Porsche Concours, EV Mandates & CA Gas Prices About To Get 'Real'

iDSC Weekly - 6.18.25

Good morning,

After a big Father’s Day there’s plenty happening for car lovers throughout Southern California this weekend. (Isn’t there always!?)

All the shows and news are linked below. But the big story that’s set to send shockwaves through our state is what we’re going to pay at the pump.

Because California gas prices are about to get insane. As of July 1st they begin going up. And for a few different reasons, they’re set to keep going up. And lawmakers in Sacramento, on both sides of the aisle, are raising alarms and calling for heads to roll.

We’ll keep you ahead of the curve on all of it. See you here next week.

Keep driving,

-T

PORSCHE CONCOURS

Orange County sets the stage for Porsche Club of America’s Orange Coast Region concours.

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NEWS

HEADLINES

• Gas prices are jumping July 1st and Sacramento is steaming

• CA lawmaker calls for CARB Chair to resign - gas prices

• CA appears to be waging lawfare against oil companies

• SoCal community getting Costco stand-alone gas station

• Oil supply and demand in the global environment today

• Trump hints he may raise auto tariffs in ‘not so distant future’

• GM is pumping more cash into American manufacturing

• US lawmakers are looking to add fees to electrified vehicles

EVs, ALTs & AUTONOMOUS

• Trump officially kills EV mandates!

• Newsom keeps fighting to make us drive EVs 

• Could the EV mandate really be the issue w/ Trump & Musk?

• Toyota says 1 EV pollutes as much as 3 hybrids

• US car buyers are losing their appetites for EVs

• Driverless cars as weapons? That’s what the UN is saying

TOP IT OFF

• RECALL: Mitsubishi is hollering back 200K SUVs

• Ram boss sorry for ‘woke’ mistakes bringing back the Hemi!

• List ranking the most American-made cars my surprise you

• Someone is actually reviving the Yugo car brand - no joke

CAR SHOWS BY DAY

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CARAVAN FOR CANCER

The Caravan For Cancer is rolling this weekend! Touching nearly all of our lives, fighting cancer is a cause that really can’t get too much attention.

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ALL-FORD PICNIC

It’s all about early Ford’s in San Diego’s city of Santee! Feel free to drive your Chevy or Mopar - but you’re not getting past the parking lot. 😃

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WEEK 24 CAR SHOW REPORT

Oxnard’s Channel Islands Father’s Day Car Show captured the attention of Scot S! Offering plenty of unique rides for all to enjoy.

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