Wednesday, 12/5/21

Happy New Year!

I'm just now getting back into the swing of things with COVID in the rearview mirror.  I hope you and yours are off to a healthy and prosperous new year!

We have plenty of options from the list of mostly regular weekly/monthly shows to attend this weekend.  So get out and have some fun.

There's a ton of news I've linked to below.  As news cycles go it's usually quiet during the holidays and then a bunch of stories drop - and that's the case this year.

We'll start announcing and rolling out new iDriveSoCal Programs as of next week.  Stay tuned!

Keep driving,

-T

CBAD CARS AND COFFEE

CBad Cars And Coffee 

PUMP, CHARGE & MOVE

HEADLINES

• Toyota steals GMs US sales crown

• More stellar sales numbers for Elon

• Could the car shortage change car buying forever?

• Chinese lockdowns thwart chip shortage recovery 

• New car sales were up in 2021 - YoY

• Used Car Prices continue to confound logical thought

• France warns driving is akin to smoking cigarettes

• Virginia drivers deal with record snow-in

• Travel woes are unrelenting for SoCal flyers

• 5G deployment with airlines controversy continues

• Death of Build Back Better might haunt carmakers

• Oil price annual gain biggest since Obama Admin

• 10 Biden Energy Independence Killers of 2021

• High gas prices seem to have helped Exxon Mobil's Q4

• Energy competition will deliver best outcomes - obviously

• What carmaker stock beat Tesla in 2021?  You'll be surprised.

• Volvo's got a new CEO

ELECTRIC

• 500K Teslas get frunking recalled 

• Tesla stops guessing at Cybertruck deliveries

• Nearly $100k for this F-150 Lightning

• Ford's Big Plans for F-150 Lightning

• Rivian and Hummer pictured side-by-side

• Good news keeps coming for Lucid

• China forces battery price hike 

• Chinese Geely has EV plans for America

• 65% of car sales were EVs in this country last year

AUTONOMOUS

• Self-Driving Truck Co Greenlights Nvidia

• Intel's advanced autonomous driving chip

• Totally self-driving that's really not self-driving

• Self-driving bookshelf for your living room enjoyment

EXTRA MILES

• 'Let's Go Brandon' Driver Gets New Sponsor Deal Flagged

• SpaceX raises a fresh $400M - it barely makes news

• Musk plans to convert greenhouse gases to rocket fuel

• Experts warn of space explorer-cannibalism 

• God + Aliens + Mankind = What?

• Cool 1956 Snow-Mo-Porsche!

NET CRUZE CARS AND COFFEE

Westchester's Net Cruze Cars And Coffee. Can you name this car from the interior alone?

WEEKEND WHEELS

Horsepower happenings near you this weekend. :0)

FRIDAY

• Garden Grove - Main Street Car Show

• Burbank - Classic Car Show

SATURDAY

• 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

• Tustin - Enderle Cars And Coffee

• Torrance - Caffeine Cruisers

• Glendale - Canyon Car Show At The Chevy

• Riverside - Cars And Coffee At Harvest

• San Clemente - South OC Cars And Coffee

• Valencia - A Brunch of Cars

• Redlands - Redlands Cars And Coffee

• Westlake Village - County Line Cars And Coffee

• Westchester - Net Cruze Cars And Coffee

SUNDAY

• Northridge - Classic Cars And Coffee

• Malibu - Malibu Cars And Coffee

• Chino Hills - Cars And Coffee Chino Hills

• Rancho PV - San Pedro Cars And Coffee

• Escondido - Escondido Cars And Coffee

• Seal Beach - Hot Rods At The Beach

• Newport Beach - Chihuahua Car Meet Up

CLASSIC CARS & COFFEE

Northridge's Classic Cars And Coffee