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Bah, a paltry $135.5 million isn't going to go far. At $3500 each, that's covers fewer than 40,000 cars total, in a state where more than 1.5 million cars are sold every year.Bribe money from a bankrupt state still works.
But yes, California can find ways to waste money like no other place.
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California can't afford it at all, but they're bound and determined to be as radical left as they can possibly be, so they "borrowed" more money (again...
) to pay for as much as they could get away with.
That was federal bribe money, which the FedGov can simply "print". Of course they pretend they're borrowing it rather than actually printing it, but let's look at the reality of the situation: When was the last time the US government's total debt actually decreased year-over year?Use to be the bribe money was $7,500 per car. Must be inflation changed it to $3,500...
But States like California can't do that as easily.
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Well CA has done a pretty good job of being bankrupt for the last 10 years. BTW has there ever been a time in history where a country paid people to buy ICE powered vehicles? Did governments subsidize the building of petrol stations in the U.S. during the transition from Horse and Buggy to those crazy "Iron Horses"????
I wonder why so many people and businesses are exiting CA????? Will CA now give a free new EV to every homeless person because the smog is so bad????
Curious minds want to know.
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Not sure about the allegations in this story. The "victim" must have a very strong ring finger... 
A Lyft Driver Allegedly Dragged a Man 300 Feet by His Wedding Ring - And the App Worked Exactly as Designed
The horrifying detail in this story is the wedding ring. The important detail is the paperwork. According to a complaint filed this week in Clark County District Court, David Morris was standing outside a Lyft that had pulled up to get him in August 2024. The car was locked. He knocked...finance.yahoo.com
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Let's say that VW was helped along with this frankly shocking realization by the European Union, which is mandating (unsure about the timeline) physical controls for certain functions.
Because buyer frustration wasn't enough: these days touch screens, microcontrollers and servos are cheaper than routing Bowden cables...
I don't think there's much objection to microcontrollers and servos; what sucks is the capacitive controls with no tactile feedback (especially when they don't even bother to back-light them), or putting every damn thing on a touch screen, and then burying commonly used items three levels down in an arcane menu.
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An early Golf 8 is a dreadful thing to drive.
The problems increase...
Tesla Cybercab's Touchscreen Is Already Proving To Be A Problem For First Responders - Jalopnik
The touchscreen "could fail a firefighter in an emergency situation in numerous ways," like gloved hands, sweaty and dirty hands, or damage to the car itself.www.jalopnik.com
It just gets stranger...
Audi Sues To Block AUDI Imports To Europe And Now My Head Hurts - Jalopnik
Confused yet?
"jointly developed by Audi and SAIC"
What did VAG think would happen after they (and General Motors, for that matter) taught SAIC everything they know?
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The British car industry, did the same with Japan after WW2, we went over there, showed them how to make cars and tyres, they then bought themselves out (Dunlop Japan), then bought us out and shut us down, flooding the market with cheap rust prone imports with lots of kit until the UK car industry was dead. This is why I don't shed a tear for Japan when they bleat about how China is killing their car industry What goes around, comes around.
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Time to move your EV!
The new EV 'etiquette' fee drivers have to pay at charging stations
Glen Eira Council in Melbourne's southeast will become the latest council to adopt an idle fee from October 1.www.dailymail.com