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The Obama administration has put a lot of weight behind electric and alternative-fuel cars, offering tax incentives in order to increase their sales and reduce fuel consumption and CO2 emissions.
- Gop Budget Committee Wants To Axe All “green†Loan Programs And High-speed Rail Funds
Five years ago, U.S. President at the time George W. Bush created the Advanced Technology Vehicle Manufacturing Program. It was a legislation providing up to US$25 billion of low-cost government loans to automakers in order to restructure their facilities...
- Obama Proposes Higher Incentives For Alternative Fuel Car And Truck Buyers
The current U.S. administration is committed to reducing car and truck fuel consumption and emissions. It has already managed to make major manufacturers agree on its 54.5 mpg Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) 2025 target. Yet President Barack Obama...
- Toyota Spent $1.2 Million Courting Washington Politicians In Q2 Of 2011
Lobbying is a fact of political life in most democracies. And as with everything else, it isn’t for free: you can never get something for nothing, and the companies know that very well. So they are prepared to spend quite a lot of cash on lobbying...
- Michigan Representatives Say 56 Mpg Target Will Lead To Unemployment, Urge President Obama To Reconsider
Two Democrat Senators, Carl Levin and Debbie Stabenow, along with 14 House members from Michigan disputed President Obama’s informally proposed 56 mpg target for 2025 in a direct letter that predicts a loss of many American jobs if it comes into...
- Obama Announces 35.5mpg Average For 2016 And National Standard For Tailpipe Emissions
The Obama administration today announced tougher fuel mileage standards and tailpipe emission limits forcing automakers to meet a fleetwide average of 35.5 miles per gallon (6.6lt/100km) by 2016, four years sooner than what Congress required in 2007,...
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Obama’s EV Strategy and Energy Department Spending Questioned by House Panel
The Obama administration has put a lot of weight behind electric and alternative-fuel cars, offering tax incentives in order to increase their sales and reduce fuel consumption and CO2 emissions.
According to a DetNews report, the chairman of the House Science Committee’s panel on energy and environment, Andy Harris, has sent a letter to Energy Secretary Steven Chu requesting information about Obama’s proposal to spend more than US$1 billion in tax incentives and related infrastructure.
In his letter, Harris questions the proposed increase of tax incentives by US$2,500 for buyers of “clean†vehicles. He says that, according to GM, the average Chevrolet Volt owner has an annual income of US$170,000.
Read more »- Gop Budget Committee Wants To Axe All “green†Loan Programs And High-speed Rail Funds
Five years ago, U.S. President at the time George W. Bush created the Advanced Technology Vehicle Manufacturing Program. It was a legislation providing up to US$25 billion of low-cost government loans to automakers in order to restructure their facilities...
- Obama Proposes Higher Incentives For Alternative Fuel Car And Truck Buyers
The current U.S. administration is committed to reducing car and truck fuel consumption and emissions. It has already managed to make major manufacturers agree on its 54.5 mpg Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) 2025 target. Yet President Barack Obama...
- Toyota Spent $1.2 Million Courting Washington Politicians In Q2 Of 2011
Lobbying is a fact of political life in most democracies. And as with everything else, it isn’t for free: you can never get something for nothing, and the companies know that very well. So they are prepared to spend quite a lot of cash on lobbying...
- Michigan Representatives Say 56 Mpg Target Will Lead To Unemployment, Urge President Obama To Reconsider
Two Democrat Senators, Carl Levin and Debbie Stabenow, along with 14 House members from Michigan disputed President Obama’s informally proposed 56 mpg target for 2025 in a direct letter that predicts a loss of many American jobs if it comes into...
- Obama Announces 35.5mpg Average For 2016 And National Standard For Tailpipe Emissions
The Obama administration today announced tougher fuel mileage standards and tailpipe emission limits forcing automakers to meet a fleetwide average of 35.5 miles per gallon (6.6lt/100km) by 2016, four years sooner than what Congress required in 2007,...