Zero-emission vehicle sales in California
Zero-emission vehicle sales in CaliforniaAs reported by InsideEVs, zero-emission vehicle sales in California is mandated by the state’s Air Resources Board’s Advanced Clean Cars II to reach 35% of new vehicle sales by model year 2026. Toyota Motor NA’s (North America) chief operating officer says the EV regulations would be “impossible” to meet, despite the fact that the standard can include a mix of plug-in hybrids, hydrogen fuel-cell models as well as battery electric vehicles.
Not just EVs! In fact, EVs alone in California currently hold a 22% share of the new car market. So far through September. Two years to 35% seems quite doable once hybrids and fuel cell models are included. Not to mention the fact that the EV share is double what it was in 2022.
EV Resistance
Legacy manufacturers remain resistant to the changeover to EVs. There are several reasons for this, not the least of which is the lack of service revenue. I personally have not spent a nickel in a dealership service department in going on four years.
Another large bit of resistance comes from sales people, who despise spending time with customers after a sale to explain new technology — even in internal combustion powered vehicles. Salespeople want to move on to the next sale.
Elon Musk was right to avoid the traditional dealership model in favor of direct Tesla sales. Further, Tesla pays little or no commission on sales, leaving well paid personnel to spend all the time in the world helping new EV owners.
Unfortunately resistance is likely to continue and its difficult to see where the tide tide truly turns. One would think the lack of expensive required maintenance and the ability to leave every morning with a full “tank” would be more than enough. Certainly, coupled with current incentives, it seems to us that major inroads have been made.
Cars are changing, and among those changes is the growing number of symbols and indicators that will invariably show up on your dashboard or instrument panel. Every year, new features are added to vehicles, each of which is accompanied by a new symbol or symbols and likely a new acronym.
At DashboardSymbols.com, our aim is to help you understand what is happening to your vehicle at the first sign of trouble – a new warning light illuminated on your instrument panel. Its all here on this website. Our first intention is to bring the latest technologies down to earth and understandable for everyday drivers.
InsideEVs’ X post on the subject can be seen here.
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Remember that only proper service and repair procedures will ensure the safe and reliable operation of your car. In addition, proper safety procedures and precautions, such as the use of safety goggles, the right tools and the equipment should be followed at all times to eliminate the possibility of personal injury or improper service which could damage the vehicle or compromise its safety.
These posts are for information sharing purposes only, and should not be used in lieu of an OEM service manual or factory authorized service procedure. We are not in the auto repair business nor do we publish automotive service manuals. Nothing we include on these pages and posts has been reviewed, approved or authorized by any vehicle manufacturer.
Technology is always changing and what is current and accurate today may be literally out-of-date and inaccurate tomorrow. And when it comes to the current state of flux in the auto industry, nothing is more true.
The author has 25 years of automotive experience and has assembled the most extensive collection of symbols and warning lights anywhere (over 1,000!) and can help you open and start any keyless start car with a dead key fob battery. BA, St. Joseph’s College, ME: MS, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, NY
The first indicator is associated with the Subaru Intelligent (SI) Drive system, a system we already discuss 
Of the remaining five drive modes, all are new renditions of existing modes found from other manufacturers. In order right to left, they are: Sport, Sport+, Individual, Comfort, and Normal Modes. Subaru itself already a simple Sport Mode, but opted yet again to make a new image. The outlier is the Star, where others, including Subaru have used a simple capital I for Individual, or actually spelled the word out.
Mitsubishi symbols page
Suzuki symbols page
The first indicator is found in vehicles that have a single option. The second can be found in vehicle with two options and is for deep snow and mud. The third is the second option and is for snow and dirt.
Update adds 29 new indicators to our Subaru dashboard symbols page
We just finished an update of the Subaru dashboard symbols page and in the process added 29 new (to Subaru) indicators. This includes easily a dozen brand new versions of existing indicators.
The new Solterra model — Subaru‘s first EV entry — alone was responsible for 13 of the 29.
But what disturbed us is that shortly after we reported that the WRZ model forced the addition of six new images to our Drive Mode page, the Solterra review added four more. That page now holds 68 images, pretty much all variations on a theme.
The worst part of this is that Subaru itself is not consistent across models with the use of these symbols or even where and how they are displayed.
Cars are changing, and among those changes is the growing number of symbols and indicators that will invariably show up on your dashboard or instrument panel. Every year, new features are added to vehicles, each of which is accompanied by a new symbol or symbols and likely a new acronym.
At DashboardSymbols.com, our aim is to help you understand what is happening to your vehicle at the first sign of trouble – a new warning light illuminated on your instrument panel. Its all here on this website. Our first intention is to bring the latest technologies down to earth and understandable for everyday drivers.
You can see the drive modes page here, and the Subaru symbols page here.
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Remember that only proper service and repair procedures will ensure the safe and reliable operation of your car. In addition, proper safety procedures and precautions, such as the use of safety goggles, the right tools and the equipment should be followed at all times to eliminate the possibility of personal injury or improper service which could damage the vehicle or compromise its safety.
These posts are for information sharing purposes only, and should not be used in lieu of an OEM service manual or factory authorized service procedure. We are not in the auto repair business nor do we publish automotive service manuals. Nothing we include on these pages and posts has been reviewed, approved or authorized by any vehicle manufacturer.
Technology is always changing and what is current and accurate today may be literally out-of-date and inaccurate tomorrow. And when it comes to the current state of flux in the auto industry, nothing is more true.
The author has 25 years of automotive experience and has assembled the most extensive collection of symbols and warning lights anywhere (over 1,000!) and can help you open and start any keyless start car with a dead key fob battery. BA, St. Joseph’s College, ME: MS, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, NY