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Feds to buy over 17,000 of D-3's fuel-efficient vehicles

As part of the Obama administration's $787 billion stimulus package, the federal government plans to spend $300 million to replace its current fleet of vehicles with more fuel efficient models. About $285 million of that amount will be used to purchase some 17,600 new vehicles from the Detroit 3 automakers by June 1st. Each new vehicle will be required to manage at least a 10 percent improvement in overall fuel efficiency to be considered for purchase. The first wave of orders will be for 2,500 hybrid sedans and will be finalized on April ... Read more →

Federal funds quitting hydrogen for plug-ins Xavier Navarro

Back during the Clinton era, Federal funds in the U.S. favored plug-in hybrids research. The money shifted during the Bush administration to hydrogen fuel-cell research. Candidate Obama pledged to ...

Should the U.S. institute a vehicle scrapping plan? Jeremy Korzeniewski

Last month, Germany reported a shocking 21 percent improvement in auto sales, and the greatest driver in the uptick was a used vehicle scrapping plan that pays drivers 2,500 euros ($3,150) to remove ...

$2 billion? Nah, more like $12.5 billion for plug-in cars in the stimulus bill Sebastian Blanco

When the big stimulus bill was passed this week, the number that rose to the forefront was a $2 billion investment for plug in vehicles. But, if you add in all the additional plug-in help for things ...

Feds to buy over 17,000 of D-3's fuel-efficient vehicles 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

As part of the Obama administration's $787 billion stimulus package, the federal government plans to spend $300 million to replace its current fleet of vehicles with more fuel efficient models. About $285 million of that amount will be used to purchase some 17,600 new vehicles from the Detroit 3 ...

Federal funds quitting hydrogen for plug-ins 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

Back during the Clinton era, Federal funds in the U.S. favored plug-in hybrids research. The money shifted during the Bush administration to hydrogen fuel-cell research. Candidate Obama pledged to have 1 million plug-in hybrid electric vehicles on American roads in six years, and the DOE's Office ...

Should the U.S. institute a vehicle scrapping plan? 9 months ago on Autoblog Green

Last month, Germany reported a shocking 21 percent improvement in auto sales, and the greatest driver in the uptick was a used vehicle scrapping plan that pays drivers 2,500 euros ($3,150) to remove their old car from the road. With new car sales in most other countries down by at least that much, ...

$2 billion? Nah, more like $12.5 billion for plug-in cars in the stimulus bill 10 months ago on Autoblog Green

When the big stimulus bill was passed this week, the number that rose to the forefront was a $2 billion investment for plug in vehicles. But, if you add in all the additional plug-in help for things like infrastructure, the actual plug-in stimulus package is closer to $12.5 billion, according to ...


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