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0Study: New CAFE standards will result in $65B in lost revenue for road projects 1312201740
According to a new study by the American Road & Transportation Builders Association, new Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standards that mandate cars and light trucks average 54.5 mpg by 2025 will deprive federal highway projects of more than $65 billion in revenues. That estimation is based on ...
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Report: Glenn Beck goes off on GM's Akerson over proposed $1 gas tax, calls Volt "crappy" [w/video] 1307741460
If there's one thing that is fast becoming true about the Chevy Volt, it's that right-wing political pundits really, really don't like it. So, we will admit up front that this story comes straight out of the "predictable/it's not news when an idiot says something stupid" file, but it's still ...
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How the gas tax is under threat from green vehicles 1291671300
Can Governments Afford To Incentivise Electric Cars? Live in the right part of California and work for the right company and you might be able to buy the new Nissan Leaf for as little as $12,500, as Autoblog has reported, due to the raft of incentives that are available for buyers of the little ...
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Democrats and Republicans agree on higher gas taxes, just not in public all the time 1291411800
Senator Alan Simpson (left) and Erskine Bowles (right), Co-Chairman of the Deficit Reduction CommissionThere is a sport in Washington D.C. that comes around like deer season every year: the gas tax debate. And stepping into the clearing this week with brown overcoats and deer antler hats are ... -
Report: NADA chairman urges Fed to reconsider fuel rules 1287786600
The National Automobile Dealers Association has joined the ranks of those opposed to upping Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards to 60 mpg by 2025. The dealer group says that with fuel prices still low, consumers are more interested in horsepower and style than they are super-efficient ...
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Consumer Federation of America calls for 60 mpg CAFE standard by 2025 1283543760
Now that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and Environmental Protection Agency have established fleet fuel economy standards of 35.5 miles per gallon by 2016, the government agencies are hard at work on the next phase of increases that will stretch out to 2020 and beyond. The ...
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Study: Americans prefer tolls over fuel taxes... how about you? 1280172540
One fact seems indisputable: Americans have come to hate taxes and any suggestion by a politician to raise them is tantamount to political suicide. The problem is that public infrastructure requires funding – and lots of it. Critics of this disparity would argue that a lack of political ...
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Autoblog Podcast #181 - Mercury, Ed Whitacre, Gas Tax and Guessing Cops 1276031700
Click above for the Autoblog Podcast in iTunes, RSS or listen now!Thanks for your your questions for Episode #181 of the Autoblog Podcast. This week,Chris, Sam, Dan and Alex take them on. News topics we cover are a little more on the shuttering of Mercury, Ed Whitacre's management bushwacking at ... -
Taxes drive gas prices to over $7 a gallon in UK, mass boycott coming soon 1271851140
Through the power of Facebook, up to a half a million drivers in the UK are expected to boycott gas next month shortly before the nation heads to the polls for a general election in which Prime Minister (PM) Gordon Brown is fighting stiff competition for the win. Many Brits are upset with recent ...
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WSJ Column: Higher gas taxes better strategy than CAFE to save GM 1246919400
2009 Chevrolet Cruze - Click above for high-res image galleryFord Executive Chairman Bill Ford and AutoNation CEO Mike Jackson were just two voices that spoke out in favor of a higher gas tax earlier this year. While we took the Cato Institute's Alan Reynolds to task for muddying the waters of ...

