Wednesday, 3/19/2025

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From

Leno's Law

to California Air Resources Board creating a

speed bump for ending EV mandates

.  All the news is linked below.

Plus

pin-up contest

to cool

car shows

.  Who's hosting them, when and where - also below.

See you here next week.

Drive on!

-T

Car shows and pin-up contests go together like cars and coffee! (Somebody write that down.) Details HERE.

It's growing and you're invited - enjoy Cars and Coffee in Santee this weekend! More HERE.

Celebrate all-things Mercedes at Lions Automobilia Foundation & Museum. More HERE.

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NEWS

HEADLINES

• Latest on Jay Leno Law embracing classic cars

• Oil and gas prices ease nationwide.

• CA gas steady about $1.60 more per gallon

• New EPA Chief plans cheaper gas!!!

• Nissan is on the brink across the pond

• German carmakers cooperating or bowing to China?

• Audi slashing workforce by 7,500 globally

• Audi makes nothing in US - tariffs could hit hard

EVs, ALTs & AUTONOMOUS

• CARB is a speed bump in ending EV mandate

• Environmentalist pours gas on Tesla - torches it

• Elon delivers Trump new Tesla Model S to WH

• Musk still fighting for his big money from Tesla

• China's Byd touts 5-minute EV charging - is it real?

• Accolades for Volkswagen's new Microbus EV

• Petersen exhibit: Fall, Rise (and fall again?) of EVs

• OR EV adoption means less tax $ for crumbling roads

• Driverless bus being tested in Spain

• Nissan driverless vehicles being tested in Japan

• Buttons are making a come-back in car user-interface

• Green New Deal Senator trades in EV for gas guzzler

TOP IT OFF

• RECALL: GM is hollering back 90K for tranny issues

• All-New Tiguan - Second Generation is cool - 3rd, wow!

• Subaru Forester Hybrid SUV pricing announced

• Acura's subcompact ADX SUV gets closer to market

• Ford announces its return to 24 Hours of Le Mans

• Cadillac's returning to 24 Hours of Le Mans 

• Chevy's C8 Corvette ZR1 Pricing Released

• Ford's Heritage Fleet - 120-years of automobiles

• SpaceX leaving for Mars by end of next year

• Elon brings stranded astronauts home!

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Egge Machine in Santa Fe Springs has the parts you've been searching for!  More HERE.

Hit the road for a unique adventure and opportunity. Combining military tanks & Hot Rods!  More HERE.

Nearly 40-years of driving deliciousness - the Carne Asada Fun Run - HERE!

Community Reporter Scot hit the Sultans Cars And Clippers Show! MORE HERE!