The other 49 states are NOT able to set their own emissions standards and never have been. They can default to the Federal ones or (since the ‘90s) sign on to the California ones.

I remember in the 80s this was a thing, and SoCal air quality was still a major issue. They hammered hard on pretty much everything that had a tailpipe of some kind and now you can see the sky is blue instead of a murky yellow. CA wanted solutions quickly so they really came down hard on emissions while the other 49…

Also, Scott Pruitt is an a-hole.

Try the job for a week and see if you feel the same way. My daughter worked at an assembly plant for a summer, she loved it because it gave her a much desired workout, but she was stiff & sore every morning she came home.

Los Angeles Civic Center, 1948

Current models already meet CA’s emissions standards. Keep building to that stringent level and you’re good, no hand-wringing required.

Because they had tail pipe emissions regulations before the clean air act. Also because LA was a smog filled hellscape and now it is just a smug filled hellscape 

I dont’ know the history, but why did CA want its own standards over & above what the EPA mandated?

There are cheap cars out there. A base Spark is only slightly more expensive than a Yugo would be in 2018 dollars, and is a vastly better car in pretty much every way.

RE: 2nd Gear. California holding automakers to its tougher standard would indeed expose automakers to “ a patchwork of efficiency regulations” but the solution is so simple: only build cars that meet the California standard.

Then it shouldn’t be on public roads where a tow truck can grab it.

MY CAR, MY STREET, MY AIR PEW PEW PEW

If there is one practical application for Police license scanners. This is it. I wish we would be aggressive against uninsured motorists in the U.S. I hate having to carry extra coverage on my insurance because of the negligence of someone else.

In theory or in practice? Given that the car didn’t even slow down until after the collision, clearly LIDAR and/or the software was ineffective and it should not have been going faster than a crawl.

I’m pretty sure I’ve seen that shift pattern before, and it was a diesel.

counterpoint: it is actually super fun to play with your friends

Keep in mind too, he is reading these cue cards that are almost always changed by the writers for the very reason to try and break him. It’s a thing they’ve been doing since day one.

untrue. they get to coast on the initial certification for a number of years. the reason Ford discontinued the ranger in 2011 was because their certification ran out and they would have needed a complete redesign to meet the 2012 standard. they decided the juice wasn’t worth the squeeze and shitcanned it.

all new…

“The Charger is the last RWD full-size American sedan.” — sure yes, but there are other RWD full-size sedans out there for somebody looking for a full-side sedan. And “American” is a misnomer for a car assembled in Canada for a company run by Italians.

I’m thinking the reliability is probably pretty good due to redundancy. After the first 4 cylinders fail you have two more 4 cylinder engines to back you up and get you home.