Wednesday, 8/14/2024

Good morning!

We've got a full tank of summertime car shows and fun this weekend!

All the automotive events are linked below.  Along with all the news that caught my eye this past week.

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Keep driving,

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NEWS

HEADLINES

• Knucklehead SoCal security guard in hot water after sideshow

• Pit maneuver by SoCal cops ends high-speed chase

• CA cop terrorized by masked motorcyclists

• SoCal hit-and-run driver leaves multiple cars wrecked

• SoCal community hits the brakes for new road restrictions

• SoCal car crash leads to driver attacked by bees!

• Chevron Exec explains CA business climate to blame for move

• Growing fears of CA refinery closures - state owned solution!?

• CA RV dealer says pound sand when told to remove flag

• LA Olympics has pandering politicians ponying up promises

• TX sues GM for selling data on 1.5M drivers

• GM North America executive bails after 8 months!

• Stellantis cutting nearly 2.5K jobs w/ Ram Classic

• UAW leadership seems to have officially lost it

• New vehicle transaction prices up 25% sine 2019!

• Depreciation hammers EVs - current 3-year lens

• BMW boss says all EVs is wrong - shouldn't happen

• Elon's Presidential interview on X gets hacked

• Elon warns against vilifying fossil fuels - Trump interview

EVs, ALTs & AUTONOMOUS

• Waymo robo-taxis wake neighbors honking @ 4 AM

• Charger up-time reports overestimated by providers

• Flying weed-wackers canceled at Paris Olympics

• Report: VW delaying EV production on new models

• Factoring fires when large scale EV activities

• South Korean 'EV phobia' caused by factory blaze.

• Tesla/Uber square-off in robot taxi advances

• No more Cybertrucks under $100k

• Ford announces Bronco/Mustang e-bikes (silly)

• Crazy, can't be real, Jag says won't sell cars for a year

TOP IT OFF

• Do Not Drive: Ford Mazada Warning - airbags

• Recall: Oddest one we've heard of to date.

• Wait, Ford plans to report me when I speed?!

• Insurance rates jump 15% in first half of 2024

• Buc-cee's Gas Stations sound awesome - I've never been

• Sweet old Ford park on public street hasn't moved in 3 years

• New website lets New Yorkers photo bomb street/cams

• NASA findings - ocean-level underground water on Mars

• Pilots claim UFOs intercepted their 747 - no radar signature

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SHOWS

WED - FRI - HERE

SATURDAY - HERE

SUNDAY - HERE

MON & TUES - HERE

Cruise up to the mountains for Wrightwood's annual car show.  Details HERE!

The Orange County Summer Car Show is motoring this weekend. More HERE!

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