I would also give Kimi the benefit of the doubt as he’s not a medic and should stay well away to let the professionals work.

Automakers used to make California only models (variations). I remember those ads in the magazines. I’m glad California is there to fight the insanity that is the federal government today.

They aren’t being set by California. Indirectly, sure, but OEMs could build vehicles for each state’s requirements. However, that is a waste of time and money so they will just build to the strictest requirement for the market.

Automakers aren’t required to meet a California-only standard. They could choose to not sell in California, make a California-specific variant or make a dealer-installed option to meet their standard if it’s not the national standard. It’s the kind of marketplace freedom Republicans normally champion.

And my state has the right not to have its textbook content written by Texas, but here we are.

No state is FORCED to follow CARB standards....

I would like to briefly hijack today’s Morning Shift to post this photo of my daughter’s first Karting session

Tell me again how Republicans are the party of states’ rights?

Car companies: “hey guys we developed all this technology that can assist you in your driving making the hassles of driving almost a thing of the past. Literally all we ask is that you pay attention to the road when you use it”

Dude wheres the story about the Camry or the fucking Civic that crashed. We get it, another Tesla crashed but we don’t need an article every single time this happens unless the ‘autopilot’ is what caused it. Wait until the facts come out. At this point they are ubiquitous so crashes are bound to happen just like any…

He didn’t die from the fire. Three people pulled him out before the fire started.

K but how many people have been killed by people driving their own cars? That experiment has clearly failed, yet here we remain.

Both of those statistics aren’t useful without the amounts they are referencing. 340% sounds large but in reality is likely .001ppm or something. 8800 people sound large but if their estimate was 10 million than again it’s nothing.

We’re for state’s rights, except when we’re against them.

Wouldn’t it be crazy if it was found in the following years that multiple auto makers had built cars specifically to beat tests, and that the actual emissions from diesel engines were vastly higher than otherwise reported? Maybe toss in the exposure of the fact that standard emissions tests are inadequate and more…

Hard to tell. Only thing that’s clear is how many people are going too fast for conditions. There’s just no chance for anybody to stop when they finally recognize the problem.

Sometimes Chris Harris will tell you something isn’t a fire.

Dare I say, the halo actually looks... cool? On this car? Amazing what can happen when it’s actually part of the design and not just a tacked-on mock-up like they tried to show us on the F1 cars last season.

Yes, that’s the plan.

I like it!