It’s also raised the prices and given us 8 year loans.

Maybe we should look at the rest of the World. Japan and Germany have high gas prices, yes, but that money goes for highway development directly. They also have TONS of nice, dependable, efficient, high-mileage cars, trucks, and vans.

Okay, first of all, California’s standards are not strict, simply stricter, otherwise it is a matter of loose or looser. Actually, the regulations were already a compromise with the federal government. So CA would pass even stricter ones if things broke down. As for their logic:

We’d have to have international support for such a thing. Currently they all just register in whatever country has the most lax laws and go from there. Need a way to make that impossible.

The practical solution would be to require a 220VAC 50A outlet in the garage near where a car charger would go. That would add less than $50 to any new home and save someone from a later large cost that could persuade them not to purchase an EV

We are approaching that time of year when some car buyers start freaking out about the upcoming cold weather and decide they need a larger, “safer” family car.

As far as I’m concerned (who knows what will actually get proposed), a 240V outlet in the garage seems like a reasonable middle ground. If an entire new house is getting wired, I can’t see a 240V outlet changing the cost in any meaningful way.

This would have no significant impact on air quality in big cities where there’s a large concentration of cars.

Neutral: I’m with California on this and support stronger emissions standards overall. I believe in their right to set a standard for their state. They have a geography, climate and population density that is not the same as most of our country. If their requirements mean Ford can’t sell F150's there, then so be it.

1st Gear:

Lol I live behind the Orange curtain as well but I manage to see my buddy right in DTLA every other month. Just have to pick the right time to drive up.

I live in OC and it takes me 45 minutes to go 24 miles to my dads house. I hate it.

Typical Friday afternoon:

Yup. I currently live in San Jose, and my folks have recently moved into my maternal grandmother’s old house in Salinas. I remember one time last year when they wanted to know if I could come down on a Thursday after work to help with something while they were moving in.

Kind of like how I see my friends in the Bay Area / New York City more than my friends on the west side of LA (I live behind the Orange curtain).

I feel this too from SF, where most of our traffic comes from depending so much on bridges and usually only having one way to get to any particular destination.

How big do you want it?

Renzo Bassi was the artist-

I’m sure the museum curators and concours displayers will regret this tire choice greatly in the tens of miles per annum such a vehicle accrues.