Colorful cars are going away🚗

Happy Friday morning. This is Car Alerts with your weekly recap of the latest car news and market happenings.

In today’s edition:

• Americans prefer gas cars

• Latest research from J.D. Power

• Lancia returns to rally

• Car colors shift towards boring

• Recent recalls

• and more

MARKETS 📈

HEADLINES 📰

Americans still prefer gas vehicles over hybrid or EVs, study shows.

New-vehicle shoppers in Canada now less than half as likely to consider an EV than U.S. shoppers.

Lancia returns to rally racing and previews the Ypsilon HF and Ypsilon Rally 4 HF.

Cars are half as colorful as they were 20 years ago.

Lucid to trim US workforce by 6% amid softening EV demand.

The amount of copper needed to build EVs is ‘impossible for mining companies to produce’.

US sues Hyundai, others over child labor at Alabama parts plant.

Proxy firm advises shareholders to reject Elon Musk's $56 billion pay package.

Tesla cuts used inventory prices by 14% in May.

Toyota showcases compact engines adaptable to different fuels.

There will be no manual Porsche 911 in 2025.

Electric vehicle brands must improve mobile app connectivity to meet owners’ needs, J.D. Power finds.

Fisker cuts hundreds of workers in bid to keep EV startup alive.

US safety probe into Waymo self-driving vehicles finds more incidents.

Hyundai Motor hires ex-Porsche engineer to lead high-performance push.

RECALLS

Toyota recalls certain model year 2022-2023 Toyota Tundra and Lexus LX vehicles.

Land Rover recall affects 27,400 surround camera systems that need correct repairs this time.

Nissan is warning owners of about 132,000 vehicles to park those vehicles until the Takata airbags are replaced.

Lamborghini recalls 2,400 Urus Performante and Urus S vehicles because hoods could detach.

Kia recalls 2,200 Niro electric vehicles because the high voltage battery safety plugs can melt.

That’s all we have for you this week. We’ll see you next Friday morning with more car content.

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