Wednesday, 12/8/21

Good morning!

Are you counting the days until Christmas?  My son is, and our dog - Mr. Jake.  Because thanks to Trader Joe's - they both have advent calendars this year. :0)

So, 'Tis The Season for Toy Drive Car Shows - and there are some good ones this weekend. 

Redondo Beach's Christmas Car And Bike Show

 is such a cool scenic location.  

And if that's not the right location for you then there's the

Santa Cause Car Show in La Habra

.  Or you could go big and hit them both.  Because the timing of each event works out in a way where they overlap for only an hour.

Finally, there are a couple of long but worthy articles I've linked below:

• The hydrogen fuel cell vs. EV debate - w/ Musk commentary.

• Money in the shifting automotive marketplace - two thoughts:

  • It's definitely not new.

  • There's even more money in the shifting energy marketplace.

Until next Wednesday,

-T

CHRISTMAS CAR AND BIKE SHOW

13th Annual Cruise At Redondo Beach -

Saturday

NEWS WHEEL

HEADLINES

• SoCal follow-home robberies are no joke - BE CAREFUL, please.

• Local cops say bad guys are released right after being arrested!

• Biden targets US oil in the name of climate change

• Elon slams Biden's Build Back Better Plan

• The intersection of geopolitics and carmaking

• Stellantis plans $22.5B annually from software sales

• CDJR partners up to put new chips on the table.

• No chip shortage for Elon - he plans to put them in humans in '22.

• More US-based chipmaking is being planned - thankfully!

• TX Gov. Abbott says they'll be the new home for chipmaking

• Insurance refunds for MI drivers - what about clean water?

• Honda recall after hoods start popping on the road

• Toyota Sienna's new trim makes a cool minivan

• Subaru Removes The Gloves For All-New WRX

EVs AND ALTs

• Toyota puts $1.3B on this state's hood for batteries

• Rivian's post-IPO coverage is starting - interesting

• Ford is seemingly all-in on an electric F-Series future.

• EVs are on the rise in this country.

• Long-read but worth it: EVs Darkside, Not New To Auto

• First Hydrogen fueling of a maritime vessel in US

• Hydrogen Fuel Cell vs. EV - longer but good read.

AUTONOMOUS

• Tesla's in-dash video games can play while driving...

• Full Self-Driving gets another update from Tesla

• Chipmaker plans to take its robot car biz public.

OTHER STUFF...

• Porsche's EV plan for Gran Turismo 7

• Burger chain with some good grub planning drive-thrus

• Dude with a cool train set needs a new girlfriend.

• Extreme road-rash - car lodges under semi-trailer on highway

SANTA CAUSE - CAR SHOW FOR KIDS

9th Annual Toy Drive - La Habra -

Saturday

TOY DRIVES AND CAR SHOWS

Get in the holiday spirit!  Grab a toy and hit a toy drive to help spread the holiday cheer!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 C&C

• Glendale - Canyon Car Show At The Chevy

• Riverside - Cars And Coffee At Harvest

• Thousand Oaks - 101 Cars And Coffee

• San Clemente - South OC Cars And Coffee

• Valencia - A Brunch Of Cars And Coffee

• Redlands - Redlands Cars And Coffee

• Westchester - Net Cruze Cars And Coffee

• La Habra - Santa Cause Car Show For Kids - TOYS!

• Redondo Beach - Christmas Car And Bike Show - TOYS!

 Sunday

• Northridge - Classic Cars And Coffee

• Chino Hills - Cars And Coffee Chino Hills

• San Pedro - Rancho Palos Verdes C&C

• Escondido - Escondido C&C

• Seal Beach - Hot Rods At The Beach C&C

• Newport Beach - Chihuahua Car Meet Up

CHARGING VW'S ROAD TO EVs

VW's ID.4 is a blast to drive but all that tech has been a very-long time coming -

more HERE.