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Proposed U.S. legislation would provide tax breaks for natural gas vehicles

Senator Robert Menendez (D - NJ) has introduced new legislation to promote natural gas for use in our automobiles. The NAT GAS Act, co-sponsored by U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D - NV) and Senator Orrin Hatch (R - UT), would extend and increase tax credits for vehicles powered by natural gas and the refueling stations needed to fill their tanks. Not surprisingly, T. Boone Pickens (he of the wind farm fail) is a big supporter of the proposal. Pickens said: This bipartisan legislation does more to reduce our foreign oil dependency ... Read more →

Americans "need" big trucks, says Sen. Hatch, and the Raser Hummer EV is just right Jeremy Korzeniewski

Worried that the Obama Administration's latest CAFE requirements will put the hurt to big trucks? Fret not, Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) has got your back. At an event held in the nation's ...

EDTA 2008: The View from Congress Sebastian Blanco

It was very likely because of who the audience was, but all the panelists at today's "View from the Hill" seminar at the EDTA show agreed that electric drive is the way to go for the future of the ...

The "Plug-in Hybrid Opportunity Act of 2007" follows up the FREEDOM Act Jeremy Korzeniewski

U.S. Representative Ed Markey, (D-Mass), who is head of the Select Committee on Energy Independence And Global Warming (whew), proposed the "Plug-in Hybrid Opportunity Act of 2007" yesterday. The ...

Proposed U.S. legislation would provide tax breaks for natural gas vehicles 5 months ago on Autoblog Green

Senator Robert Menendez (D - NJ) has introduced new legislation to promote natural gas for use in our automobiles. The NAT GAS Act, co-sponsored by U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D - NV) and Senator Orrin Hatch (R - UT), would extend and increase tax credits for vehicles powered by ...

Americans "need" big trucks, says Sen. Hatch, and the Raser Hummer EV is just right 7 months ago on Autoblog Green

Worried that the Obama Administration's latest CAFE requirements will put the hurt to big trucks? Fret not, Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) has got your back. At an event held in the nation's capital, Hatch got the chance to pilot the extended-range electric HUMMER H3 from Raser Technologies that ...

EDTA 2008: The View from Congress 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

It was very likely because of who the audience was, but all the panelists at today's "View from the Hill" seminar at the EDTA show agreed that electric drive is the way to go for the future of the American car. Congressional staffer JJ Brown, from Senator Orrin Hatch's (R-UT) office, Pat Bousliman, ...

The "Plug-in Hybrid Opportunity Act of 2007" follows up the FREEDOM Act 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

U.S. Representative Ed Markey, (D-Mass), who is head of the Select Committee on Energy Independence And Global Warming (whew), proposed the "Plug-in Hybrid Opportunity Act of 2007" yesterday. The plan would give a 35 percent tax break to hybrid owners who purchase and install the components to ...


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