Wednesday, 9/4/2024

Good morning,

I love car people.  Because if not for car people I might not have an outlet to share

cool stories like this one

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Even though Labor Day is in the rearview mirror we've got countless happenings to pick from this week.  All of those with the latest news I've curated for you are linked below.

Also below, iDriveSoCal Community Contributor Scot S poses a thought-provoking question.  "What makes a hot rod - a hot rod?" 

Keep driving,

-T 

Long Beach's Belmont Shore Car Show is rolling this weekend!  Details HERE.

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NEWS

HEADLINES

• CA Senate denies Newsoms special mtg on gas prices

• SoCal car rental firm charged w/ enabling 'crime tourism'

• Speeding warning tech bill heads to Newsom's desk

• Santa Monica plans to lower speed limits this fall

  • While street takeovers nearly turn deadly

• CARB generates another lawsuit from industry

• CARB's good intentions could cost in many other ways

• WH 'green' official discovered to own... an oil well!?

• WH pumps more $$$ into highspeed rails - why?

• UKs EV push has biggest dealer group crying foul

• VW is feeling the heat in Germany - from China!?

• Audi executive dies in vacation accident

• Elon says he's limiting travel after tech CEO arrest

• Stellantis names new head of Jeep after how long?

• Founder's great-grandson wants Chrysler/Dodge back

• Executive musical chairs continues at this EV firm

EVs, ALTS & AUTONOMOUS

• Yet another CA EV company heads to TX

• Ford scraps plans for electric sport ute

• Ford's TN EV truck production gets delayed

• Hollywood gets tapped for Tesla robo-taxi reveal

• Tesla's planning a 6-seat Model Y - for China...

• Woodfire pizza is delicious - what about EV made?

TOP IT OFF

• RECALL: Toyota needs'em back - wreck possibility

• RECALL: 90K Ford's have an engine fire risk

• Latenight hanky-panky leads to SUV in river

• New Ford tech turns cop cars into watchdogs

• Ford decides to pull back on pushing woke DEI stuff

• Burger joint w/ CA drive-thrus shuttering - wage laws

• SEMA supported legislation passes in CA needs support

• Buying a new Porsche? Would you like a condo with that?

• NASA explains away weird sounds coming from spacecraft

• Bezos flaunts his new speed-of-sound jet at LA airport

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Cherries are flashing in Simi Valley at the Cops 'N Cruisers Car Show!  Details HERE!

Have you heard the one about the guy who drove a car, made a poster from pics he took, and then another guy bought that car?!  Fun story HERE.

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Los Angeles Fire Department Memorial Car Show is on call in Woodland Hills!  More HERE.

Garden Grove's Kiwanis Land is running its annual show this weekend!  More HERE.

iDSC Community Connoisseur, Scot S, takes us to Vista's Annual Rod Run.  Philosophizing the question: 'What, exactly, defines a hot rod?'

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