1 00:00:00,880 --> 00:00:03,320 Speaker 1: This is the Tutor Dixon Podcasting Today. We are going 2 00:00:03,320 --> 00:00:05,600 Speaker 1: to talk about that infamous kill switch. 3 00:00:05,680 --> 00:00:08,440 Speaker 2: You've heard a lot about it. What is it? You're saying, 4 00:00:08,840 --> 00:00:10,520 Speaker 2: this is the switch in your car. 5 00:00:10,760 --> 00:00:13,960 Speaker 1: Your car actually is making the decision as to whether 6 00:00:14,120 --> 00:00:15,320 Speaker 1: or not you can drive. 7 00:00:16,000 --> 00:00:18,720 Speaker 2: Well, why is that important? How could that happen? Is 8 00:00:18,720 --> 00:00:19,200 Speaker 2: that a thing? 9 00:00:19,760 --> 00:00:21,800 Speaker 1: Okay, So we have an expert here and we're talking 10 00:00:21,840 --> 00:00:25,000 Speaker 1: about this because you have probably just seen that, and 11 00:00:25,040 --> 00:00:27,080 Speaker 1: if you haven't, you should know that. There was an 12 00:00:27,080 --> 00:00:30,400 Speaker 1: amendment to take this out of the Infrastructure Bill and 13 00:00:30,440 --> 00:00:35,159 Speaker 1: say we can't fund a kill switch in our personal vehicles, 14 00:00:35,320 --> 00:00:38,800 Speaker 1: like the vehicles that we think we own. But fifty 15 00:00:38,880 --> 00:00:42,840 Speaker 1: seven Republicans voted to keep it in there, and one 16 00:00:42,880 --> 00:00:45,200 Speaker 1: of them is from the state of Michigan, but they're 17 00:00:45,200 --> 00:00:47,680 Speaker 1: Republicans from all across the country. So I wanted to 18 00:00:47,680 --> 00:00:50,960 Speaker 1: bring on Lauren Fix. She's a former race car driver 19 00:00:51,040 --> 00:00:55,120 Speaker 1: and engineer and she knows everything about cars. She is 20 00:00:55,200 --> 00:00:57,600 Speaker 1: the car coach and the co host of the Drive. Lauren, 21 00:00:57,640 --> 00:00:59,000 Speaker 1: thank you so much for joining me. 22 00:00:59,240 --> 00:01:02,560 Speaker 3: Well, thanks for having me. This is a very hot topic, 23 00:01:03,440 --> 00:01:05,640 Speaker 3: lots of interest in it from all sides of the 24 00:01:05,680 --> 00:01:09,440 Speaker 3: aisle because it impacts your freedom and your independence. 25 00:01:10,840 --> 00:01:14,280 Speaker 1: That's so, this is what we keep telling people. But 26 00:01:14,880 --> 00:01:17,440 Speaker 1: people say, oh, this is tinfoil hat stuff. 27 00:01:17,680 --> 00:01:18,479 Speaker 2: But my car. 28 00:01:18,600 --> 00:01:22,600 Speaker 1: So I have a Chevy Tahoe. My car watches me. 29 00:01:22,800 --> 00:01:24,520 Speaker 1: I know, I can see it has a little camera 30 00:01:24,680 --> 00:01:27,720 Speaker 1: on the steering wheel to watch me because it has 31 00:01:27,760 --> 00:01:28,600 Speaker 1: that self drive mode. 32 00:01:28,640 --> 00:01:30,440 Speaker 2: What did you say. The self drive mode is called. 33 00:01:30,319 --> 00:01:34,680 Speaker 3: Super drive, Supercruisy, super cruise. Yes, fifty thousand map roads. 34 00:01:34,920 --> 00:01:39,480 Speaker 1: It's a great system, is until it's not because sometimes 35 00:01:39,560 --> 00:01:43,280 Speaker 1: it decides to shut down or and it will shut 36 00:01:43,400 --> 00:01:46,120 Speaker 1: down if it thinks that you have looked away if 37 00:01:46,160 --> 00:01:49,360 Speaker 1: you look over to see like this is a thing. 38 00:01:49,360 --> 00:01:51,680 Speaker 1: In Michigan, we have a ton of deer, a ton 39 00:01:51,720 --> 00:01:53,160 Speaker 1: of deer on the side of the road. So at 40 00:01:53,240 --> 00:01:56,800 Speaker 1: night I'll keep my looking back and forth to the 41 00:01:56,800 --> 00:01:58,360 Speaker 1: side of the road, to the front of the road 42 00:01:58,480 --> 00:02:00,600 Speaker 1: while I have the supercrews on. If you do that 43 00:02:00,640 --> 00:02:04,200 Speaker 1: too much, the supercrews immediately shuts down. And it doesn't 44 00:02:04,280 --> 00:02:06,280 Speaker 1: just stop self driving. 45 00:02:06,600 --> 00:02:07,040 Speaker 2: It goes. 46 00:02:07,240 --> 00:02:10,520 Speaker 1: It tries to take the car to zero, like it 47 00:02:10,760 --> 00:02:14,320 Speaker 1: stops any propulsion whatsoever of the car, and it's a 48 00:02:14,360 --> 00:02:17,840 Speaker 1: sudden jerk. It's I can't imagine my car actually just 49 00:02:17,919 --> 00:02:18,960 Speaker 1: totally shutting down. 50 00:02:19,320 --> 00:02:22,079 Speaker 3: Well, what you just experienced and described is what the 51 00:02:22,160 --> 00:02:24,880 Speaker 3: kill switch will do. It'll turn on your four ways, 52 00:02:25,040 --> 00:02:28,000 Speaker 3: the vehicle will slow, slow, slow down, You will panic 53 00:02:28,360 --> 00:02:30,639 Speaker 3: or think what's going on, pull over to the side 54 00:02:30,680 --> 00:02:33,440 Speaker 3: of the road, and will not accelerate at all. In 55 00:02:33,440 --> 00:02:35,720 Speaker 3: many cases, it won't even turn on. That is the 56 00:02:35,840 --> 00:02:38,000 Speaker 3: early version of the kill switch, which was supposed to 57 00:02:38,040 --> 00:02:41,040 Speaker 3: be implemented in twenty twenty six per the twenty twenty 58 00:02:41,040 --> 00:02:44,160 Speaker 3: one Infrastructure Bill that passed into the Biden administration, And 59 00:02:44,200 --> 00:02:45,960 Speaker 3: if you want to look it up, it's section twenty 60 00:02:46,000 --> 00:02:48,760 Speaker 3: four to twenty in the rules. I read the bills 61 00:02:49,240 --> 00:02:51,480 Speaker 3: not for anything more than the automotive part of it, 62 00:02:51,520 --> 00:02:53,720 Speaker 3: because that's where I specialize. That's what we cover here 63 00:02:53,720 --> 00:02:57,080 Speaker 3: at car Coach Reports. And it's really important that you 64 00:02:57,200 --> 00:02:59,480 Speaker 3: know about this because when it's in your car, and 65 00:02:59,520 --> 00:03:01,880 Speaker 3: it's not even cars, Yeah, there's some form of it 66 00:03:01,919 --> 00:03:05,360 Speaker 3: what you're experiencing, and there's tons of vehicles out today 67 00:03:05,520 --> 00:03:08,160 Speaker 3: for years, actually for decades that track your eyes and 68 00:03:08,200 --> 00:03:10,800 Speaker 3: how do you know? Pretty simple, put your car in park, 69 00:03:10,919 --> 00:03:13,680 Speaker 3: start it, take your phone, your regular smartphone, and take 70 00:03:13,720 --> 00:03:15,880 Speaker 3: a picture of the gauges in your car. You li 71 00:03:16,120 --> 00:03:19,120 Speaker 3: see to green, eye to green dots, too white to black, 72 00:03:19,200 --> 00:03:21,720 Speaker 3: there'll be a color could be blue. And those are 73 00:03:21,760 --> 00:03:23,600 Speaker 3: tracking you. Now if you don't see it and you think, oh, 74 00:03:23,680 --> 00:03:26,079 Speaker 3: my car is good, don't worry. It's in your rear 75 00:03:26,120 --> 00:03:29,079 Speaker 3: view mirror. There's a company called Gentex, which is Michigan based, 76 00:03:29,320 --> 00:03:32,200 Speaker 3: that has been doing this for decades. And it doesn't 77 00:03:32,240 --> 00:03:35,080 Speaker 3: just track you in the car. It also tracks and 78 00:03:35,120 --> 00:03:38,240 Speaker 3: this is in addition people in the passenger seat, second row, 79 00:03:38,280 --> 00:03:41,080 Speaker 3: third row, your kids, your dogs. All that data is 80 00:03:41,120 --> 00:03:44,120 Speaker 3: being collected in the software is going to make decisions 81 00:03:44,160 --> 00:03:46,920 Speaker 3: based on what's going on in the car. And this 82 00:03:47,120 --> 00:03:49,960 Speaker 3: kill switch bill, and we call it the kill switch 83 00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:53,840 Speaker 3: bill because it will have the determination of judge and 84 00:03:53,920 --> 00:03:57,840 Speaker 3: jury and convictioner without you having any say and no 85 00:03:57,960 --> 00:03:59,280 Speaker 3: way to get out of it. There's no way to 86 00:03:59,280 --> 00:04:01,520 Speaker 3: get out of kill swis jail. And that rule has 87 00:04:01,560 --> 00:04:03,880 Speaker 3: not been written yet by the National Highway Traffic Safety 88 00:04:03,880 --> 00:04:05,480 Speaker 3: Administration run by Sean Duffy. 89 00:04:06,240 --> 00:04:09,800 Speaker 1: And this is meant to judge all kinds of different things. 90 00:04:10,040 --> 00:04:13,480 Speaker 1: Will there's sensors, and there would be sensors in your seat. 91 00:04:13,560 --> 00:04:16,800 Speaker 1: There's sensors. You're talking about cameras that are watching how 92 00:04:16,839 --> 00:04:20,160 Speaker 1: your eyes are. There's even sensors potentially to see if 93 00:04:20,200 --> 00:04:23,160 Speaker 1: you have alcohol in your breath. But if you are 94 00:04:23,279 --> 00:04:26,760 Speaker 1: suddenly panicked or the car believes that you are incapable 95 00:04:26,800 --> 00:04:29,240 Speaker 1: of driving, like if you're driving your wife to the 96 00:04:29,279 --> 00:04:32,200 Speaker 1: hospital while she's in labor, the car might decide it's 97 00:04:32,240 --> 00:04:33,520 Speaker 1: not going to go right. 98 00:04:33,600 --> 00:04:35,880 Speaker 3: You're in panic, You're going to have anxiety. So the 99 00:04:35,920 --> 00:04:39,279 Speaker 3: only of the technology that hasn't been developed yet or 100 00:04:40,040 --> 00:04:42,760 Speaker 3: completed is on the start stop button. It's supposed to 101 00:04:42,800 --> 00:04:44,920 Speaker 3: be able to detect with the alcohol in your system. 102 00:04:45,200 --> 00:04:47,040 Speaker 3: And you may think, well, I don't drink, so it's 103 00:04:47,080 --> 00:04:49,159 Speaker 3: not gonna affect me. Yeah, but you could have taken 104 00:04:49,160 --> 00:04:51,440 Speaker 3: your nail polish off, or cleaning a paintbrush, or you 105 00:04:51,520 --> 00:04:55,360 Speaker 3: had mouthwash. All of that is alcoholic. Perfume has alcohol 106 00:04:55,400 --> 00:04:57,680 Speaker 3: in it, or maybe someone in the passenger seat was 107 00:04:57,760 --> 00:04:59,680 Speaker 3: drinking and you're being a good person and you're going 108 00:04:59,760 --> 00:05:02,120 Speaker 3: to drive them home so that they don't drive unsafely, 109 00:05:02,680 --> 00:05:06,200 Speaker 3: and that alcohol's in the air and it will sense 110 00:05:06,240 --> 00:05:08,880 Speaker 3: it and not start the vehicle. These are all issues 111 00:05:08,960 --> 00:05:12,600 Speaker 3: that there's no way around. Remember, Your center screen also 112 00:05:12,839 --> 00:05:16,720 Speaker 3: monitors everything that connects to your phone. Your bluetooth has 113 00:05:16,839 --> 00:05:19,440 Speaker 3: all the data from your phone, so it knows that 114 00:05:19,680 --> 00:05:23,200 Speaker 3: plus what's going on with your maneuvers of steering, acceleration, 115 00:05:23,320 --> 00:05:25,880 Speaker 3: and breaking. All of that is in that center screens 116 00:05:26,040 --> 00:05:29,960 Speaker 3: multiple computers, so that computer will take software. It's not AI. 117 00:05:30,320 --> 00:05:32,880 Speaker 3: It's going to take the input and say, wow, you 118 00:05:32,960 --> 00:05:35,920 Speaker 3: dodged around a squirrel, maybe it was icy out, maybe 119 00:05:36,200 --> 00:05:39,159 Speaker 3: you made an aggressive breaking situation because a ball ran 120 00:05:39,160 --> 00:05:41,000 Speaker 3: in front of you from some kid. It's all going 121 00:05:41,080 --> 00:05:43,719 Speaker 3: to take that data and say, you know, tutor, I 122 00:05:43,720 --> 00:05:46,599 Speaker 3: think you're driving what we think is unsafe. So it 123 00:05:46,640 --> 00:05:49,040 Speaker 3: will shut it off. It'll literally put on the fourways 124 00:05:49,080 --> 00:05:51,400 Speaker 3: and shut the car off. And that technology is already 125 00:05:51,400 --> 00:05:53,920 Speaker 3: in play. And if you go, it's not in my car. Yes, 126 00:05:54,000 --> 00:05:57,040 Speaker 3: there's such things as software downloads to at night, you 127 00:05:57,120 --> 00:05:59,320 Speaker 3: might hear your car making noises and I've had that 128 00:05:59,360 --> 00:06:02,800 Speaker 3: with some myias, and sure enough that software is suddenly 129 00:06:02,800 --> 00:06:03,960 Speaker 3: in your car the next morning. 130 00:06:04,560 --> 00:06:06,799 Speaker 1: Mm hmm, oh yeah, I mean my car will say 131 00:06:07,440 --> 00:06:10,040 Speaker 1: when it shuts down, you can press here for your 132 00:06:10,080 --> 00:06:13,440 Speaker 1: software update, and it will say that every day until 133 00:06:13,600 --> 00:06:16,360 Speaker 1: you update the car and it's going to say don't. 134 00:06:16,560 --> 00:06:18,200 Speaker 2: It won't turn on for fifteen minutes. 135 00:06:18,720 --> 00:06:21,480 Speaker 1: Your car is updating now, and then eventually if you 136 00:06:21,480 --> 00:06:23,599 Speaker 1: don't update it, you have to take it in for 137 00:06:23,680 --> 00:06:25,719 Speaker 1: an oil change. They're going to update it. It's gonna 138 00:06:25,720 --> 00:06:27,320 Speaker 1: get updated. You're not going to avoid that. 139 00:06:27,680 --> 00:06:29,600 Speaker 3: Yes, that's true. It'll happen one way or the other. 140 00:06:29,720 --> 00:06:32,159 Speaker 3: Or they can push an update whether you accept it 141 00:06:32,240 --> 00:06:34,160 Speaker 3: or not. Also, the car brands have the ability to 142 00:06:34,200 --> 00:06:36,400 Speaker 3: push a safety update. Well, they could call that a 143 00:06:36,440 --> 00:06:38,960 Speaker 3: safety update, because that's the guys that they got it through. 144 00:06:38,960 --> 00:06:41,440 Speaker 3: They got it through through mothers against drunk driving saying 145 00:06:41,480 --> 00:06:43,440 Speaker 3: we don't want drunk people on the street. Of course 146 00:06:43,520 --> 00:06:47,120 Speaker 3: not nobody. Nobody wants drunk drivers on the road. But 147 00:06:47,320 --> 00:06:50,760 Speaker 3: today there are thirty one devices that actually work that 148 00:06:50,839 --> 00:06:53,280 Speaker 3: have been in place, and if you're convicted of a DWI, 149 00:06:54,120 --> 00:06:56,480 Speaker 3: you pay for that device to be installed on your car. 150 00:06:57,000 --> 00:06:59,760 Speaker 3: And so instead of putting breathalyzers on, which we know 151 00:06:59,800 --> 00:07:02,520 Speaker 3: can ssumers would definitely not want to do before driving. 152 00:07:02,960 --> 00:07:06,320 Speaker 3: But think about it this way. You're guilty until proven innocent. 153 00:07:06,720 --> 00:07:11,320 Speaker 1: So that seems very Unamerican. I think that's why conservatives 154 00:07:11,480 --> 00:07:15,040 Speaker 1: are looking at this and saying, how could we possibly 155 00:07:15,160 --> 00:07:21,480 Speaker 1: have a conservative congressman or woman who would possibly put vote. 156 00:07:21,160 --> 00:07:21,840 Speaker 2: This into law. 157 00:07:21,880 --> 00:07:24,560 Speaker 1: And you know, I know the argument is we want 158 00:07:24,600 --> 00:07:26,800 Speaker 1: to make sure people are safe. But you have to 159 00:07:26,880 --> 00:07:30,880 Speaker 1: see that argument is very effective, but you have to 160 00:07:30,920 --> 00:07:34,240 Speaker 1: step back and say, are we throwing the baby out 161 00:07:34,280 --> 00:07:38,160 Speaker 1: with the bathwater? Are we putting everybody into a terrible situation? 162 00:07:38,440 --> 00:07:41,120 Speaker 1: And like you said, everybody is guilty and they have 163 00:07:41,200 --> 00:07:44,920 Speaker 1: to prove their innocence and what kind of harm could 164 00:07:44,920 --> 00:07:48,119 Speaker 1: it cause? Because I think that's a major concern for people. 165 00:07:48,120 --> 00:07:52,000 Speaker 1: It's like, Okay, we nobody wants anybody to be killed 166 00:07:52,000 --> 00:07:55,800 Speaker 1: by a drunk driver. Ever, that's a devastating situation. But 167 00:07:55,920 --> 00:07:58,120 Speaker 1: what happens when your car suddenly shuts down on the 168 00:07:58,160 --> 00:08:00,200 Speaker 1: highway and you're stranded on the side of the road 169 00:08:00,440 --> 00:08:03,160 Speaker 1: and suddenly, like I said, your wife is giving birth 170 00:08:03,480 --> 00:08:06,640 Speaker 1: or you are sick and you can't get home. You know, 171 00:08:06,840 --> 00:08:11,560 Speaker 1: something happens and you're in a terrible situation. It just 172 00:08:11,600 --> 00:08:15,200 Speaker 1: feels like this is something that could develop over time. 173 00:08:15,600 --> 00:08:18,400 Speaker 1: But the government, just like Eves, the government is saying 174 00:08:18,440 --> 00:08:19,200 Speaker 1: it's got to be now. 175 00:08:19,600 --> 00:08:21,920 Speaker 3: Yep, oh, that's exactly good. But think about it this way. 176 00:08:22,200 --> 00:08:25,480 Speaker 3: The proponents are saying it's like seat belts or air bags. 177 00:08:25,600 --> 00:08:28,160 Speaker 3: It is not seat belts you put on and they 178 00:08:28,240 --> 00:08:31,160 Speaker 3: protect you in case of an accident. Air Bags do 179 00:08:31,280 --> 00:08:33,760 Speaker 3: not deploy unless you're in a collision over thirty five 180 00:08:33,800 --> 00:08:36,079 Speaker 3: miles an hour. Then the air bag will protect you 181 00:08:36,160 --> 00:08:39,160 Speaker 3: from getting injured. This is not the case. This will 182 00:08:39,200 --> 00:08:41,480 Speaker 3: stop you from starting the car, or if you're driving 183 00:08:41,520 --> 00:08:43,760 Speaker 3: the car and it feels that you're being unsafe, and 184 00:08:43,800 --> 00:08:46,200 Speaker 3: we've all seen that, we're notification on the dash it 185 00:08:46,240 --> 00:08:48,719 Speaker 3: says you should pull over and get a coffee, get 186 00:08:48,720 --> 00:08:50,880 Speaker 3: a cup of coffee, or take a coffee break, all 187 00:08:50,920 --> 00:08:53,600 Speaker 3: those there's different terms depending on the brand. But all 188 00:08:53,640 --> 00:08:57,440 Speaker 3: of that is leading this to the car taking control. 189 00:08:57,760 --> 00:09:01,360 Speaker 3: But currently the administration that's in place would not want 190 00:09:01,400 --> 00:09:03,320 Speaker 3: it to be anything more than to stop drunk driving. 191 00:09:03,640 --> 00:09:05,959 Speaker 3: But what would happen is the next administration, and we 192 00:09:06,000 --> 00:09:08,400 Speaker 3: don't know who that's going to be, could easily flip 193 00:09:08,440 --> 00:09:10,800 Speaker 3: it to you're not allowed to drive more than one 194 00:09:10,840 --> 00:09:13,600 Speaker 3: hundred miles and if you are, then it's going to 195 00:09:13,640 --> 00:09:15,600 Speaker 3: be like a social credit score. You get in the car. 196 00:09:15,640 --> 00:09:18,720 Speaker 3: It's like, I'm sorry, tutor, you've driven your maximum alattable 197 00:09:18,800 --> 00:09:21,559 Speaker 3: mileage for this week. That could be a problem. So so 198 00:09:21,640 --> 00:09:24,000 Speaker 3: you got to take your mother to the doctor. It's 199 00:09:24,000 --> 00:09:26,440 Speaker 3: an emergency, whatever it might be. There's no way to 200 00:09:26,440 --> 00:09:28,880 Speaker 3: get out of this kill switch jail either. And these 201 00:09:28,880 --> 00:09:31,880 Speaker 3: are the kind of controls that the government wants. So 202 00:09:31,960 --> 00:09:33,959 Speaker 3: you look to see who's voting for this and how 203 00:09:34,000 --> 00:09:38,240 Speaker 3: they get conned into approving this. This bill needs to 204 00:09:38,240 --> 00:09:40,720 Speaker 3: be stripped of all of its funding. And like you said, 205 00:09:41,160 --> 00:09:43,840 Speaker 3: I have said in the past, where is that money going? 206 00:09:43,920 --> 00:09:46,600 Speaker 3: Is that going to the car manufacturers? Where is that 207 00:09:46,640 --> 00:09:47,760 Speaker 3: money actually's going. 208 00:09:48,080 --> 00:09:51,719 Speaker 1: So there's a few things here when you bring up 209 00:09:51,840 --> 00:09:54,600 Speaker 1: the idea of like what would democrats or what would 210 00:09:54,640 --> 00:09:57,200 Speaker 1: the next person in power do? And let's face it, 211 00:09:57,679 --> 00:10:01,280 Speaker 1: progressives will always go to the next level. They've already 212 00:10:01,320 --> 00:10:03,880 Speaker 1: said they want to monitor your miles and tax you 213 00:10:03,880 --> 00:10:05,959 Speaker 1: based on the miles that you're driving. So all of 214 00:10:06,000 --> 00:10:08,240 Speaker 1: a sudden, at the end of the month, you're going 215 00:10:08,280 --> 00:10:10,880 Speaker 1: to get a big bill from the government saying, well, 216 00:10:10,920 --> 00:10:13,560 Speaker 1: you drove over your allotted miles, so now you have 217 00:10:13,640 --> 00:10:16,000 Speaker 1: to pay us this amount. Because there's you know, they 218 00:10:16,000 --> 00:10:19,240 Speaker 1: were saying, we're going to have to start taxing your miles. 219 00:10:19,240 --> 00:10:21,440 Speaker 1: They were getting you ready. I think they always knew 220 00:10:21,440 --> 00:10:23,520 Speaker 1: EV's we're going to fail, but they were getting you 221 00:10:23,600 --> 00:10:26,040 Speaker 1: ready and saying, we've got to tax your miles. 222 00:10:26,080 --> 00:10:27,720 Speaker 2: Because you're not going to have gas. 223 00:10:27,440 --> 00:10:29,760 Speaker 1: Anymore, we won't be able to tax your energy, so 224 00:10:29,840 --> 00:10:32,120 Speaker 1: we've got to tax your miles. So they put this 225 00:10:32,240 --> 00:10:34,439 Speaker 1: in place to make sure they had a way to 226 00:10:34,559 --> 00:10:37,920 Speaker 1: monitor you. The government would this is a government bill. 227 00:10:37,960 --> 00:10:40,480 Speaker 1: It would connect directly to the government. They would be 228 00:10:40,520 --> 00:10:44,960 Speaker 1: able to monitor everything you're doing. Why would any conservative 229 00:10:45,240 --> 00:10:48,000 Speaker 1: ever vote for this? Because you know, I've got conservatives 230 00:10:48,000 --> 00:10:49,560 Speaker 1: out there every day saying I want to get rid 231 00:10:49,640 --> 00:10:52,079 Speaker 1: of property taxes because you should be able to own things. 232 00:10:52,240 --> 00:10:54,160 Speaker 2: Oh my gosh, I think I own my car, but 233 00:10:54,200 --> 00:10:54,880 Speaker 2: I guess I don't. 234 00:10:55,200 --> 00:10:57,120 Speaker 3: No, you don't. As a matter of fact, the data 235 00:10:57,120 --> 00:11:00,400 Speaker 3: that's collected is being sold. Every car collects data on you, 236 00:11:00,520 --> 00:11:03,360 Speaker 3: everything about where you go. Your phone is connected to it, 237 00:11:03,360 --> 00:11:05,360 Speaker 3: it's got all that data too. You use a Bluetooth, 238 00:11:05,480 --> 00:11:08,080 Speaker 3: all of that data is being sent through your center screen, 239 00:11:08,080 --> 00:11:10,840 Speaker 3: so you can use Apple Car Player, Android Auto, or Google. 240 00:11:11,160 --> 00:11:14,680 Speaker 3: All of that collection information is sold to whom you 241 00:11:14,720 --> 00:11:16,440 Speaker 3: don't know. They could send it to the government. They 242 00:11:16,480 --> 00:11:19,360 Speaker 3: could sell it to an insurance company, the extended warranty 243 00:11:19,400 --> 00:11:21,800 Speaker 3: company that keeps texting and messaging you that you should 244 00:11:22,040 --> 00:11:24,600 Speaker 3: you should sign up with them. All of this data 245 00:11:24,720 --> 00:11:26,440 Speaker 3: is where the value is. The value is not in 246 00:11:26,440 --> 00:11:28,440 Speaker 3: the sale of the vehicle, it's in the service and 247 00:11:28,520 --> 00:11:31,600 Speaker 3: the data collection. And when you think about this whole thing, 248 00:11:32,280 --> 00:11:35,640 Speaker 3: consumers typically push back back all the way back to 249 00:11:35,679 --> 00:11:38,040 Speaker 3: the Carter administration when they said it's fifty five miles 250 00:11:38,120 --> 00:11:41,440 Speaker 3: to the gallon. Consumers got pretty mad and that disappeared eventually, 251 00:11:41,760 --> 00:11:43,640 Speaker 3: and now there's been a lot of things since, like 252 00:11:43,880 --> 00:11:46,839 Speaker 3: evy mandates didn't sell. We knew that we're going to 253 00:11:46,960 --> 00:11:49,800 Speaker 3: end up with maybe four percent of total auto sales 254 00:11:49,880 --> 00:11:53,560 Speaker 3: will be electric, even though the past administration wanted one 255 00:11:53,600 --> 00:11:57,120 Speaker 3: hundred percent electric. The grid can't support it. Again, government 256 00:11:57,240 --> 00:11:59,560 Speaker 3: overreach mandating what you can do. It's like, do you 257 00:11:59,559 --> 00:12:01,680 Speaker 3: want to cope a pepsi? You're not allowed to choose. 258 00:12:01,720 --> 00:12:03,480 Speaker 3: We're gonna choose for you. We're gonna tell you what 259 00:12:03,559 --> 00:12:06,080 Speaker 3: to eat, where to go, and if you can drive 260 00:12:06,120 --> 00:12:08,599 Speaker 3: your car. And that's what the problem is with a 261 00:12:08,640 --> 00:12:12,040 Speaker 3: lot of these politicians. They say they're here to help 262 00:12:12,120 --> 00:12:14,320 Speaker 3: us but they're really not. They're here to help themselves. 263 00:12:14,320 --> 00:12:15,679 Speaker 3: It's about power and money. 264 00:12:15,760 --> 00:12:18,440 Speaker 1: Let's take a quick commercial break. We'll continue next on 265 00:12:18,480 --> 00:12:25,360 Speaker 1: the Tutor Dixon podcast. This is the infrastructure build there was. 266 00:12:25,720 --> 00:12:29,400 Speaker 1: This was designating money for this kill switch. They obviously 267 00:12:29,480 --> 00:12:32,360 Speaker 1: call it something different. It was designating money for this. 268 00:12:32,600 --> 00:12:36,240 Speaker 1: So you're saying this isn't really AI technology. This is 269 00:12:36,320 --> 00:12:40,440 Speaker 1: software that is within the vehicle. We've we know we've 270 00:12:40,480 --> 00:12:43,920 Speaker 1: given our auto manufacturers money in the past. So I 271 00:12:43,920 --> 00:12:46,480 Speaker 1: would almost say it would be interesting to look at 272 00:12:46,480 --> 00:12:50,280 Speaker 1: those fifty seven Republicans, See who's taking them out to 273 00:12:50,320 --> 00:12:54,160 Speaker 1: dinner lately. See how many auto manufacturing plants they have 274 00:12:54,440 --> 00:12:57,600 Speaker 1: in their state, See how many of them do business 275 00:12:57,920 --> 00:13:01,160 Speaker 1: in their private business life with auto manufacturers. I mean, 276 00:13:01,240 --> 00:13:05,079 Speaker 1: I know that's the case with our Michigan Republican who 277 00:13:05,160 --> 00:13:07,720 Speaker 1: voted to make sure that we keep this kill switch. 278 00:13:08,120 --> 00:13:12,679 Speaker 1: Family business is auto manufacturing and doing all the logistics 279 00:13:12,679 --> 00:13:16,760 Speaker 1: and supply work for auto manufacturers. If you're heavily involved 280 00:13:16,800 --> 00:13:20,480 Speaker 1: in that, would you really vote against your constituents' interests 281 00:13:20,520 --> 00:13:23,080 Speaker 1: because of your own personal financial situation. 282 00:13:23,400 --> 00:13:25,480 Speaker 3: Well, we've already learned that from a lot of politicians 283 00:13:25,480 --> 00:13:27,680 Speaker 3: on both sides of the aisle. It's always about, like 284 00:13:27,720 --> 00:13:30,600 Speaker 3: I said, power and money, and that's a really good point. 285 00:13:30,640 --> 00:13:32,679 Speaker 3: I mean, the lobbyists put a lot of money into 286 00:13:32,679 --> 00:13:35,199 Speaker 3: reelection campaigns. Oh, you wanted to get reelected, we can 287 00:13:35,520 --> 00:13:38,360 Speaker 3: guarantee you x amount of money from these particular locations, 288 00:13:38,640 --> 00:13:41,120 Speaker 3: and you really need to think about the money flows, 289 00:13:41,200 --> 00:13:43,600 Speaker 3: like why does this need to be funded financially? If 290 00:13:43,640 --> 00:13:46,360 Speaker 3: this is actually the case, then the car manufacturers would 291 00:13:46,360 --> 00:13:48,520 Speaker 3: be forced like seatbelts and airbags to put it in, 292 00:13:48,920 --> 00:13:51,120 Speaker 3: and then they would increase the price of vehicles, which 293 00:13:51,120 --> 00:13:53,720 Speaker 3: are already over fifty thousand dollars on average for a 294 00:13:53,760 --> 00:13:57,600 Speaker 3: vehicle and unobtainable for many people. And this is what 295 00:13:57,679 --> 00:14:00,520 Speaker 3: happens when the government gets involved. They make covers more expensive, 296 00:14:00,520 --> 00:14:03,720 Speaker 3: that make more controls, more limits on you the consumer. 297 00:14:03,960 --> 00:14:06,920 Speaker 3: These are really major factors. And the only way this 298 00:14:07,000 --> 00:14:09,880 Speaker 3: could be defunded is if it goes to the Senate, 299 00:14:10,120 --> 00:14:11,760 Speaker 3: they strip it out. It'll have to go back to 300 00:14:11,800 --> 00:14:16,240 Speaker 3: the House. But Mike Thomas, Massey, Tim Burchett, Steve Perry 301 00:14:16,280 --> 00:14:19,520 Speaker 3: have said this has to be removed. It's a foolish 302 00:14:19,560 --> 00:14:21,680 Speaker 3: move to leave it in because consumers don't want it, 303 00:14:22,160 --> 00:14:25,120 Speaker 3: and once it hits the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration 304 00:14:25,160 --> 00:14:28,040 Speaker 3: and the Department of Transportation, they're just going to make rules. 305 00:14:28,440 --> 00:14:31,120 Speaker 3: What rules those are, we don't know. Under Sean Duffy, 306 00:14:31,240 --> 00:14:34,160 Speaker 3: they'll probably be more in our favor when he's not there, 307 00:14:34,480 --> 00:14:35,040 Speaker 3: who knows. 308 00:14:35,480 --> 00:14:38,480 Speaker 1: I think that's what people need to understand, whether or 309 00:14:38,560 --> 00:14:41,760 Speaker 1: not car companies are putting these things in right now. 310 00:14:41,880 --> 00:14:44,680 Speaker 1: Once there is a law in effect saying that they 311 00:14:44,720 --> 00:14:47,840 Speaker 1: can have access to that information that they can they 312 00:14:47,840 --> 00:14:51,360 Speaker 1: can take away, or they can charge us the government. 313 00:14:51,800 --> 00:14:55,520 Speaker 1: This is a really serious situation because think about it. 314 00:14:55,560 --> 00:14:58,400 Speaker 1: What you're telling me is that they already have many 315 00:14:58,440 --> 00:15:01,120 Speaker 1: of these things in place, so they're already monitoring what 316 00:15:01,160 --> 00:15:03,080 Speaker 1: we're doing. And our phones are plugging in there. So 317 00:15:03,120 --> 00:15:04,720 Speaker 1: my gosh, if you went out to dinner and you 318 00:15:04,760 --> 00:15:06,880 Speaker 1: had a few drinks, it might even say you've had 319 00:15:06,880 --> 00:15:09,480 Speaker 1: too many drinks based on your receipt to be able 320 00:15:09,560 --> 00:15:13,320 Speaker 1: to drive. So they're already monitoring what is happening. 321 00:15:13,800 --> 00:15:15,200 Speaker 2: So the car company. 322 00:15:14,840 --> 00:15:18,040 Speaker 1: Could potentially be making money from the government giving them 323 00:15:18,080 --> 00:15:21,360 Speaker 1: some sort of allotment for these kill switches. They are 324 00:15:21,400 --> 00:15:24,560 Speaker 1: getting then more data from us. They're selling our data 325 00:15:24,720 --> 00:15:26,840 Speaker 1: and then they're going to have a partnership with local 326 00:15:26,880 --> 00:15:29,880 Speaker 1: governments to make sure that they are getting the taxes 327 00:15:29,920 --> 00:15:32,160 Speaker 1: that they want from the miles that we're driving, and 328 00:15:32,320 --> 00:15:35,240 Speaker 1: probably they'll get they'll be able to sell that information 329 00:15:35,320 --> 00:15:37,800 Speaker 1: to those local governments. This is going to be some 330 00:15:37,840 --> 00:15:40,680 Speaker 1: sort of a partnership. I mean, this blows my mind 331 00:15:40,720 --> 00:15:43,000 Speaker 1: when I think about the fact that our tax dollars 332 00:15:43,440 --> 00:15:45,800 Speaker 1: are then going to harm us. 333 00:15:46,720 --> 00:15:49,200 Speaker 3: Oh well, our tax dollars are going to a lot 334 00:15:49,200 --> 00:15:51,480 Speaker 3: of things that we don't approach, and I'm sure you 335 00:15:51,560 --> 00:15:54,400 Speaker 3: cover that on a regular basis. But I mean, besides 336 00:15:54,440 --> 00:15:56,920 Speaker 3: the fact that I could just listen to the news 337 00:15:56,960 --> 00:15:58,760 Speaker 3: all the places that our tax dollars go is a 338 00:15:58,800 --> 00:16:02,720 Speaker 3: total waste. Is that the government is saying we want 339 00:16:02,720 --> 00:16:05,720 Speaker 3: to control your cars because they've already controlled literally everything 340 00:16:05,720 --> 00:16:08,000 Speaker 3: else in your life. I mean, I live in New 341 00:16:08,080 --> 00:16:11,640 Speaker 3: York State. Kathy Hochel wants to put everything electric. Everything 342 00:16:12,120 --> 00:16:15,840 Speaker 3: hot water tanks, your furnace in your house, every appliance 343 00:16:15,880 --> 00:16:18,160 Speaker 3: you have to be electric. Electricity in this state is 344 00:16:18,200 --> 00:16:21,560 Speaker 3: extremely expensive and they want controls of that. That's why 345 00:16:21,560 --> 00:16:24,040 Speaker 3: they wanted electric cars, because why you were plugging in 346 00:16:24,120 --> 00:16:27,000 Speaker 3: and charging, they were limiting your range, they're limiting where 347 00:16:27,040 --> 00:16:29,120 Speaker 3: you go. And then the cost of electricity was more 348 00:16:29,120 --> 00:16:32,080 Speaker 3: expensive than that of gasoline, and these were major factors 349 00:16:32,120 --> 00:16:35,440 Speaker 3: in including the higher insurance rates. So again, anytime you 350 00:16:35,520 --> 00:16:38,560 Speaker 3: restrict Americans, I don't care what side of the aisle 351 00:16:38,680 --> 00:16:40,440 Speaker 3: you were on, they don't like it. 352 00:16:40,920 --> 00:16:42,440 Speaker 2: Nobody wanted controlled. 353 00:16:42,760 --> 00:16:45,600 Speaker 1: We were all saying, my gosh, if we have these 354 00:16:45,640 --> 00:16:48,160 Speaker 1: electric vehicles, we can't drive more than two hundred and 355 00:16:48,200 --> 00:16:51,760 Speaker 1: fifty three hundred miles. And in Michigan, you're I mean 356 00:16:52,080 --> 00:16:54,400 Speaker 1: right now, it is the frozen tundra out there, so 357 00:16:54,480 --> 00:16:57,080 Speaker 1: that battery is not going to last very long. Never 358 00:16:57,680 --> 00:16:59,960 Speaker 1: did we talk about the fact that it is a control, 359 00:17:00,240 --> 00:17:01,840 Speaker 1: that's control in and of itself. 360 00:17:02,160 --> 00:17:04,520 Speaker 3: Yep, I mean, you think about it. I mean I 361 00:17:04,560 --> 00:17:06,680 Speaker 3: was saying to people, what a great place to catch you. 362 00:17:06,680 --> 00:17:09,040 Speaker 3: You're a bad person and the police are looking for you. 363 00:17:09,119 --> 00:17:11,399 Speaker 3: The IRS says you owe money. Think of all the 364 00:17:11,440 --> 00:17:13,879 Speaker 3: other things we've been trying to track you down. No problem. 365 00:17:13,960 --> 00:17:16,080 Speaker 3: We know where you are. Your car is plugged into 366 00:17:16,080 --> 00:17:18,840 Speaker 3: a charging station, and we know you're there because it's 367 00:17:18,840 --> 00:17:22,080 Speaker 3: easy to geolocate you anywhere. And that's what it's about. 368 00:17:22,119 --> 00:17:24,119 Speaker 3: So they can track you down if they need you. 369 00:17:24,520 --> 00:17:26,159 Speaker 3: I mean, it sounds like a really bad movie, and 370 00:17:26,160 --> 00:17:28,280 Speaker 3: it sounds like I'm wearing a tinfoil hat. But it's 371 00:17:28,320 --> 00:17:31,480 Speaker 3: not a tinfoil hat. Now it becomes fact. In this case, 372 00:17:31,840 --> 00:17:34,360 Speaker 3: it's fact, and I've got proof to back it up. 373 00:17:34,680 --> 00:17:37,560 Speaker 3: This went through in twenty twenty one under the Infrastructure 374 00:17:37,600 --> 00:17:40,520 Speaker 3: Bill and still has not been stripped out, even though 375 00:17:40,600 --> 00:17:44,119 Speaker 3: some Conservatives and some Democrats, including AOC, have said they 376 00:17:44,160 --> 00:17:46,440 Speaker 3: don't like it. I'm shocked that she said she didn't 377 00:17:46,480 --> 00:17:48,600 Speaker 3: like it, but she must realize that, Hey, if I 378 00:17:48,640 --> 00:17:50,520 Speaker 3: have a drink and I want to drive home, I 379 00:17:50,600 --> 00:17:51,360 Speaker 3: got a problem. 380 00:17:52,040 --> 00:17:56,080 Speaker 1: Well, and she was a bartender, so remember she probably 381 00:17:56,080 --> 00:17:58,640 Speaker 1: has seen a lot of people leave that. And I'm 382 00:17:58,680 --> 00:18:01,960 Speaker 1: not advocating for that, but I am. I do believe 383 00:18:02,000 --> 00:18:04,600 Speaker 1: that if you have a sober driver and the other 384 00:18:04,640 --> 00:18:07,160 Speaker 1: person gets in and that has an effect on your car, 385 00:18:07,359 --> 00:18:09,600 Speaker 1: how do you suddenly get out of a situation where 386 00:18:09,600 --> 00:18:11,520 Speaker 1: you've left a bar, it's late at night. This is 387 00:18:11,560 --> 00:18:13,960 Speaker 1: a safety situation in and of itself. I mean, we've 388 00:18:14,000 --> 00:18:16,520 Speaker 1: just heard this past week someone who walked home from 389 00:18:16,560 --> 00:18:20,520 Speaker 1: a bar ended up dying of hypothermia. The idea that 390 00:18:20,560 --> 00:18:24,600 Speaker 1: you would leave someone stranded and potentially lock them out 391 00:18:24,600 --> 00:18:28,560 Speaker 1: of their own car could be absolutely catastrophic. And I 392 00:18:28,600 --> 00:18:30,560 Speaker 1: do think that this is one of those things where 393 00:18:31,080 --> 00:18:33,880 Speaker 1: it sounds so good that people don't think through the consequences. 394 00:18:33,920 --> 00:18:36,600 Speaker 1: But I have to believe there are lobbyists that are 395 00:18:36,640 --> 00:18:42,000 Speaker 1: convincing people that Americans giving up their rights would actually 396 00:18:42,520 --> 00:18:44,560 Speaker 1: be beneficial to the rest of the country. 397 00:18:44,720 --> 00:18:46,359 Speaker 3: No, because you take away your freedoms, you don't get 398 00:18:46,400 --> 00:18:48,600 Speaker 3: them back. Once you give up your rights to anything, 399 00:18:49,000 --> 00:18:52,160 Speaker 3: you don't get them back. I believe Benjamin Franklin said that. Originally, 400 00:18:52,160 --> 00:18:55,080 Speaker 3: I man the person who quoted it wrong. But you 401 00:18:55,119 --> 00:18:58,520 Speaker 3: think about who's really behind this. It's mothers against drunk driving, 402 00:18:58,600 --> 00:19:01,680 Speaker 3: So who's funding them to put the pressure on some 403 00:19:01,760 --> 00:19:04,560 Speaker 3: Republicans that voted against it in the past who are 404 00:19:04,600 --> 00:19:09,040 Speaker 3: now voting for funding this. So that's again looking at 405 00:19:09,040 --> 00:19:14,440 Speaker 3: the lobbying list, there's fifty seven different House of Democrats 406 00:19:14,440 --> 00:19:16,480 Speaker 3: that are voting for it in all states, whether it 407 00:19:16,480 --> 00:19:18,719 Speaker 3: be red or black state, or red or blue states. 408 00:19:19,040 --> 00:19:23,159 Speaker 3: And this to me is very interesting because it says 409 00:19:23,240 --> 00:19:27,280 Speaker 3: that you're willing to give up the freedom of your constituents, 410 00:19:27,280 --> 00:19:30,240 Speaker 3: the people that elected you into office so that you 411 00:19:30,280 --> 00:19:33,040 Speaker 3: can have more money in your coffers for reelection and 412 00:19:33,080 --> 00:19:34,240 Speaker 3: that's a huge problem. 413 00:19:34,920 --> 00:19:38,040 Speaker 1: Well, I know it's been quite a topic of discussion 414 00:19:38,080 --> 00:19:40,600 Speaker 1: in the last week in the state of Michigan because people, 415 00:19:40,960 --> 00:19:45,040 Speaker 1: I mean especially I think especially in a manufacturing state 416 00:19:45,040 --> 00:19:48,520 Speaker 1: where our legacy is the automotive industry, right, so people 417 00:19:48,560 --> 00:19:51,800 Speaker 1: are very protective of their cars, They're very protective of 418 00:19:51,800 --> 00:19:54,840 Speaker 1: how they're built, and they're very protective of their privacy. 419 00:19:55,359 --> 00:19:57,159 Speaker 2: To see someone who would. 420 00:19:56,800 --> 00:20:01,680 Speaker 1: Say and the message was that I'm voting for this 421 00:20:01,880 --> 00:20:05,000 Speaker 1: because this is what the president wants. But Speaker Johnson 422 00:20:05,080 --> 00:20:08,760 Speaker 1: voted against it. Lisa McLain vote voted against it. Would 423 00:20:10,160 --> 00:20:12,359 Speaker 1: why would this have been a good And this just 424 00:20:12,440 --> 00:20:15,919 Speaker 1: to clarify, this amendment was just about this. This is 425 00:20:15,960 --> 00:20:17,360 Speaker 1: not like I had to vote for it because other 426 00:20:17,400 --> 00:20:19,120 Speaker 1: things were there right right. 427 00:20:19,119 --> 00:20:20,600 Speaker 3: There was no pressure from the other side. It was 428 00:20:20,600 --> 00:20:24,200 Speaker 3: an individual line item. And that's why Thomas Massey was 429 00:20:24,240 --> 00:20:27,720 Speaker 3: on the floor. He's actually read the full infrastructure bill 430 00:20:27,800 --> 00:20:30,880 Speaker 3: that the section twenty four to two twenty to everyone 431 00:20:30,920 --> 00:20:33,640 Speaker 3: and explained it as he went through and gave scenarios. 432 00:20:34,280 --> 00:20:37,800 Speaker 3: So that caused some Democrats and Republicans to vote with him. 433 00:20:38,359 --> 00:20:40,280 Speaker 3: But then there's others that it said no, no, I'm 434 00:20:40,280 --> 00:20:42,760 Speaker 3: going to still vote for it. So there's definitely money 435 00:20:42,800 --> 00:20:45,240 Speaker 3: going to the car manufacturers. We have to find a 436 00:20:45,240 --> 00:20:47,880 Speaker 3: paper trail because anytime you follow the money, you find 437 00:20:47,880 --> 00:20:49,000 Speaker 3: out the real facts. 438 00:20:49,520 --> 00:20:53,440 Speaker 1: Yeah, well, it's interesting because obviously that's also the situation 439 00:20:53,600 --> 00:20:55,960 Speaker 1: with these green new deals. There's a lot of money 440 00:20:56,000 --> 00:20:59,760 Speaker 1: that goes into green and a lot of money that 441 00:20:59,800 --> 00:21:03,480 Speaker 1: has gone into this push for many governors, I mean 442 00:21:03,520 --> 00:21:07,040 Speaker 1: including I know our governor and probably your governor as 443 00:21:07,080 --> 00:21:10,560 Speaker 1: well for sure, have also come out with these mandates 444 00:21:10,600 --> 00:21:15,159 Speaker 1: for renewable energy, which is it's like energy suicide because 445 00:21:15,160 --> 00:21:17,560 Speaker 1: we know that we cannot possibly get enough energy. And 446 00:21:17,720 --> 00:21:21,399 Speaker 1: so Alyssa Slotkin came out. She's the Senator for the 447 00:21:21,400 --> 00:21:24,280 Speaker 1: state of Michigan. She came out, and I say this 448 00:21:24,359 --> 00:21:26,280 Speaker 1: because I think that we need to watch her. She 449 00:21:26,800 --> 00:21:28,919 Speaker 1: ran as a moderate, like they all do. She's not 450 00:21:28,960 --> 00:21:32,439 Speaker 1: a moderate to the left, yes, yes, and she is 451 00:21:32,520 --> 00:21:35,440 Speaker 1: definitely gearing up for something bigger. So I think she's 452 00:21:35,520 --> 00:21:39,320 Speaker 1: looking toward VP. She's looking toward twenty eight. But she 453 00:21:39,480 --> 00:21:43,919 Speaker 1: came out and she has been like, look that the 454 00:21:44,040 --> 00:21:47,879 Speaker 1: Republicans are trying to get rid of renewable energy, and 455 00:21:47,920 --> 00:21:50,600 Speaker 1: we shouldn't be getting rid of energy. There's nobody that's 456 00:21:50,600 --> 00:21:52,560 Speaker 1: said that. The only people who have ever said they 457 00:21:52,600 --> 00:21:54,520 Speaker 1: wanted to get rid of a form of energy were 458 00:21:54,520 --> 00:21:56,240 Speaker 1: the Democrats, Let's be honest. 459 00:21:56,600 --> 00:21:59,760 Speaker 3: True, it's true. I mean they wanted solar panels. But 460 00:22:00,280 --> 00:22:02,800 Speaker 3: between solar and wind u cave and getting eighteen percent 461 00:22:02,800 --> 00:22:05,399 Speaker 3: of with the grid demands, there's no base load power. 462 00:22:05,520 --> 00:22:06,920 Speaker 3: They don't want to use coal, they don't want to 463 00:22:06,960 --> 00:22:09,920 Speaker 3: use natural gas, and nuclear power does work, but there's 464 00:22:09,920 --> 00:22:12,800 Speaker 3: no incentivizing for it. Until now. They're just starting to 465 00:22:12,840 --> 00:22:16,040 Speaker 3: get some incentives going for nuclear power, which by the way, 466 00:22:16,240 --> 00:22:19,600 Speaker 3: China has been building coal and nuclear as well as 467 00:22:19,720 --> 00:22:22,439 Speaker 3: natural gas plants all along. After they told us we 468 00:22:22,440 --> 00:22:24,760 Speaker 3: should go all electric, it's good for the climate. But 469 00:22:24,880 --> 00:22:28,359 Speaker 3: the same time as we all complied, because the Green 470 00:22:28,440 --> 00:22:31,040 Speaker 3: New Deal and everything else that was being presented to us, 471 00:22:31,560 --> 00:22:34,080 Speaker 3: China didn't They didn't listen, they didn't follow, and they 472 00:22:34,080 --> 00:22:37,440 Speaker 3: did the opposing to it. And then they promptly offered 473 00:22:37,520 --> 00:22:40,840 Speaker 3: us electric vehicles that we are now. We have tons 474 00:22:40,840 --> 00:22:42,840 Speaker 3: of them on the road. People that have them typically 475 00:22:42,840 --> 00:22:44,600 Speaker 3: don't go back to if you look at the percentages, 476 00:22:44,720 --> 00:22:46,960 Speaker 3: people wake up and go, wait a minute, I don't 477 00:22:47,000 --> 00:22:49,920 Speaker 3: like this. There's a lot of limitations and the costs 478 00:22:49,920 --> 00:22:52,800 Speaker 3: are too high. And so that's why consumers are shifting 479 00:22:52,800 --> 00:22:55,359 Speaker 3: back to either hybrids or gasoline powered vehicles. And the 480 00:22:55,400 --> 00:22:58,120 Speaker 3: results are what you see from GM and Ford Stilantis, 481 00:22:58,480 --> 00:23:02,080 Speaker 3: And those are real statements because those cars are being 482 00:23:02,080 --> 00:23:04,560 Speaker 3: built in Michigan and people see that and they go, 483 00:23:04,720 --> 00:23:06,760 Speaker 3: that's what we need. And the UIW likes it too. 484 00:23:07,359 --> 00:23:10,080 Speaker 1: Let's take a quick commercial break. We'll continue next on 485 00:23:10,119 --> 00:23:15,919 Speaker 1: the Tutor Dixon podcast. Well, and I think about the 486 00:23:15,960 --> 00:23:18,720 Speaker 1: fact that you have all these people that spend ninety 487 00:23:18,760 --> 00:23:21,480 Speaker 1: thousand dollars or more on an electric vehicle that is 488 00:23:21,560 --> 00:23:24,760 Speaker 1: no longer being built, and what does that You know, 489 00:23:24,800 --> 00:23:27,719 Speaker 1: what happens now? Do they have somebody that can service 490 00:23:27,760 --> 00:23:29,520 Speaker 1: those for the next ten years and then you have 491 00:23:29,560 --> 00:23:31,400 Speaker 1: a car that you can't do anything with. I mean, 492 00:23:31,640 --> 00:23:34,560 Speaker 1: they really really hurt the consumers who believed in their 493 00:23:34,600 --> 00:23:37,320 Speaker 1: message because their message was just a lie. But I 494 00:23:37,400 --> 00:23:40,320 Speaker 1: look at at how they got to that message, and 495 00:23:40,320 --> 00:23:42,600 Speaker 1: that was really a push from China. There has and 496 00:23:42,640 --> 00:23:44,120 Speaker 1: this is going to people are going to say this 497 00:23:44,200 --> 00:23:46,560 Speaker 1: is tinfoil hat stuff, But you got to be kidding me. 498 00:23:46,880 --> 00:23:50,160 Speaker 2: China is in control of all the rare earth minerals. 499 00:23:50,240 --> 00:23:52,840 Speaker 1: They want to make sure that we are building big 500 00:23:52,880 --> 00:23:55,840 Speaker 1: batteries and that we require a lot of rare earth minerals, 501 00:23:56,040 --> 00:23:58,240 Speaker 1: and they want to be in control of our market. Now, 502 00:23:58,280 --> 00:24:00,600 Speaker 1: if you can get this kill switch in these cars 503 00:24:00,800 --> 00:24:03,639 Speaker 1: and you have some control over it, what's to say 504 00:24:03,880 --> 00:24:06,880 Speaker 1: China isn't going to just suddenly shut down all our vehicles. 505 00:24:07,240 --> 00:24:09,720 Speaker 3: They could, and we don't have Chinese vehicles here. Although 506 00:24:09,720 --> 00:24:11,760 Speaker 3: Canada is supposed to get forty nine thousand, which is 507 00:24:11,800 --> 00:24:14,840 Speaker 3: a very foolish move because that's going to impact their 508 00:24:14,960 --> 00:24:18,439 Speaker 3: jobs and their manufacturing industry and their supply chains. And 509 00:24:18,440 --> 00:24:21,199 Speaker 3: I've written articles on that as well. That's a huge 510 00:24:21,240 --> 00:24:23,960 Speaker 3: foolish mistake. But I think President Trump is waking up 511 00:24:24,200 --> 00:24:27,160 Speaker 3: Prime Minister Carney quite quickly as he calls him Governor Carney, 512 00:24:27,200 --> 00:24:31,600 Speaker 3: which I fight hysterical. But think about this, much like 513 00:24:31,640 --> 00:24:33,800 Speaker 3: autonomous cars, where everyone thinks, oh, that's going to be 514 00:24:33,840 --> 00:24:36,720 Speaker 3: the future, there's a lot of limitations and a lot 515 00:24:36,720 --> 00:24:39,080 Speaker 3: of issues. And the one that also impacts this kill 516 00:24:39,080 --> 00:24:43,960 Speaker 3: switch is hackers hackers are everywhere. We've seen Tussla's heck, 517 00:24:44,000 --> 00:24:46,280 Speaker 3: we've seen Jeep's heck. We've seen a lot of things hacked, 518 00:24:46,440 --> 00:24:48,439 Speaker 3: and we've all had people attempt to get into your 519 00:24:48,440 --> 00:24:51,080 Speaker 3: social media or whatever, your computer, whatever it might be. 520 00:24:51,760 --> 00:24:54,879 Speaker 3: Think about this. If this infrastructure is software based and 521 00:24:54,920 --> 00:24:58,800 Speaker 3: it's all connected through the automatic software downloads, it's entirely 522 00:24:58,840 --> 00:25:01,359 Speaker 3: possible these hackers can get and if they do, they 523 00:25:01,359 --> 00:25:03,080 Speaker 3: could shut down all the cars. And if it's a 524 00:25:03,160 --> 00:25:05,840 Speaker 3: China based car, I'd promise you it's probably likely or 525 00:25:05,880 --> 00:25:08,639 Speaker 3: the software comes from China. A lot of the like 526 00:25:08,680 --> 00:25:10,199 Speaker 3: in video makes a lot of the stuff here in 527 00:25:10,240 --> 00:25:13,240 Speaker 3: the US. But if it's a Chinese based interface that's 528 00:25:13,240 --> 00:25:15,760 Speaker 3: in your car and you would never know, that could 529 00:25:15,800 --> 00:25:19,239 Speaker 3: easily be hacked remotely. But to follow up on what 530 00:25:19,280 --> 00:25:22,760 Speaker 3: you said on electric vehicles, China knew they could not 531 00:25:22,880 --> 00:25:25,280 Speaker 3: beat the US when it came to combustion engines, and 532 00:25:25,359 --> 00:25:27,640 Speaker 3: so they tried to fight that fight and they didn't 533 00:25:27,640 --> 00:25:29,520 Speaker 3: get anywhere. So what was a better way to do it? 534 00:25:29,520 --> 00:25:31,960 Speaker 3: They came up with a plan. It was crafty. It 535 00:25:32,080 --> 00:25:35,200 Speaker 3: worked for a while. They bought all the mineral minds 536 00:25:35,200 --> 00:25:38,480 Speaker 3: they could around the country, with their road and belt initiatives, 537 00:25:38,720 --> 00:25:41,840 Speaker 3: will build infrastructure for you. You give us access to 538 00:25:41,880 --> 00:25:44,920 Speaker 3: your minerals, and a lot of countries like Afghanistan were like, sure, 539 00:25:44,960 --> 00:25:47,919 Speaker 3: that's great. A lot of countries agreed to that, and 540 00:25:48,119 --> 00:25:50,360 Speaker 3: what they got in exchange was access to all these 541 00:25:50,359 --> 00:25:53,720 Speaker 3: mines on a global basis. And so then they said, okay, 542 00:25:54,000 --> 00:25:56,480 Speaker 3: now we're going to push a story that the world 543 00:25:56,520 --> 00:25:58,880 Speaker 3: is getting warmer and if you don't buy an electric car, 544 00:25:58,960 --> 00:26:01,240 Speaker 3: we're not going to have enough few which is absolutely 545 00:26:01,280 --> 00:26:03,600 Speaker 3: not true. We're not going to have enough guests. That's 546 00:26:03,640 --> 00:26:05,639 Speaker 3: absolutely not true. And they use the word, this is 547 00:26:05,680 --> 00:26:09,480 Speaker 3: a great marketing term, rare earth minerals. So they used 548 00:26:09,480 --> 00:26:11,840 Speaker 3: the word rare in order to get everyone to go, 549 00:26:11,960 --> 00:26:13,919 Speaker 3: oh my gosh, there's a limited amount. Of course, a 550 00:26:13,920 --> 00:26:16,320 Speaker 3: lot of people bid onto that. And then they go 551 00:26:16,359 --> 00:26:18,720 Speaker 3: on and say, well, we have all the mineral minds, 552 00:26:18,760 --> 00:26:21,439 Speaker 3: we'll supply you with batteries. And so what ended up 553 00:26:21,440 --> 00:26:25,000 Speaker 3: happening is all the brands went to Chinese branded batteries 554 00:26:25,119 --> 00:26:28,320 Speaker 3: and initially they let us build cars into China, but 555 00:26:28,400 --> 00:26:31,080 Speaker 3: the deal was they owned half of the plants. Now 556 00:26:31,080 --> 00:26:33,720 Speaker 3: they're booting us out, essentially because there's no sales because 557 00:26:33,720 --> 00:26:36,240 Speaker 3: they're saying you need to buy Chinese vehicles and they 558 00:26:36,280 --> 00:26:39,280 Speaker 3: think they still own us. But since President Trump has 559 00:26:39,280 --> 00:26:41,159 Speaker 3: gone into office, he has said, no, you're going to 560 00:26:41,200 --> 00:26:43,000 Speaker 3: be able to buy whatever you want. There's no mandate, 561 00:26:43,200 --> 00:26:45,000 Speaker 3: and so that takes China out of the picture, and 562 00:26:45,040 --> 00:26:48,720 Speaker 3: they're not very happy because if Kamala Harris had got 563 00:26:48,760 --> 00:26:51,960 Speaker 3: into office, she would have continued along this Chinese line 564 00:26:52,000 --> 00:26:54,200 Speaker 3: of everything being electric, and we would have had a 565 00:26:54,240 --> 00:26:56,320 Speaker 3: lot of limitations, especially in the upper half of the 566 00:26:56,320 --> 00:26:58,600 Speaker 3: country where I live in Buffalo, so we have a 567 00:26:58,640 --> 00:27:02,520 Speaker 3: lot of cold weather here. But think about further north Montana, 568 00:27:02,640 --> 00:27:06,320 Speaker 3: Green Bay, Wisconsin, you know anything, it's even up into Canada. 569 00:27:06,520 --> 00:27:10,280 Speaker 3: It gets cold and it cuts the battery range down dramatically, 570 00:27:10,280 --> 00:27:12,879 Speaker 3: and some cars fifty percent, but in Chinese cars it 571 00:27:12,880 --> 00:27:15,679 Speaker 3: cuts it down sixty percent, so you would only have 572 00:27:15,760 --> 00:27:18,280 Speaker 3: forty percent of the possible range. And this is a 573 00:27:18,359 --> 00:27:21,080 Speaker 3: problem in a lot of countries. Russia went one hundred 574 00:27:21,080 --> 00:27:23,800 Speaker 3: percent Chinese cars because the lot of was a horrible 575 00:27:23,840 --> 00:27:26,320 Speaker 3: car they were building wasn't doing well, so they brought 576 00:27:26,400 --> 00:27:29,399 Speaker 3: Chinese cars in and offered options to their people. Except 577 00:27:29,400 --> 00:27:31,560 Speaker 3: the problem is the doors get frozen shut, they get 578 00:27:31,560 --> 00:27:35,600 Speaker 3: frozen open, and battery ranges dropped dramatically. And now Russia's saying, 579 00:27:35,640 --> 00:27:36,840 Speaker 3: you know what, I think we need to bring in 580 00:27:36,920 --> 00:27:40,000 Speaker 3: vehicles from other countries. It's a little late, because everything 581 00:27:40,080 --> 00:27:42,919 Speaker 3: is always in the world of politics, is we let 582 00:27:42,960 --> 00:27:45,000 Speaker 3: the horse leave the barn, and then we want to 583 00:27:45,000 --> 00:27:46,720 Speaker 3: know why and how do we close the doors. 584 00:27:46,720 --> 00:27:48,639 Speaker 1: It's a little late, and I think it should be 585 00:27:48,680 --> 00:27:51,960 Speaker 1: disqualifying for anybody to run for office who has been 586 00:27:52,040 --> 00:27:54,439 Speaker 1: a proponent of this, who has been fooled by this. 587 00:27:54,640 --> 00:27:55,760 Speaker 2: These useful idiots. 588 00:27:56,000 --> 00:27:59,919 Speaker 1: I mean, you've got Tim Walls who's honeymooned in China. 589 00:28:00,119 --> 00:28:03,760 Speaker 1: He honeymoon and he had his wedding on the anniversary 590 00:28:03,760 --> 00:28:07,160 Speaker 1: of Tianneman Square massacre. Because I don't know, he's twisted 591 00:28:07,240 --> 00:28:11,840 Speaker 1: and loves that kind of crap. Obviously, you know Russia 592 00:28:12,440 --> 00:28:15,720 Speaker 1: for his honeymoon. It's like, okay, But you also cannot 593 00:28:16,000 --> 00:28:19,320 Speaker 1: deny that these are dangerous people, whether they are just 594 00:28:19,520 --> 00:28:23,399 Speaker 1: useful idiots or they are malicious. And I think that 595 00:28:23,680 --> 00:28:26,520 Speaker 1: Kamala Harris, and I think Gretchen Whitmer, I think those 596 00:28:26,520 --> 00:28:29,200 Speaker 1: are our useful idiots who sit there and go, yeah, 597 00:28:29,359 --> 00:28:32,000 Speaker 1: welcome the CCPN, I mean Michigan. We had her welcome 598 00:28:32,040 --> 00:28:35,800 Speaker 1: the CCP in just miles away from a base where 599 00:28:35,520 --> 00:28:41,000 Speaker 1: we're training Taiwanese soldiers to protect themselves from China. I mean, 600 00:28:41,200 --> 00:28:47,120 Speaker 1: this is outrageous to think that she is she would 601 00:28:47,160 --> 00:28:51,320 Speaker 1: allow the CCPN. Harris is the same, Yeah, And I 602 00:28:51,360 --> 00:28:53,600 Speaker 1: think it has to be called out that you cannot 603 00:28:54,240 --> 00:28:56,959 Speaker 1: protect yourselves with people who do not do their research, 604 00:28:56,960 --> 00:29:00,760 Speaker 1: who do not understand how they are crippling their own people, 605 00:29:00,800 --> 00:29:04,160 Speaker 1: their own country, their own national security, because they are 606 00:29:04,240 --> 00:29:06,520 Speaker 1: duped by a lie by their adversary. 607 00:29:06,600 --> 00:29:08,200 Speaker 2: This should be disqualifying. 608 00:29:08,960 --> 00:29:12,200 Speaker 3: I wonder sometime if they were duped or if there's 609 00:29:12,320 --> 00:29:13,480 Speaker 3: ulterior motive, if. 610 00:29:13,400 --> 00:29:14,120 Speaker 2: They were paid. 611 00:29:14,640 --> 00:29:17,040 Speaker 3: Oh maybe, But you know, it always makes you wonder 612 00:29:17,080 --> 00:29:20,320 Speaker 3: when you see the actions of some on either side 613 00:29:20,320 --> 00:29:23,600 Speaker 3: of the aisle, what is really the truth going on here? 614 00:29:23,640 --> 00:29:26,400 Speaker 3: Because it doesn't seem to me when you see some 615 00:29:26,480 --> 00:29:29,520 Speaker 3: of the actions of politicians and I won't name any specifically, 616 00:29:29,920 --> 00:29:32,600 Speaker 3: but you see like, why would you allow a battery 617 00:29:32,640 --> 00:29:35,320 Speaker 3: plant to be built next to a US naval base 618 00:29:35,640 --> 00:29:38,280 Speaker 3: or an army base. Why are we allowing the Chinese 619 00:29:38,280 --> 00:29:40,040 Speaker 3: to buy land in our country? We couldn't go to 620 00:29:40,120 --> 00:29:41,920 Speaker 3: China go I want to buy land there. You can't 621 00:29:41,960 --> 00:29:44,720 Speaker 3: go to many countries and buy land there, But we're 622 00:29:44,760 --> 00:29:46,840 Speaker 3: allowing them to come and buy land here. And that's 623 00:29:46,880 --> 00:29:48,760 Speaker 3: a state by state thing. I know that Florida is 624 00:29:48,760 --> 00:29:50,440 Speaker 3: trying to eliminate that, but what do you do take 625 00:29:50,440 --> 00:29:53,160 Speaker 3: the land away? Be the same problem in Texas where 626 00:29:53,160 --> 00:29:55,480 Speaker 3: they're building all these mosques and things, and they're saying, 627 00:29:55,480 --> 00:29:57,360 Speaker 3: we bought the land, we can do whatever we want. 628 00:29:57,800 --> 00:30:01,600 Speaker 3: And so because the law, we don't like laws. But 629 00:30:01,640 --> 00:30:04,280 Speaker 3: the more laws they put in place to protect in 630 00:30:04,320 --> 00:30:06,040 Speaker 3: this case, and it almost sounds like you're going full 631 00:30:06,040 --> 00:30:08,680 Speaker 3: circle with the kill switches. You know, where is the 632 00:30:08,720 --> 00:30:11,480 Speaker 3: line in the sand that we're protecting the people or 633 00:30:11,560 --> 00:30:15,680 Speaker 3: are we controlling the people? And that's where it ships, and. 634 00:30:15,520 --> 00:30:18,920 Speaker 1: That is if you can't see that, then you shouldn't 635 00:30:18,960 --> 00:30:21,560 Speaker 1: be in an elected office because you're not seeing what 636 00:30:21,640 --> 00:30:24,880 Speaker 1: the majority of your constituents are seeing and are concerned about. 637 00:30:25,240 --> 00:30:27,520 Speaker 1: But I think it was so critical to have this 638 00:30:27,600 --> 00:30:31,040 Speaker 1: conversation today because so many people are going what even 639 00:30:31,320 --> 00:30:34,560 Speaker 1: was this and why would fifty seven Republicans vote for it? 640 00:30:34,600 --> 00:30:37,800 Speaker 1: And that's where we implore you to go out and 641 00:30:37,800 --> 00:30:41,520 Speaker 1: do your research. Say yes, who are these people? What 642 00:30:41,640 --> 00:30:45,120 Speaker 1: kind of connections do they have that could have compromised 643 00:30:45,120 --> 00:30:47,120 Speaker 1: their vote? Here because I do believe that these votes 644 00:30:47,120 --> 00:30:50,160 Speaker 1: are compromised, but I appreciate you being on today, Lauren Fix. 645 00:30:50,240 --> 00:30:51,920 Speaker 2: Thank you so much, Thank you so much. 646 00:30:51,920 --> 00:30:54,480 Speaker 3: And the list is on my website at car Coach Reports. 647 00:30:55,040 --> 00:30:55,440 Speaker 2: Awesome. 648 00:30:55,520 --> 00:30:58,479 Speaker 1: Yes, go there, check it out, do some research, because 649 00:30:58,640 --> 00:31:02,080 Speaker 1: we should hold these people for their votes. Absolutely, thank you, 650 00:31:02,480 --> 00:31:04,680 Speaker 1: thank you, and thank you so much for listening to 651 00:31:04,720 --> 00:31:06,880 Speaker 1: the Tutor Dixon podcast. You can get it wherever you 652 00:31:06,920 --> 00:31:09,320 Speaker 1: get your podcasts. 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