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EDITORIAL: Attention Wall Street Journal - Ford does not use Toyota's hybrid system!

in an op-ed piece published in the Wall Street Journal, Alan Reynolds of the Cato Institute starts by making a few decent points about fuel taxation and fuel economy rules. Unfortunately, he undermines himself with some blatant errors and misinformation. In discussing how Detroit automakers will deal with new fuel efficiency requirements, he makes the all-too-common mistake of referring to Ford's hybrid system as licensed from Toyota ("Similarly, Ford has the Toyota-licensed hybrid Fusion and will soon produce the European Ford Fiesta in ... Read more →

Institute of Advanced Motorists teaches how to cancel out UK fuel duty rise Jeremy Korzeniewski

Recently, the government in the UK decided to raise its fuel duty by 2.12p per liter. While a gas tax increase is rarely popular, this small rise isn't that difficult to overcome, according to the ...

Autonation CEO Mike Jackson: just another exec in favor of higher gas taxes Sam Abuelsamid

Executives of large companies by and large tend to skew toward the more conservative side of the political spectrum and generally eschew increased taxes on anything. However, a growing handful (see ...

China raises fuel tax, changes gas price scheme to boost alternative fuels Xavier Navarro

China has decided to stimulate demand for alternative fuels with a standard financial measure: raising the fuel tax. The fuel tax on gasoline will climb from the equivalent of 13 cents a gallon to 64 ...

Congressional plan for green Detroit could be financially fatal Sam Abuelsamid

We're from the government and we're here to help. Those words strike fear into the hearts of conservatives anywhere. Right now those words probably should be terrorizing those hoping for a loan deal ...

Gas tax holiday killed by road crews, not common sense, tax increase soon 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

As you may have noticed when filling your tank, the plan for a gas tax holiday put forward by presidential candidates from both party brands, never came to fruition. The idea had been suspend an 18¢ per gallon federal tax on fuel from Memorial Day to Labor Day. Of course the fact that this ...

Rep. Dingell proposes tax on fuels to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Rep. John Dingell (D-Dearborn, MI) has created a legislative proposal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions as much as by 60 to 80 percent in 2050. How? By creating a tax on fuels and CO2 emissions. The amount: $50 per ton of CO2 and 50 cents a gallon for gasoline. It will include the elimination of ...


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