I disagree on your reasoning. It’s no different from a print newspaper or magazine citing another as a source. If USA Today cites WSJ, you have to go out and buy a WSJ to read their article. It’s an inconvenience to the reader, and not a hit to the credibility of this site. Especially not when the Morning Shift is…

As long as The Morning Shift doesn’t adopt a slideshow format, I’m good. 

Seems like 9/10 of your sentences have a shadow of depression and pessimism.

My birthday is this Saturday, not at all looking forward to turning 36.

Neutral: I made my kids watch it, primarily because I wanted them to see what a civil debate looks like (at least in contrast to the shitshow that Trump put on last week).

Yeah, that fly generated a lot of buzz

Neutral: I am still in bed, curled up in a little ball and still crying like a Justin Bieber fangirl/boy over the death of EVH.

That’s the operating model for all publicly traded companies.  Extreme shortsightedness.

“In recent years we have done many things right: design, product engineering, brand rejuvenation, sales growth. As a result, we have put Mercedes back on top again.” - Now we are going to cut costs and investment in these key areas, specifically R&D, so that we can be more profitable in the short run; until we end up…

As a long-time reader of Jalopnik, well over 10 years, and a loyal fan to a fault, it pains me to say this but the fact of the matter is...Jalopnik is no longer viewed as a media entity worth responding to by Tesla or any other major manufacturer. It surprises me that so many articles here point out that “I’ve reached…

First Gear: I think car mileage will rebound once Covid is under control. I think it will actually shoot way past where it was as we leave being cooped up and drive around just to enjoy driving.

Silver linings.  You should write for Jalopnik.  It would be a more upbeat place.

Full refrigerators have to run less than empty refrigerators. I’d imagine that the full refrigerators probably are happier as they feel a sense of purpose while simultaneously exerting less energy.

Well because the “dope-smoking Twitter clown” has vision, focus, tenacity and is not beholden to manufacturing cars using the same infrastructure and processes that has been used most of the last century by the other automakers.

So, Uber $30/hour, qualifications: pulse, driver’s license, car.

Sign me up for the F-250 Mustang Bronco “Raptor” Edition.

They were fired, not because of the “no more cars” plan but because they didn’t boldly take it far enough:

The moderator should have a button to shut off someone’s mic when they’re speaking out of turn. Or their mics should just be off when it’s not their turn by default.  

2nd Gear: This is mostly a humblebrag. Due to COVID and the fact I do almost zero personal driving anymore I have purchased a cheap ass mid life crisis to help stimulate the economy.
My 2012 Ford Focus with 152k miles on the original clutch and some serious repairs potentially on the horizon has been switched out for…

Neutral: China’s population overshadows the US by a hefty margin. In order to tap into that market, you have to manufacture there. It’ll be a lot easier to import Chinese made EVs into the US than the other way around.