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Cash For Clunkers gets $2B assist in the Senate; C.A.R.S. funded through Labor Day

After a week of uncertainty and a lot of weighing in from all sides, C.A.R.S. (aka Cash For Clunkers) looks set to continue for another month, at least. The Senate confirmed the House's $2 billion funding of the incredibly popular program yesterday in a 60-37 vote, mostly on party lines. President Obama has said he will sign the bill. The money should last through Labor Day, and rumor has it that C.A.R.S. won't be extended again. In fact, one of the bill's strongest supporters, Michigan Senator Carl Levin, said that he wants a specific end ... Read more →

Daily (Show) update on Cash For Clunkers, and a look into the future Sebastian Blanco

The foggy blur surrounding the fate of Cash For Clunkers (aka C.A.R.S.) is clearing up. On the political front, passage in the Senate of the extra $2 billion in funds now looks incredibly likely. ...

Cash For Clunkers Daily Update: D.O.T. withholding info; Senate warms to more funding Sebastian Blanco

Another day, another bunch of news items about Cash For Clunkers (a.k.a. C.A.R.S.). With Friday's Senate recess date fast approaching, the Obama Administration is reportedly pushing the body's 100 ...

House narrowly passes scaled-back 'Cash-for-Clunkers' legislation Damon Lavrinc

After the House and Senate agreed on the terms of a cut-down version of the Cash for Clunkers legislation, it passed the house on Tuesday by a narrow margin (226-202) after being added as a ...

BREAKING: House, Senate reach terms on 'Cash for Clunkers' program - but only with $1B in funding Chris Paukert

According to The Detroit News, the House and Senate came to terms late last night on a $1 billion 'cash for clunkers' initiative. Part of a larger $106 billion wartime spending bill, the program is ...

Senate to vote cash-for-guzzlers bill after House passage 5 months ago on Autoblog Green

Uncle Sam might be ready to give you up to $4,500 if you swap an old polluting car or truck for a brand new - and more fuel efficient - vehicle. The Sutton Fleet Modernization bill, which passed the House yesterday and will now head to the Senate, requires the car being traded in to get less than 18 ...

Senate passes stimulus bill with $2 billion for plug-ins and batteries 9 months ago on Autoblog Green

American politicians are trying to figure out how best to save the wreck that is the U.S. economy, mostly by moving a stimulus bill through Congress. Today, the Senate passed their version of the bill and there is (unsurprisingly) a lot in there for green car advocates. The $838 billion package ...

Senate proposal would double PHEV tax credit to 500,000 units 9 months ago on Autoblog Green

Late last year, the Senate passed legislation that called for big tax credits for plug-in hybrid vehicles. As it was originally written, the credits were dependent on the size of the car's battery pack and ranged from $2,500 to $7,500 – the Chevy Volt is the only production car currently ...

EDTA 2008: The View from Congress 11 months 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, ...

Breaking: Senate passes PHEV legislation 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Jeep EV The Senate has approved a sweeping energy bill that includes a provision for a rather substantial tax credit for plug-in hybrids. Of course, the bill still needs to make it through the House, so there's no reason for PHEV proponents to get too excited just yet. The tax credits have a ...

EDTA prez talks to the Senate about electric cars next week 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Part of the Electric Drive Transportation Association's (EDTA) reason for being is to convince lawmakers to support electric-drive vehicles. That's what those May radio spots were about and that's what EDTA president Brian Wynne will be doing next week when he testifies before the Senate Energy and ...

Biofuel-friendly Farm Bill gets veto override from Congress 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Photo by Yandle. Licensed under Creative Commons license 2.0. As expected, Congress made sure the Farm Bill (actually called the Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008) became law yesterday despite some sort of clerical error that resulted in a number of pages being dropped from the final ...

X Prize praise from the U.S. Senate 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

We're waiting for the Automotive X Prize's big announcement next week, but the U.S. Senate has decided that now is as good a time as any to heap some bipartisan praise on the X Prize foundation for inspiring "a new generation of viable, super-efficient vehicles that could help break the addiction of ...

Iowa legislators to kill ethanol-pump-label law to increase ethanol sales 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

By law, if a pump in Iowa provides gas that contains ten percent ethanol (an amount that is safe for almost all cars), the pump must have a label stating that the fuel contains ethanol. This can turn off some buyers who might be worried about the alcohol's lower energy content, and that equals ...

EPA head takes our advice, skips meeting with Sen. Boxer 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Recently, I told you that California Senator Barbara Boxer invited EPA head Stephen Johnson to a field meeting today, January 10th. I joked then "If I were Steve, I would try to catch the flu before January 10 or settle on some other reason not to go." Well, Stephen must read AutoblogGreen because ...

Sen. Boxer invites EPA head to testify January 10 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Senator Barbara Boxer has invited EPA head Stephen Johnson to a field briefing in California January 10. Barbara wants to talk to Steve about his decision to deny California's waiver request to regulate tailpipe emissions and she invited a few other people as well, including: Edmund G. Brown ...

Pelosi to EPA head on CA waiver denial: "I vigorously disagree with your rationale," "strongly support the inquiry" 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, chimed in on the head of the EPA, Stephen Johnson's, decision to deny California's waiver request to regulate tailpipe emissions. Pelosi really disagrees with Johnson and supports an inquiry into the decision. Here is part of a letter to Stephen from Pelosi: I ...

White House: Bush to sign energy bill Wednesday 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The Congress finally passed the energy bill today, which includes a 35 miles per gallon CAFE standard and the White House says Bush will sign it Wednesday. Even though Bush threatened to veto the bill several times and he still thinks the CAFE standard could have gone "farther and faster," he's on ...

White House may increase CAFE for SUVs 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

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 control of the CAFE standard for light trucks (which includes SUVs but not passenger cars) and has ...

AutoblogGreen video: Six-hour House debate on fuel efficiency in just 5 minutes 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

I watched the last six hours of the House of Representatives debate on the energy bill yesterday and recorded significant references to CAFE, fuel efficiency, transportation, etc. and whittled it down to five minutes because hey, I know you're busy. The video above includes Dingell being praised ...

Congressional leaders reach deal on new fuel economy standard, vote next week 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

var digg_url = 'http://digg.com/politics/House_leaders_reach_deal_on_35_mpg_fuel_economy_standard_by_2020/blog'; Rep. John Dingell (D-MI) reached a deal late Friday night with Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA MI) on a compromise bill to raise fuel economy standards for new cars and trucks to 25 35 mpg ...

Drivers will not play a role in carbon law 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

The United States government is in the early stages of crafting the nation's first carbon cap-and-trade law. The House Committee on Energy and Commerce released a white paper detailing the scope of the carbon law and one thing is already very clear: drivers won't be regulated directly because there ...

Pew Campaign for Fuel Efficiency poll: nearly 90% support high fuel economy standards 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

The Pew Campaign for Fuel Efficiency (PCFE), a "public education campaign," has released details of a bipartisan poll which was conducted by The Mellman Group (D) and Public Opinion Strategies (R). The results of the poll are not surprising when one considers how Americans feel about the high price ...

The Chevy Volt goes to Washington - GM hopes to cash in 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Yesterday, we mentioned that Toyota is hoping to cash in on the reputation of being hybrid friendly and green in order to make high profits by selling performance vehilces under their Lexus brand name. Just as there is a great deal of hype surrounding the Toyota Prius, the Chevy Volt has garnered ...

Welcome the new, kinder, gentler Auto Alliance - and their ads 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

How could we possibly forget the last round of print and radio advertising that the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers let out of the bag? Sure, you remember those, don't you? They basically said that if the Senate were to pass new CAFE standards, you would not be able to afford a pickup truck ...

Senator Carl Levin: the Auto Industry's Best Friend 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Carl Levin is a liberal Democrat, for whatever that's worth to you. More important for our site is what he is struggling to do every day. At the ripe age of 73, he has to be one of the busiest lead men in politics. He serves as the chairman of the Senate Armed Service Committee, is part of the ...

Dealers and auto executives take their lobbying efforts to Washington 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

A massive lobbying effort is taking place in Washington as you read this. The issue at hand are modified CAFE standards. Executives from the automotive industry apparently are not powerful enough on their own accord, so they have asked dealers to join them in the battle. By bringing auto dealers ...

Majority Leader Harry Reid: The debate on raising CAFE standards is over. It will happen. 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Regardless of what you or I think, or the automakers for that matter, it appears as if the new CAFE rules will pass through the Senate. The source? Deomcratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. He said, "I met with the CEOs of the Big Three automakers last week, and here is what I told them: The ...

Bill Ford responds to Obama's criticisms toward Detroit's automakers 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Responding to criticism from Barack Obama that "three giants of American industry (Detroit automakers) are hemorrhaging jobs and profits as foreign competitors answer the rising global demand for fuel-efficient cars", Bill Ford suggested that Obama trade in his Chrysler 300C for a Ford 500. He ...

EPA Administrator in no rush to comply with CO2 regulation ruling 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

At a Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing on Tuesday, EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson held to the Bush Administration line and refused to say when or if his agency would regulate greenhouse gases. Earlier this month, the Supreme Court ruled that the EPA is authorized under current ...

New Mexico House passes B5 by 2012 bill with 47-8 vote 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

New Mexico has voted a through a House Bill that would require all diesel fuel sold in the state to be B5 by 2012. The bill, which passed the House in a 47-8 vote, moves to make diesel fuel containing five percent biodiesel compulsory for all state agencies and public schools from July 2010 ...

Minnesota passes legislation to generate 25 percent renewable energy by 2020 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

The Minnesota Senate has passed their state's Renewable Energy Standard requiring Minnesota utilities to generate a minimum 25 percent of their electricity renewably by 2025. Xcel Energy is to jump the gun and aim for 30 percent renewable generation by 2020. There is a back door clause however ...

Senator, challenger give views on fuel economy standards 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

U.S. Senator Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania, who is up for reelection, and his opponent, state treasurer Bob Casey, recently answered questions on their views on environmental issues. When asked about the Bush administration's attempts to improve fuel economy standards, Casey replied that both the ...

Hastert jumps ship from hydrogen car to SUV after photo-op 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert (R-IL) shows his concern for the environment extends for all of about two blocks. According to Raw Story, the Speaker was at a gas station press conference yesterday telling whoever would listen that he’s concerned about high gas prices. But then, after ...


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