by Toyota Motor and Suzuki Motor.

The Model Y L, which has a longer driving scope of 681 kilometers (423 miles), will beryllium priced ​at astir 6.2 cardinal rupees, balanced to $66,000. That is only somewhat supra nan $64,000 value tag connected nan Model Y, ​but still acold supra a marketplace wherever astir cars are priced beneath $22,000.

The Model Y L isn't unsocial for nan Indian marketplace — Tesla besides sells it successful China — but Tesla seems to beryllium introducing it successful nan federation successful hopes it'll drawback that family market. Only clip will show whether nan marketplace will carnivore a $66,000 value tag for a Model Y. 

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Amazon sells cars, and nan institution seems very willing successful getting you to bargain 1 — bordering connected desperate, fixed some of nan promotions we've seen. Turns out, that desperation is warranted: People simply aren't buying cars online. From Automotive News: 

Amazon continues expanding its vehicle-selling level crossed nan U.S., but immoderate participating dealerships study nan business pinch nan e-commerce elephantine has been slow to present tangible results.

Amazon Autos launched successful December 2024 pinch Hyundai successful 48 cities. It now operates successful much than 130 cities and includes new, utilized and certified pre-owned vehicles from Chevrolet, Jeep, Kia, Mazda and Subaru.

Some early participants study trading conscionable 1 aliases 2 vehicles monthly done Amazon, acold short of what they'd hoped from a business pinch 1 of nan world's largest retailers.

"I deliberation it's measurement excessively early to show because of nan debased measurement of transactions," said Andrew Wright, a Vinart Dealerships managing partner who helped trade Amazon's early aviator pinch Hyundai dealerships but chose not to participate successful nan program.

Amazon's now known for "low measurement of transactions," but Amazon's besides not known for trading nan second-most-expensive things astir group are ever apt to ain (after a home). Turns out, group for illustration tangible acquisition erstwhile they're spending that benignant of money. 

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Take a drink! Ford's issuing different recall, this clip for 140,201 Rangers that could drawback occurrence acknowledgment to wiring successful nan A-pillar. That's what we successful nan manufacture telephone a "whoopsie." From Reuters: 

Ford is recalling 140,201 Ranger ‌vehicles successful nan U.S. arsenic damaged wires tin create ​an electrical short and ​cause a occurrence successful ⁠the A-pillar area, expanding ​the consequence of wounded aliases ​a crash, nan U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said connected ​Wednesday.

The sun visor ​or headliner wiring harnesses whitethorn beryllium ‌improperly ⁠positioned aliases person excessive portion thickness, which tin consequence successful damaged wires, nan ​regulator ​said.

Wiring catching occurrence owed to having too much tape is simply a caller one. Shouldn't that extremity it from rubbing earthy connected immoderate bare metal?

It's truthful absorbing to spot Ray Kroc talk astir competing not only pinch Burger King, but pinch "specialty shop[s]." I wonderment really galore of those much section joints McDonalds drove retired of business backmost erstwhile nan Big Mac was 45 cents. The costs of that burger has, for nan curious, outpaced inflation. 

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