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Nutson's Weekly Auto News Wrap-up June 11-17, 2023

Nutson's Weekly Auto News Wrap-up June 11-17, 2023

*Here are Larry's picks among the past week's important, relevant, semi-secret, or snappy automotive news, opinions and insider back stories presented as expertly crafted easy-to-understand automotive universe news nuggets.. ... Continue reading

EV-Motoring: The Inequities Of Electric Vehicles - Lower Income People Unplugged

EV-Motoring: The Inequities Of Electric Vehicles - Lower Income People Unplugged

The race to go green is heating up. President Joe Biden signed [1] an executive order calling for half of new auto sales in the US to be electric by 2030. ... Continue reading

Nutson's Weekly Auto News Wrap-up June 4 - 10, 2023

Nutson's Weekly Auto News Wrap-up June 4 - 10, 2023

* From Reuters we read: Preliminary sales figures for May show that U.S. car and light truck sales achieved a 15.05 million annualized sales pace, according to Wards Intelligence. That’s well below pre-pandemic levels that bobbed around the 17 million level, but it’s not a recession. ... Continue reading

5 Tire Tips for Safe Summer Driving

5 Tire Tips for Safe Summer Driving

MISSION, Kan., June 8, 2023 -- (Family Features) As temperatures rise during the summer months, the friction from your vehicle's tires rolling, turning and braking combined with higher pavement temperatures could lead to potential trouble while on the road. While added variables like increased traffic due to summer tra ... Continue reading

Mercedes-Benz DRIVE PILOT Wins Hands Free Driving OK From California

Mercedes-Benz DRIVE PILOT Wins Hands Free Driving OK From California

Jun 8, 2023 – Atlanta. Mercedes‑Benz DRIVE PILOT now certified in the state of California First SAE Level 3 conditionally automated driving approved for use in California in standard-production vehicles DRIVE PILOT available in the U.S. for model year 2024 S‑Class and EQS Sedan models, with the first cars deliver ... Continue reading

Toyota (the last best chance to stop the EV fairy-tale) folded like an origami chicken and facilitated the elimination of freedom of choice by agreeing to stop selling real cars in California after 2035. Cluck cluck

Toyota (the last best chance to stop the EV fairy-tale) folded like an origami chicken and facilitated the elimination of freedom of choice by agreeing to stop selling real cars in California after 2035. Cluck cluck

El Foldo: "Toyota acknowledged CARB’s leadership in climate policies and its authority to set vehicle emissions standards under the Clean Air Act. ... Continue reading

American Honda Sales: Strong Demand + Increasing Supply = Great May Sales Results

American Honda Sales: Strong Demand + Increasing Supply = Great May Sales Results

June 1, 2023 Healthy supply helps Honda and Acura brands post double-digit growth by leveraging new products to top 119,000 units in May Honda Brand Honda brand up over 53% month-over-month on May sales of 105,740 with gains across the lineup Honda electrified models set monthly record with sales over 32,000 units CR-V ... Continue reading

TEAMSTERS STANDING FOR AMERICAN SANITY - COMMEND CALIFORNIA STATE ASSEMBLY FOR PASSING AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE BILL, AB 316

TEAMSTERS STANDING FOR AMERICAN SANITY - COMMEND CALIFORNIA STATE ASSEMBLY FOR PASSING AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE BILL, AB 316

California Assembly Bill 316 (AB 316), a Teamster-supported bill that would require a trained human operator in autonomous vehicles weighing over 10,000 pounds, overwhelmingly passed the California State Assembly today with strong bipartisan support. It now heads to the State Senate. ... Continue reading

KIA AMERICA APRIL 2023 Sales

KIA AMERICA APRIL 2023 Sales

Fast-growing Kia America continues its hot streak as the brand posted total May sales of 71,497 units, marking the second-highest monthly sales total in company history and the tenth consecutive month of year-over-year sales increases. May sales were up 23-percent over the same period last year, with several models pos ... Continue reading

Nutson' s Auto News Weeky Wrap-up May 21-27, 2023

Nutson' s Auto News Weeky Wrap-up May 21-27, 2023

Here are Larry's picks among the past week's important, relevant, semi-secret, or snappy automotive news, opinions and insider back stories presented as expertly crafted easy-to-understand automotive universe news nuggets. ... Continue reading

Want To Buy An Electrified Vehicle Now? - Too Bad

Want To Buy An Electrified Vehicle Now? - Too Bad

This report comes right before the Environmental Protection Agency’s public hearing this week on its proposed standards for light-duty cars. The proposed car standards cover model years 2027 to 2032 and are expected to lead to clean, electric cars making up as much as 67 percent of new passenger vehicles sold in the ... Continue reading

Nutson's Weekly Auto News Wrapup May 14-20, 2023

Nutson's Weekly Auto News Wrapup May 14-20, 2023

Larry's news picks among the past week's important, relevant, semi-secret, or snappy automotive news, opinions and insider back stories presented as expertly crafted easy-to-understand automotive universe news nuggets. ... Continue reading

Planning a California Road Trip Adventure

Planning a California Road Trip Adventure

To make it easy for travelers to plan their trips, the 2023 California Road Trips guide includes 13 action-packed itineraries that begin and end at one of the state's 27 commercial airports, highlighting how easy it is to fly into any region of the Golden State and hit the road. ... Continue reading

DOE Funds $8 Billion Regional Clean Hydrogen (Fuel) Hubs

DOE Funds $8 Billion Regional Clean Hydrogen (Fuel) Hubs

Clean hydrogen hubs will create networks of hydrogen producers, consumers, and local connective infrastructure to accelerate the use of hydrogen as a clean energy carrier that can deliver or store tremendous amounts of energy. The production, processing, delivery, storage, and end-use of clean hydrogen, including innov ... Continue reading

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