Wednesday, 8/7/2024

Good morning!

Hot summer car shows are driving Southern California in every part of the region.

All the cool car events are listed below.  Plus all the news I've curated for you this week.

Keep driving my friends!

-T

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Many roads lead to Santa Barbara this weekend for its 2-day Automotive Exposition.  Details HERE.

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THE NEWS

HEADLINES

• SoCal cops warn of fake parking tickets - look very real!

• Chevron leaving California due to 'adversarial' policies

• Elon bails completely on California - all companies leaving

• Presidential politics, young "influencers" and Cybertruck?!?

• SEMA: Dem VP pick loves California Air Resources Board

• Oil CEO says lawmakers starting to realize reality

• Lawmaker questions EV mandates - 'experts' clueless

• EV sales sink nearly 40% as subsidies end here.

• UK slashes auto industry projects on weak EV demand

• Celebrity fights DUI charge w/ 'special' defense attorney

• Elon's fight card continues filling up with latest acceptance

EVs, ALTs & AUTONOMOUS

• Lucid gasps for more air with a $1.5B infusion.

  • But will 33% of that be Lucid CEO compensation?

• Tesla continues grappling with Elon's $56B pay deal

• An new EV issue causing huge lines - charger hogs

• CA EV company Faraday Future continues hanging on to life

• Didn't know Tesla had a deal w/ Costco - neither did Elon.

• China's Byd and Uber ink 100K EV partnership deal

• Honda/Nissan invite Mitsu into EV development partnership 

• EVs and saltwater pose problems - but hurricane season?

• Of course Chinese software should stay out of US robo-cars!

TOP IT OFF

• This Ram pick-up is hitting the chopping block

• Tens of millions of airbags identified in possible recall

• Pebble is taking the ad money, but car guys and solar cars?!

• Ha! Male drivers take more risks w/ 'certain' sounding navi cues

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WHEELS & WHERE TO SEE'EM

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SUNDAY - HERE

MON & TUES - HERE

Huntington Beach's American Legion Post is hosting a Veterans Car Show this weekend. Details HERE!

Supporting a great cause is the Cruise For Colors Car Show and Pin-Up contest in Long Beach. More HERE!

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Our man on the street, Scot S, was busy last weekend.  Logging reports from the Los Amigos Car Show and Zuma C&C.  Enjoy his reviews!

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