Wednesday, 9/25/2024

Good morning friends,

Another big week of awesome automotive events is on tap!

All of them are linked below along with the news I've curated for you.  

We gotta hand it to the SFPD.  With all the insanity those guys (and gals) are dealing with up there.  They

dress up as chickens to bust speeders

!  

Keep driving,

-T

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THE NEWS

HEADLINES

• SF cops dressed as chickens nail speeders!!

• Gas prices continue easing around the country.

• California gas prices still creeping higher

• SoCal authorities are cracking down on rail crossing/safety

• SoCal cops execute pit maneuver to stop stolen vehicle

• States with the worst-behaved drivers ranked.

• New vehicle inventory up - incentives too

• Trump calls for 200% Mexican auto import tax

• WH proposes ban on China tech in US cars

• Stellantis looking for a new CEO for Jeep & Ram

• VW is working on a deal for workers with UAW

• Mercedes cuts full-year profit forecast for 2nd time.

• China's auto industry is struggling to say the least

• EU demand of electric cars has run out of juice

EVs, ALTs & AUTONOMOUS

• US House passes resolution to overturn EPA EV mandates

• WH shells out billions more for battery manufacturing

• Automakers are in reverse on EV rollout plans

• Another EV issue - they're too heavy for safety rails

• Hyundai and GM are teaming up - scale & cost reduction

• Sportfishing super-yacht to run on... vegetable oil

TOP IT OFF

• RECALL: GM hollering back 450K SUVs

• RECALL: Ford needs 144.5K Maverick trucks back

• 8-year old girl drives family SUV to Target - needed stuff

• Hero cop climbs into moving vehicle during medical emergency

• Corvette owner finds would-be thief locked inside his car

• CD players are going the way of 8-tracks in cars

• $153K CA Cop Cybertruck spend questioned - cool factor.

• Cybertruck is going to help you get out of Vegas quicker!

• Elon's brain chip could help the blind to see again

• SpaceX sending 5 (uncrewed) Starships to Mars in just 2-years!

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THE SHOWS

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This one just percolated upon our radar - looks cool!  More HERE.

Cruise to the Mountain for Thunder!  More HERE.

Another cars & coffee that just brewed-up to our attention in Santee, CA!  Details HERE

Every VW Type 2 has a story.  Or thousands of them. Scot brags this one from Surf City check out his RECAP.