Lots of interesting news today

WARRIORWELDING said:
I'm guessing yes it will be enforced. This one mod is more dangerous than a whole host of others combined. Its also painfully obvious to me that most of the owners really shouldn't be driving a grocery cart much less the abomination of choice.




In all seriousness half a brain looks at that and sees the list of things detrimental and dangerous to the function of the automobile and others.
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Maybe I'm missing something - what is dangerous about this mod that was not already illegal?
 
ponykilr said:
Not all heroes wear capes.

Read the comments.

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Thank God! These stupid purple-blue lights are annoying the crap out of me. I was just telling the wife the other night that I bet it was a big batch of Chinese LEDs with the wrong color temperature.
www.wfae.org

Why are Charlotte's streetlights turning purple?

Some of the Charlotte region’s streetlights are mysteriously changing color. We illuminate why — and how — some people are seeing purple.
www.wfae.org www.wfae.org
 
jeepinmatt said:
Thank God! These stupid purple-blue lights are annoying the crap out of me. I was just telling the wife the other night that I bet it was a big batch of Chinese LEDs with the wrong color temperature.
www.wfae.org

Why are Charlotte's streetlights turning purple?

Some of the Charlotte region’s streetlights are mysteriously changing color. We illuminate why — and how — some people are seeing purple.
www.wfae.org www.wfae.org
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I feel like this is the kind of things local news outlets were made for
 
jeepinmatt said:
Thank God! These stupid purple-blue lights are annoying the crap out of me. I was just telling the wife the other night that I bet it was a big batch of Chinese LEDs with the wrong color temperature.
www.wfae.org

Why are Charlotte's streetlights turning purple?

Some of the Charlotte region’s streetlights are mysteriously changing color. We illuminate why — and how — some people are seeing purple.
www.wfae.org www.wfae.org
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Interesting! There's a bunch around hickory as well, I figured it was some new type of bulb that doesn't bother owls or something like that. Learn something new everyday!
 
jeepinmatt said:
Thank God! These stupid purple-blue lights are annoying the crap out of me. I was just telling the wife the other night that I bet it was a big batch of Chinese LEDs with the wrong color temperature.
www.wfae.org

Why are Charlotte's streetlights turning purple?

Some of the Charlotte region’s streetlights are mysteriously changing color. We illuminate why — and how — some people are seeing purple.
www.wfae.org www.wfae.org
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I've actually not seen any of these. Maybe it's because I'm not really out after dark and street lights aren't a thing where I live. Kinda think they'd be cool.
 
RatLabGuy said:
Maybe I'm missing something - what is dangerous about this mod that was not already illegal?
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1- The headlight blinding other drivers
2 - The loss of front traction and vehicular control.
3- The loss of driver visibility
 
Ron said:
1- The headlight blinding other drivers
2 - The loss of front traction and vehicular control.
3- The loss of driver visibility
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All of which were already illegal..?

there are already clear rules about headlight aiming and visibility. The front traction thing is an outcome that I'm sure could be pinned to something.
I'm just saying, while I hate this as much as anybody else, enforcement of existing laws would solve the problem instead of making new ones.
 
At first I'm like, no way this is real.
Then I look back on the last 4 years and, oh, well, yeah. OK sure why not.
 
Governor Hochul signed legislation this week that will require all new passenger cars and trucks sold in New York State to be zero-emissions by 2035. In addition, the law will require all new off-road vehicles, like ATVs and side-by-sides, as well as other powered equipment, to be zero-emissions by 2035. New medium-duty and heavy-duty vehicles will also have to be battery-electric by 2045.

In a statement released Thursday, Hochul called the legislation “the nation’s most aggressive plan to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions affecting our climate.”

“The new law and regulation mark a critical milestone in our efforts and will further advance the transition to clean electric vehicles, while helping to reduce emissions in communities that have been overburdened by pollution from cars and trucks for decades,” she added.

Governor Hochul
While truck manufacturers will only be allowed to sell EVs by 2045, they will have to begin offering battery-electric products much sooner than that. Truck companies would be required to meet a certain annual sales percentage of zero-emission trucks, which will vary among vehicle weight classes, beginning with the 2025 model year. By the 2035 model year, at least 55 percent of all new Class 2b-3 pickup trucks and vans, 75 percent of all new Class 4-8 trucks, and 40 percent of all new Class 7-8 tractors sold in New York State must be zero-emission. Hochul says this requirement follows the template set by the California Advanced Clean Trucks Rule.



In April, the governors of 12 U.S. states wrote a letter to President Biden urging him to implement a nationwide ban on new gasoline vehicle sales by 2035. The letter was signed by the governors of California, New York, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Connecticut, Hawaii, Maine, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oregon, Washington State and Rhode Island. The letter also pushed for the White House to implement new purchase incentives to drive the adoption of electric utility trucks and vans.

Subscribe to GM Authority for more GM-related emissions news, GM EV news, GM business strategy news and around-the-clock General Motors news coverage.
 
rodney eppes said:
Governor Hochul signed legislation this week that will require all new passenger cars and trucks sold in New York State to be zero-emissions by 2035. In addition, the law will require all new off-road vehicles, like ATVs and side-by-sides, as well as other powered equipment, to be zero-emissions by 2035. New medium-duty and heavy-duty vehicles will also have to be battery-electric by 2045.

In a statement released Thursday, Hochul called the legislation “the nation’s most aggressive plan to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions affecting our climate.”

“The new law and regulation mark a critical milestone in our efforts and will further advance the transition to clean electric vehicles, while helping to reduce emissions in communities that have been overburdened by pollution from cars and trucks for decades,” she added.

Governor Hochul
While truck manufacturers will only be allowed to sell EVs by 2045, they will have to begin offering battery-electric products much sooner than that. Truck companies would be required to meet a certain annual sales percentage of zero-emission trucks, which will vary among vehicle weight classes, beginning with the 2025 model year. By the 2035 model year, at least 55 percent of all new Class 2b-3 pickup trucks and vans, 75 percent of all new Class 4-8 trucks, and 40 percent of all new Class 7-8 tractors sold in New York State must be zero-emission. Hochul says this requirement follows the template set by the California Advanced Clean Trucks Rule.



In April, the governors of 12 U.S. states wrote a letter to President Biden urging him to implement a nationwide ban on new gasoline vehicle sales by 2035. The letter was signed by the governors of California, New York, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Connecticut, Hawaii, Maine, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oregon, Washington State and Rhode Island. The letter also pushed for the White House to implement new purchase incentives to drive the adoption of electric utility trucks and vans.

Subscribe to GM Authority for more GM-related emissions news, GM EV news, GM business strategy news and around-the-clock General Motors news coverage.
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Interesting how the one part that is supposed to make my (soon to be built/delivered) 2021 Tahoe the least bit economical (the chip that allows the vehicle to shut off at stop lights and start up again when the brake is released) is not available for ANY car, so they are just dropping the price by $50. How does the .gov think that their whimsical demands are going to be met when car manufacturers can't get essential parts?
 
ManglerYJ said:
Interesting how the one part that is supposed to make my (soon to be built/delivered) 2021 Tahoe the least bit economical (the chip that allows the vehicle to shut off at stop lights and start up again when the brake is released) is not available for ANY car, so they are just dropping the price by $50. How does the .gov think that their whimsical demands are going to be met when car manufacturers can't get essential parts?
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I already posted this but I think it was in the basic truck costs $27k thread. A friend bought a Trail Boss a couple weeks ago and it has the $50 credit on the options list for no start stop. I'd call it a bonus feature.
 
rodney eppes said:
Governor Hochul signed legislation this week that will require all new passenger cars and trucks sold in New York State to be zero-emissions by 2035. In addition, the law will require all new off-road vehicles, like ATVs and side-by-sides, as well as other powered equipment, to be zero-emissions by 2035. New medium-duty and heavy-duty vehicles will also have to be battery-electric by 2045.

In a statement released Thursday, Hochul called the legislation “the nation’s most aggressive plan to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions affecting our climate.”

“The new law and regulation mark a critical milestone in our efforts and will further advance the transition to clean electric vehicles, while helping to reduce emissions in communities that have been overburdened by pollution from cars and trucks for decades,” she added.

Governor Hochul
While truck manufacturers will only be allowed to sell EVs by 2045, they will have to begin offering battery-electric products much sooner than that. Truck companies would be required to meet a certain annual sales percentage of zero-emission trucks, which will vary among vehicle weight classes, beginning with the 2025 model year. By the 2035 model year, at least 55 percent of all new Class 2b-3 pickup trucks and vans, 75 percent of all new Class 4-8 trucks, and 40 percent of all new Class 7-8 tractors sold in New York State must be zero-emission. Hochul says this requirement follows the template set by the California Advanced Clean Trucks Rule.



In April, the governors of 12 U.S. states wrote a letter to President Biden urging him to implement a nationwide ban on new gasoline vehicle sales by 2035. The letter was signed by the governors of California, New York, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Connecticut, Hawaii, Maine, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oregon, Washington State and Rhode Island. The letter also pushed for the White House to implement new purchase incentives to drive the adoption of electric utility trucks and vans.

Subscribe to GM Authority for more GM-related emissions news, GM EV news, GM business strategy news and around-the-clock General Motors news coverage.
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I'd love to see how they will manufacture all this stuff with zero emissions. Or are we just ignoring that part?
 
I envision fields half picked across the countryside with dead electric tractors just sitting there mid harvest. Trailer mounted diesel generators pulled up beside them running balls out trying to get enough juice in them to get the crop out before the rain hits.
 
Where exactly does "zero emission" consumer energy come from? Coal burning power plants? Solar won't cut it, wind energy isn't much better, can't use hydro because the fishies get mulched. Nuclear isn't exactly environmentally friendly even if nothing goes wrong by time we keep the reactor temps under control by some form of heat exchange with the environment. Some granola cruncher says "let's burn hydrogen", but has no idea that it takes double the power to get hydrogen out of water than you can make by burning hydrogen.

I guess we've got 10 years left to figure out this perpetual motion machine that we've been working on for centuries. Sounds reasonable... We'll run the world on rainbows and happy thoughts - aka some out of sight / out of mind dino burning furnace in a 3rd world country. Then spend billions to pipe the energy into the states so we feel better about ourselves...
 
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