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Fat Cars: Report Reveals What We Already Know About Vehicle Weight

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years) and automakers continue culling the smallest and most affordable models from the lineup. But it has seen renewed interest this year as more people seem to be noticing the mounting issues associated with modern vehicle designs. The average age of cars on U.S. roads is now at record highs (12.5

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Why EVs Aren't a Climate Change Panacea

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As electricity increasingly comes from renewables, total electric vehicle GHG emissions will continue downward, but that will take at least a decade or more to happen everywhere across the U.S. However, there has been public pushback over how to pay for the plan and its push to decrease personal driving by imposing a mileage tax.

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GM Says Chevrolet Volt Won't 'Pay the Rent' | Autopia from Wired.com

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They leased a few (at a loss) to those that could afford it. Engineering proptypes enjoy a tax break. Companies can not sell engineering prototypes in which the company got R&D tax breaks in developing the product. Posted by: Joe | Apr 13, 2009 11:27:11 PM The government gets no tax money on electric vehicles.

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