{"id":4944,"date":"2026-08-20T20:11:46","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T20:11:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/interstatelogisticshubs.com\/?p=4944"},"modified":"2026-08-20T20:11:46","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T20:11:46","slug":"theyre-coming-for-your-cars-in-california","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/interstatelogisticshubs.com\/?p=4944","title":{"rendered":"They’re coming for your cars in California"},"content":{"rendered":"
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So what happens under solid blue rule when the budget gets blown out, the taxes hit the limit, the billionaires flee, and the government appetite for spending just gets bigger?<\/p>\n

Read more Six examples of the media\u2019s \u2018get Trump\u2019 ethos when reporting the news<\/a><\/p>\n

In California, they start to eye the things that make California California: Cars, freedom, houses, prosperity. It’s not just necessity, of course. They also long to make it Not California.<\/p>\n

We’re seeing these kinds of new developments, and none of them are good.<\/p>\n

According to the Santa Monica Observer:<\/p>\n

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Sacramento just dropped another regulatory bomb on everyday Californians.<\/p>\n

The California Energy Commission unanimously approved the nation’s first replacement tire efficiency standards on Monday, setting strict limits on rolling resistance for tires sold in the state. Phase 1 kicks in for tires manufactured starting in 2029. The tougher Phase 2 hits in 2033.<\/p>\n

Tire industry representatives say the 2033 standards would eliminate roughly 70% of the replacement tires currently on the market from being sold in California. Goodyear and America’s Tire have warned that applying the Phase 2 limits to today’s inventory would knock out the majority of available options.<\/p>\n

The rules require lower rolling resistance (less energy lost as heat when the tire rolls) and a minimum wet-grip standard so replacement tires match the efficiency of the ones that come on new cars. Specialty tires – deep-tread off-road, certain winter\/all-weather, competition, and some others – get carve-outs.<\/p>\n

The Energy Commission insists the changes will save drivers nearly $1 billion a year in fuel and electricity costs statewide and cut 2 million metric tons of CO2 annually. It pegs the extra cost to consumers at just $1.50 per tire in Phase 1 and $6.50 in Phase 2, with fuel savings quickly offsetting that.<\/p>\n

Tire makers call those numbers fantasy. They argue real-world prices for compliant tires could jump far higher – potentially hundreds of dollars per set – and that fewer choices will push costs up for the average driver.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

State officials claim it will add just $6.50 to the cost of a tire, a veritable nothingburger, not explaining why they needed to use an obscure 2003 law to justify it, or\u00a0why they need to do it in phases. After all, why not do it all at once and reap the tax benefits if it’s just the little piddly thing they claim it is? We all know this story.<\/p>\n

Here’s the lie sheet from the California Energy Commission, no guaranteed refunds offered when the opposite of what they promise actually happens, and it will. Many have noted that tire manufacturers are not at all onboard with this bad idea, and the supposed support from the big ones is the equivalent of CostCo getting its shops open during the lockdowns while everyone else had theirs closed, they stand to benefit from all the small fry shutting down. Meanwhile, if you like to stick your head into a live volcano, read the comments section:<\/p>\n

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Let\u2019s set the record straight on California\u2019s tire efficiency standard.<\/p>\n

Learn more: https:\/\/t.co\/0MWulkcOBQ pic.twitter.com\/2jtC1lP73F<\/p>\n

Read more What\u2019s wrong with Israel\u2019s public diplomacy<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 California Energy Commission – \u26a1#CalEnergy (@CalEnergy) August 18, 2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

The state’s buffoon governor is all in on the awful idea:<\/p>\n

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Newsom Math: We will spend 5 billion but get 1 billion back. That’s 1 billion in savings. https:\/\/t.co\/mBTOv2TpoU<\/p>\n

\u2014 Chef Andrew Gruel (@ChefGruel) August 20, 2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

Spencer Pratt explained very well what’s going on here:<\/p>\n

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This very odd bird who is now regulating what tires you can get in CA just gave away the whole scam. She cites high gas prices to justify it: “If we can bring down those costs even a little bit, why wouldn’t we do it?”
\nOf course, no mention of reducing CA’s self-imposed gas taxes\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/Ua3NZiOwfK<\/p>\n

\u2014 Spencer Pratt (@spencerpratt) August 18, 2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

They drove up the costs of fuel through their greedy green mandates. They chased the refineries out so that California must import its fuel, same as places like Hawaii must do out of necessity — and admitted that the aim was state control of all refineries:<\/p>\n

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\u26fd\ufe0f DO NOT FORGET! This is the SAME @GavinNewsom Energy Commission that has a WRITTEN plan to TAKE OVER REFINERIES: make it impossible to operate refineries in California, then have state purchase & run refineries, controlling the supply and cost of gasoline. In plain English\ud83d\udc47\u2026 https:\/\/t.co\/l3odJcfkfn pic.twitter.com\/VKk0YcoJF3<\/p>\n

\u2014 Houman David Hemmati, MD, PhD (@houmanhemmati) August 18, 2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

Now they’re looking to drive up the cost of tires by a reported $365\u00a0per set, according to industry sources cited by El Cajon’s conservative mayor, Bill Wells:<\/p>\n

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California just mandated what tires you’re allowed to buy. Their own numbers say it costs you more. Analysts say up to $365 a set.<\/p>\n

Gas tax. Registration. Paid parking at Balboa. Now tires.<\/p>\n

They’re not banning your car. They’re pricing you out of it. One fee at a time. pic.twitter.com\/hMmm07URZN<\/p>\n

\u2014 Bill Wells (@MayorBillWells) August 19, 2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

… in order to price consumers out and drive them into public transportation they control, like Chinese worker ants.<\/p>\n

That’s how socialism gets the hooks in, sounding so fine in intention, so false in its promises, so unaccountable in its ‘unintended results,’ and so greedy in its aims. All of your cars belong to us, they mean. They are taking similar measures to drive homeowners out of houses, too. This is takeoff time for these monsters. One can only hope that the voting base is strong enough to change course in November.<\/p>\n

Read more Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed says he and Jesus Christ are cut from the same cloth because they\u2019re both \u2018radicals\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n

Image: X meme,via\u00a0https:\/\/x.com\/J_Gallagher4CA<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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