Californian's! July 13th is the day to make your voice heard on autonomous vehicles. Your state wants them everywhere but the local people don't want 'em. And AV's don't understand traffic cones. New cars are really expensive to repair, Toyota claims it is far ahead in solid state batteries, Telsa still Tesla'ing and Tau of Fred delves into cyber security and your car.

This weeks links:

• https://www.cpuc.ca.gov/events-and-meetings/cpuc-voting-meeting-2023-07-13
• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/on-the-cusp-of-247-service-robotaxis-face-pleas-and-protest-in-san-francisco/ar-AA1dGvu2
• https://boingboing.net/2023/07/09/car-free-activists-disabling-self-driving-cars-with-traffic-cones-in-san-francisco.html
• https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/jul/04/toyota-claims-battery-breakthrough-electric-cars
• https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/03/business/car-repairs-electric-vehicles.html
• https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/collision-involving-fire-engine-blocks-lanes-on-highway-680-in-fremont/
• https://www.ocregister.com/2023/06/30/driver-of-tesla-on-autopilot-gets-probation-for-crash-that-killed-2-in-gardena/
• https://www.iihs.org/news/detail/small-pickups-fall-short-when-it-comes-to-rear-seat-safety?mc_cid=acd0edab32&mc_eid=bc4bd393d6
• https://www.automoblog.net/self-driving-cars-security-risk/
• https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/rcl/2023/RCLRPT-23V458-1736.PDF
• https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/inv/2023/INOA-PE23013-5443.PDF