Happy Liberation Day! Now cars will be more expensive, older cars will with older safety tech will stay on the road longer possibly making everyone a little less safe.
Tesla might be attempting to game the Canadian EV rebate system (or they sold two cars every minute one weekend), Auroa wants to set its driver-less 18 wheeler's free, Waymo is today's gaslight winner and Fred jumps into Gaussian Splatter - it might be a Jackson Pollack competitor. Plus recalls.
This weeks links:
- https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/world/canada/tesla-canada-sales-musk.html
- https://boingboing.net/2025/03/28/elon-musk-threatens-to-use-government-power-to-go-after-people-who-lie-about-tesla.html
- https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/business/trump-auto-tariffs-companies.html
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/there-s-no-such-thing-as-a-fully-american-made-car/ar-AA1C1GRZ
- https://www.govtech.com/transportation/prep-underway-for-full-driverless-trucks-on-texas-highways
- https://www.yahoo.com/news/chinas-xiaomi-says-actively-cooperating-052114932.html
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/female-crash-dummies-to-be-used-in-car-safety-tests-under-katie-britt-bill-it-is-past-time/ar-AA1BpvzH
- https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/rcl/2025/RCLRPT-25E021-3111.PDF
- https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/rcl/2025/RCLRPT-25V179-8053.PDF
- https://www.silive.com/news/2025/03/nissan-begins-long-delayed-fix-on-3-year-old-suv-recall.html
- https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/rcl/2025/RCLRPT-25V193-3458.PDF