Wednesday, 1/22/2025

Good Morning America!

Especially Southern California. :0)  I hope this finds you and yours doing fantastic!

If you've been around, then you've heard me state.  "I've got nothing against EVs."  They are cars.  And I love cars.  So by default I love EVs.  Heck, one day I may own one for bopping around town.  

But I love the open road.  I love driving to new places.  Destination unknown!  (Ok, that almost never happens now that I'm a Dad, but you get the idea.)  And we just have to have gas burning cars for that. 

So

saying goodbye to EV mandates

gets two thumbs way up from me - thanks President Trump!  Of course that's on the national level.  We still have roads to travel with the issue here in CA.  But it's a great start.

All the cool car happenings are linked below.  Along with all the news I've curated for you.

See you here next week.

Drive on!

-T

LA County's South Bay Saturday morning standby cars and coffee is brewing!  Details HERE.

Carlsbad Cars And Coffee always drives unique wheels to enjoy!  More HERE.

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NEWS

HEADLINES

• Cops make an armed carjacking bust in Riverside.

• Does your car insurance cover you from fire damage?

• Multi-million dollar rare car fleet saved from SoCal fires

• SEMA celebrates CA's withdrawing waiver request

• President Trump labels energy a National Emergency

• EV mandates are being revoked by President Trump

• Rivian gets one last tax-payer check via Biden

• Ford CEO promises carmaker is done w/ 'boring cars'

• Jeep, Dodge, Ram prep for comeback - Chrysler?

• GM engine failures being probed by Feds

EVs, ALTs & AUTONOMOUS

• Elon takes the stage at Trump inauguration ceremonies

• Another EV startup company files for bankruptcy

• Mercedes-Benz and Google AI to take on traffic

• Tesla Cybertrucks are being discounted!?

• European car buyers continue avoiding EVs

• China could be buying shuttered German car factories

• Amazon drone deliveries are crashing - being suspended 

TOP IT OFF

• Auto component industry expected to grow - CA opportunity?

• Here's how the auto industry ended 2024 in sales 

• Got potholes? This government thinks AI can fix it

• Rare 60s AMC car of the future discovered in barn find

• Super-rare Ferrari going under the auctioneer hammer

• Company aims to put a data center... on the moon.

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Crossroads Cars And Coffee in Camarillo is warming up fellowship!  More HERE.

Riverside's Harvest Christian Fellowship parking lots rolls all sorts of sweet rides!  More HERE.

OC's annual Cruisin' 2 Freedom Car Show was on Scot's radar last weekend. Here's his report.