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Empire Strikes Back: White House calls out Edmunds on Clunkers story, Edmunds responds

The facts in the case of the White House versus Edmunds are essentially indisputable – but they are open for interpretation. The federal government's $3 billion Cash for Clunkers program generated 690,000 sales by providing $3,500 and $4,500 vouchers to car buyers who turned in their eligible car or truck in exchange for a more fuel efficient ride. From here on in, Edmunds and the White House seem to be at considerable odds. Edmunds recently claimed that its statistical analysis shows that only 125,000 of the nearly 700,000 ... Read more →

White House may increase CAFE for SUVs Lascelles Linton

In a December 6 White House press briefing, press secretary Dana Perino said the White House has a proposal for a new increase in the CAFE standard for light trucks and SUVs. The president has full ...

Energy bill vote delayed, CAFE back on the table Lascelles Linton

What did I tell ya? The great photo above is of Bush and Dingell from 2005 but it could have been two days ago. According to the Detroit News, the House has delayed the energy bill vote. As we ...

White House threatens to veto energy bill again Lascelles Linton

Recently we reported that the CAFE issue was largely settled in the energy bill. On CSPAN Monday, Edmund Andrews of the New York Times even dared to say Dingell "lost." Do not underestimate the ...

White House Thanksgiving turkeys delivered by Flex Fuel Ford running on E85 Lascelles Linton

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/offbeat_news/White_House_turkeys_get_21_vehicle_motorcade'; The traditional pardoned White House turkeys were delivered by a Flex Fuel Ford F-150 running on E85. The ...

President Bush will tout fuel-economy plan at Kansas City auto assembly plants 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

President Bush's proposal to cut overall gasoline consumption by 20 percent over 10 years is drawing all sorts of fire from domestic automakers and the UAW. They say the plan is too expensive and not technologically feasible at this point. But that's not stopping the president from promoting his ...

Editorial: Analyzing President Bush's short speech on electric cars and cellulosic ethanol 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

An earlier post here on ABG brought attention to the fact that President Bush viewed the Phoenix Motorcars SUT and a plug-in hybrid version of the Toyota Prius at request of the White House. We discussed the vehicles and why they were there, which was in an effort to promote alternative fuels and ...

What I want to hear from Bush in the State of the Union speech RE: energy 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

The new Democratic Congress will be sworn in tomorrow, and the annual ritual of the Presidential State of the Union speech will follow in a few weeks' time. Last year, the Decider-in-Chief said America was "addicted to oil." What will his environmental and energy message be this year? According to ...

Detroit automakers issue joint statement on their meeting with President Bush 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

On Tuesday, November 14, the CEO's of the three Detroit based car-makers finally got the White House meeting that they've been waiting for so many months. GM's Rick Wagoner, Chrysler's Tom LaSorda, and Ford's Alan Mulally got to sit down with the President in the oval office for about an hour. ...

US Energy Secretary going to Indianapolis for Ethanol Day tomorrow 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

US Secretary of Energy Samuel Bodman will promote Ethanol during an appearance at Ethanol Day at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway tomorrow, Energy Efficient Motorsport. Rahal Letterman Racing, which runs a car supported by Team Ethanol, invited Bodman, who will do a press conference about ethanol in ...


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