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Wednesday, 11/17/2021
LA Auto Show | Cruisin' La Verne And More
Greetings!
My wife and I took my son to Disney yesterday. He loves it! So we do to!
Two Disney thoughts:
They really need more than a single Starbucks inside the park.
Autopia, cars of the future ride, needs an upgrade. Cause the exhaust from the 'cars of the future,' leaves you tipsy. (They're run on gas-powered lawnmower engines.)
Speaking of power - gas, electric, hydrogen - all of it is in the news this week. And that includes the headlines I link to and... the
It's back!
And it sounds like there will be an accent on EVs at this year's show. We'll see. It officially starts Friday. But press days for the show are Wednesday and Thursday. So, I'll be by the time this newsletter is in your inbox.
Drive on,
-T
P.S. Thanks for all the replies to last week's electric question that I posed! Check out the below stories about some Japanese carmakers holding out on the EV craze... interesting.
LA AUTO SHOW
Los Angeles Convention Center
Plenty Of News To Know And, Some To Forget :0)
HEADLINES
Watch Your Six - Follow Home Robberies Continue
Lawmaker Calls For Tapping National Gas Reserve
Currency Comptroller Nominee Wants To Bankrupt Fossil Fuel Cos.
Even Crazy Gas Prices Can't Help The Struggling Bus Industry
Al Gore Is Certain The Oceans Will Soon Freeze - Or Maybe Boil.
US Energy Secretary Appeared In (a bad) 2018 Anti-Gasoline Video
Japanese Carmakers Double-Down On ICE And This Pub Is Mad
'22 Ford Expedition Reveals Cool New Options
2022 Lexus IS Is Bringing Horsepower Back
'22 VW Golf R Is An All-New White Hot Hatch
ELECTRIC & HYDROGEN
California Greenlights $1.4B For Chargers And Hydrogen
A Softer Take Japan's Sort-Of Anti-EV Stance And Pro-Hydrogen!
Rivian has become the 3rd Most Valuable Car Maker Globally
As Rivian's Stock Soars Atlanta Will Likely Earn Its Next Plant
VW's ID.4 EV Completes The Rebelle Rally
VW taps the breaks on EV production Due To Supply Chain
Audi Q4 e-tron: entry-level lux EV
AUTONOMOUS
US Trans. Sec. - Drivers Still Have To Pay Attention
Qualcomm Is Dumping Cell Phones For Self-Driving
Honda Tests Autonomous Pickup In California
OTHER STUFF
My pal Lewis Cook at Martin Chevy could make you one kind of like it... but this prototype is truly beastly.
SoCal Car Happenings This Weekend
New cars, old cars, supercars, show cars... plus cruises and toy drives. Get in the holiday spirit!Friday
Los Angeles - LA Auto Show
Burbank - Classic Car Show
Garden Grove - Main Street Car Show
Saturday
Los Angeles - LA Auto Show
Huntington Beach - Donut Derelicts
La Puente - Gas & Glaze
Glendale - Early Rodders
Santa Clarita - Cars and Coffee Valencia
Placentia - Donuts And Dipsticks
Corona - Cars And Coffee Corona
Dana Point - Monarch Bay Cars And Coffee
Carlsbad - CBad Cars And Coffee
El Segundo - Can Drive Cruise-In
Tustin - Enderle Cars And Coffee
Thousand Oaks - Conejo Vally C&C
Tustin - Bord4Fast Annual Toy Drive
Torrance - Caffeine Cruisers C&C
Covina - Saturday Morning Car Corral
Grand Terrace - Grand Terrace Cars And Coffee
Riverside - Cars And Coffee At Harvest
San Clemente - South OC Cars And Coffee
Valencia - A Brunch Of Cars And Coffee
Sunday
Los Angeles - LA Auto Show
Northridge - Classic Cars And Coffee
Oxnard - Muscles And Mojo
Chino Hills - Cars And Coffee Chino Hills
Orange County - Cars And Coffee Villa Park
San Pedro - Rancho Palos Verdes C&C
Inland Empire - Cars And Coffee Riverside
Escondido - Escondido C&C
Seal Beach - Hot Rods At The Beach C&C
Newport Beach - Chihuahua Car Meet Up
La Verne - Saturday
STOMACH CANCER AWARENESS MONTH
November is Stomach Cancer Awareness Month - 28K Americans are diagnosed yearly. And it's one of the most deadly cancers globally.
