{"id":127224,"date":"2026-01-09T22:54:18","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T22:54:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/127224\/"},"modified":"2026-01-09T22:54:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T22:54:18","slug":"electric-vehicles-hybrids-still-stars-at-the-silicon-valley-auto-show-silicon-valley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/127224\/","title":{"rendered":"Electric vehicles, hybrids still stars at the Silicon Valley Auto Show \u2013 Silicon Valley"},"content":{"rendered":"

EVs may be O-U-T in DC, but they are still B-I-G in SV.<\/p>\n

Despite federal rebates going away and the Trump administration blasting emissions standards, the market for electric vehicles still has plenty of gas left in its tank, if you\u2019ll excuse the expression.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe disappearance of the taxpayer-funded rebate does not mean the death of the electric car,\u201d said Brian Moody, executive editor of Kelley Blue Book. The market is cooling somewhat in parts of the country where EV ownership is more challenging, he said, due to factors like terrain and charging options. \u201cBut that\u2019s not necessarily the case for places like Silicon Valley, the Bay Area or all of California.\u201d<\/p>\n

That should be evident from the large number of EVs and hybrids that will be on display at the Silicon Valley Auto Show, which starts Friday and runs through Sunday at the Santa Clara Convention Center.<\/p>\n

\"AA 2026 Jeep Recon electric vehicle is displayed as auto exhibitors set up for the Silicon Valley Auto Show Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, Calif. (Dai Sugano\/Bay Area News Group)\u00a0<\/p>\n

One of the big stars is expected to be the all-electric Jeep Recon EV \u2014 Harrison Ford did an ad for that jeep during last year\u2019s Super Bowl. But there are also new electric and hybrid offerings from Toyota, Kia and other carmakers. Yes, there are lots of Teslas, too, including the Cybertruck. But when it comes to stylish, it might be hard to beat the late Giorgio Armani, whose signature is on an Armani-styled electric Fiat 500E.<\/p>\n

You can still get sticker shock from some of these electric vehicles, but there are bargains, too, like a cute-as-a-button Nissan Leaf for less than $30,000. (Moody\u2019s pro tip is to look for some of these models in a few years when they\u2019re on the resale market and will be big bargains for relatively new cars with modern features.)<\/p>\n

New cars aren\u2019t the only ones on display, of course. Classic car lovers can also again head to the convention center\u2019s Mission City Ballroom to check out some vintage and custom vehicles, ranging from a row of Aston Martins to Chevy Impalas and tricked-out Mustangs.<\/p>\n

\"AA 2017 Aston Martin V12 Vantage S AMR is displayed among other high-performance cars as auto exhibitors set up for the Silicon Valley Auto Show Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, Calif. (Dai Sugano\/Bay Area News Group)\u00a0<\/p>\n

The show is open 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday at the Santa Clara Convention Center. Admission is $17 for adults and $12 for seniors, kids 8-12 and military, with kids under 12 admitted free on Sunday. Get more information at www.svautoshow.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"VariousVarious classic and high-performance cars are displayed as auto exhibitors set up for the Silicon Valley Auto Show Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, Calif. (Dai Sugano\/Bay Area News Group)\u00a0
\n\"AA 1991 BMW 318i is displayed as auto exhibitors set up for the Silicon Valley Auto Show Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, Calif. (Dai Sugano\/Bay Area News Group)\u00a0
\n\"VariousVarious high-performance cars including a 2014 Nissan GT-R (R35) are displayed as auto exhibitors set up for the Silicon Valley Auto Show Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, Calif. (Dai Sugano\/Bay Area News Group)\u00a0<\/p>\n

ANOTHER CINEMA GOING DARK: Ever since Pruneyard Cinemas started pleading with its landlord for a lease adjustment back in June 2024, it felt like the Campbell dine-in movie theater was living on borrowed time. That time ran out Wednesday afternoon, when the owners announced that both the theater and the adjacent Cedar Room lounge will close their doors Jan. 25 after nearly eight years in business.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis decision has not come easily, and it reflects the challenges we have faced over the years,\u201d the statement on the Pruneyard Cinemas website reads. \u201cWe have navigated through the difficulties of the pandemic, the writer and actor strikes, and most recently, the rising costs that have made it unsustainable for us to continue.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hundreds of people expressed their heartbreak at the news on social media, citing the drag queen bingo nights at the Cedar Room, live music and comedy and other programs that made the theater-going experience more fun.<\/p>\n

Pruneyard Cinemas opened to a lot of fanfare in 2018, but its owners have been running uphill \u2014 and losing ground \u2014 since the COVID-19 pandemic shutdowns. Pruneyard Cinemas tried every trick in the book to bring them back, offering memberships that included ticket vouchers and concessions discounts, creating special menus for blockbusters and leaning into its popular Culinary Cinema series \u2014 which paired classic films with three-course meals and often a themed cocktail. (I\u2019ll be introducing one of the last of these, the 1973 James Bond film \u201cLive and Let Die\u201d on Jan. 14.)<\/p>\n

Of course, there still are a couple of weeks left to enjoy a movie, food and drinks before the end. You can read the theater\u2019s full closing statement, which includes a lot of gratitude to the community, at www.pruneyardcinemas.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

SCREEN GEMS: There\u2019s brighter news at the Stanford Theater in Palo Alto, which is reopening this weekend after a short holiday break with an Ingrid Bergman double-feature of the 1942 classic \u201cCasablanca\u201d and Alfred Hitchcock\u2019s 1946 post-war spy thriller \u201cNotorious.\u201d Bergman is paired with Humphrey Bogart in the former and Cary Grant in the latter, which run Friday through Sunday both this weekend and next weekend.<\/p>\n

Coincidentally, Claude Rains has a supporting role in both films, but billing this as a \u201cClaude Rains Double Feature\u201d feels wrong in several ways. The University Avenue movie house will follow up Bergman with another radiant star, Audrey Hepburn, in \u201cMy Fair Lady,\u201d Jan. 23-25. Go to www.stanfordtheatre.org<\/a> for showtimes.<\/p>\n

JAZZY SENDOFF: San Jose Jazz is bidding farewell this weekend to Scott Fulton, who\u2019s been part of the programming team for more than a decade. You may not know him, but he\u2019s the guy who made the SJZ Boombox Truck a reality, bringing free shows to locations around the valley, and in 2019 secured funding from the Knight Foundation to turn San Jose Jazz\u2019s downtown San Jose office\u2019s lobby into the Break Room.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s curated the space since then as San Jose Jazz\u2019s operations manager, creating one of the South Bay\u2019s most vibrant and intimate live music venues. His sendoff Sunday will open San Jose Jazz\u2019s Winter Series featuring Zheniia, Jthe Persian\/jazz fusion project from Leela Paymai, and pianist Arnie Sainz. Get tickets to the 6 p.m. concert at sanjosejazz.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EVs may be O-U-T in DC, but they are still B-I-G in SV. Despite federal rebates going away…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":127225,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[5003,184,387,7,181,100,419,2944,182,88,90,89,197,198,2280,200,1970],"class_list":["post-127224","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-jose","tag-auto-news","tag-bay-area","tag-business","tag-california","tag-latest-headlines","tag-news","tag-news-columnists","tag-photos-and-videos","tag-pm-report","tag-san-jose","tag-san-jose-headlines","tag-san-jose-news","tag-santa-clara","tag-santa-clara-county","tag-silicon-valley","tag-south-bay","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127224","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=127224"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127224\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/127225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=127224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=127224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}