Wednesday, 2/21/2024

Good morning friends,

Boy, we've had some crazy weather.  While it was pouring rain in much of SoCal on Monday.  It was bright and sunny in Palm Springs.  

I wouldn't have believed it until iDriveSoCal contributor, Clinton "The Professor" Quan, sent me pictures of a car show he hit while down there.  One of those pics is below.

Also below are 10-day forecasts for the main areas of our great region.  Plus links to all the shows and news.

Drive on,

-T

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Mary-Ellen O. reports Danny H. from Laguna Nigel took the top prize for his 1936 Roadster at Dr. George Charity Car Show! 

NEWS

HEADLINES

• SoCal area 10-day forecasts

  • Los Angeles

  • Palm Springs

  • San Diego

  • Ventura

• CA EV sales decline - 1st time in 10-years

• EV sales in Germany expected to drop 14% this year

• Anti-robo-taxi activists get loud in Chinatown

• Another LA street takeover bust

• Allstate raising CA car insurance 30%!?

• Higher car insurance costs fuel inflation

• New vehicle inventories are up 50% YoY

• Truckers make a bold statement to New York

• Strike has Ford CEO 'thinking' about US investment

• Autoworkers concerned EV is a job killer

• WH might spike gas prices - right after election

• Election year = killing the EV mandates

EVs, ALTs, & AUTONOMOUS

• EV battery mineral mines are shutting down

• Ford slashes Mustang Mach-E prices 

• Fisker Ocean is the worst car this guy has ever reviewed

• Fisker gets a warning from New York Stock Exchange

• Rivians are on the road but the company is torching cash

• The Chinese EV company aiming for even more dominance

• Euro automakers could ban together to save EV aspirations

• Interesting perspective/opinion on hydrogen vehicles 

• Cybertruck perspective - showing Musk's marketing prowess?

• Could driving with your thoughts be next? Elon's brain mouse control.

TOP IT OFF

• Worst drivers ranked by state - CA isn't #1!

• Jerk tosses drink at car wash attendant - funny payback!

• Why blinding headlights are mostly a USA problem

• NASCAR truck goes airborne before big wreck

• This horse looks at home galloping down the highway

• Former Disney star/PhD launches space start-up

• How 'minimoons' might help humans hop to other planets

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THE CAR SHOWS

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Palm Springs Bikinis & Bucket Seats had lots of cool cars.  But zero bikinis, which doesn't seem right.  Thankfully, Professor Clinton Quan - pictured here, was not in a bikini.