How One Group is Pushing Back on California's EV Mandate

by Tim Healey

Published: August 23rd, 2024

how one group is pushing back on california s ev mandate

Hello there! It's podcast time!

This week we talk with SEMA about how the group is pushing back on California's strict EV push. Matthew Guy and I also debate Austin Dillon's penalty, madcap last-lap NASCAR drama in Michigan, and locking pliers.

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We thank Karen Bailey-Chapman and Matthew Guy for their time and Matt Posky for editing. Most of all, we thank you for listening.

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Tim Healey

Tim Healey grew up around the auto-parts business and has always had a love for cars — his parents joke his first word was “‘Vette”. Despite this, he wanted to pursue a career in sports writing but he ended up falling semi-accidentally into the automotive-journalism industry, first at Consumer Guide Automotive and later at Web2Carz.com. He also worked as an industry analyst at Mintel Group and freelanced for About.com, CarFax, Vehix.com, High Gear Media, Torque News, FutureCar.com, Cars.com, among others, and of course Vertical Scope sites such as AutoGuide.com, Off-Road.com, and HybridCars.com. He’s an urbanite and as such, doesn’t need a daily driver, but if he had one, it would be compact, sporty, and have a manual transmission.

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Zerofoo on Aug 26, 2024
"You can keep the car you already own. You can walk. You can live in the city, near work and shopping. You can take an autonomous Uber (which will be cheaper than car ownership in 11 years). You can even buy a used ICE." If the communists wanted you to own an ICE car, they would have issued you one. You will live in your pod in your 15 minute city. You will own nothing and you will be "happy".

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Dean on Aug 30, 2024
Is there any way to find out without committing to 1hr:8mins of gumph in a podcast ?

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