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Did you know McCain owns three GEM EVs?

Maybe this is why John McCain is so gung-ho for better automotive batteries. According to a fluffy piece of reporting by Newsweek, the McCain family owns three GEM electric vehicles. Newsweek wanted to find out how many cars each of the two major party presidential candidates owns, and found out that McCain has 13 and Obama just one. As we know, that one vehicle is the 2008 Ford Escape hybrid he traded for his Hemi last year. Aside from the NEVs, the McCains also have the Prius his daughter drives (whoops) and a 2004 Cadillac STC, a 2005 ... Read more →

Which cars would a President Obama or McCain promote? Sebastian Blanco

Apparently, Marty Padgett and Bengt Halvorson over at The Car Connection had a little extra time over the weekend. As part of the political frenzy being created thanks to the national party ...

Will the Real Green Car Advocate Please Stand Up? Shannon Arvizu

Both Senators McCain and Obama have expressed support towards the development of alternative fuel and vehicle technologies - but which candidate has the best green car platform? The Christian Science ...

John McCain doesn't know how much gas costs Jeremy Korzeniewski

Considering all of the press that has been inked (or typed) regarding both John McCain's and Barrack Obama's various plans for the ailing automotive industry in America, you may think that the two ...

Obama to Detroit: What do you need? Detroit to Obama: Money. Jeremy Korzeniewski

The two major U.S. presidential candidates, Barrack Obama and John McCain, have both expressed an interest in investing Federal money into green automotive technology. Although both men have differing ...

Automotive X Prize says McCain's $300m battery prize needs more work 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

John McCain's (R) call for a $300 million prize for better automotive battery is still making waves. The latest to raise a voice are the people who are already offering some prize money for cleaner cars: the Progressive Automotive X PRIZE. Of course, the AXP is a much smaller prize purse ($10m) and ...

Is John McCain's $300m battery prize a good idea? Pelosi chimes in 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Republican presidential candidate John McCain has come out swinging RE energy issues these last few days, with the two big stories for us being the $300m battery prize money and all that talk about nuclear. Of course, the Democrats can't let all these ideas go un-remarked upon, right? 'Coure not. ...

McCain will discuss environmental policy specifics today 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Photo by Marcn. Licensed under Creative Commons license 2.0. Following the economist revolt against John McCain's "gas tax holiday" idea, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee is going to try and change the current dialogue about his stance on climate change. He will do this by getting ...

Gas tax debate continues unabated, Hillary tries to defend herself 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Photo by SEIU International. Licensed under Creative Commons license 2.0. Man, all this presidential candidate pandering is getting out of control. When John McCain first talked about saving the average family $30 on gas taxes over the summer by instituting a "gas tax holiday," it was easily pegged ...

McCain calls for summer holiday from federal gas tax 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Photo by Soggydan. Licensed under Creative Commons license 2.0. Here's an idea only a presidential candidate could love. The presumptive Republican nominee for president, John McCain, today proposed the federal government suspend U.S. gasoline taxes for the summer. On the face of it, I'll admit, ...


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