Good morning! It’s Thursday, January 9, 2025, 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.

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As the new year rolled in a couple of weeks ago, Ford Motor Company announced that its Ford F-150 remained America's number-one-selling vehicle. Overall, new vehicle sales rose 4% in 2024, driven by a 7% increase in truck sales. While SUV sales rose 1%, Lincoln brand SUV demand increased 28% year over year.

While the podium wasn't exactly a surprise, the US automotive market reserved some bombshells for 2024, and it's important to take note

Automotive award season is in full swing, and the winners of the 2025 North American Car, Truck and Utility of the Year awards were announced at the 2025 Detroit Auto Show.

Electric vehicles took center stage as Honda, Ford and Volkswagen won the 2025 North American, Car, Truck and Utility of the year awards Friday at an Automotive Press Association Event in Detroit.

The Saloon and SUV are near-production models of the EV concepts Honda introduced at CES in 2024. They are slated for production in Ohio in 2026.

DETROIT (AP) — The Honda Civic hybrid won the 2025 North American Car of the Year award, while the Ford Ranger took the crown for the truck honors, and Volkswagen ID. Buzz won the utility award.

While Tesla sales for the year dipped close to 6% in the year, the EV major continued to maintain its dominance in the market.

It's a hard lesson, but extremely valuable, and General Motors ( GM -1.88%) is currently in the process of learning it after investing $10 billion in its Cruise autonomous vehicle program. The Detroit automaker had once vowed not to step off the accelerator of autonomous driving development -- until December,