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Obama Oil Tax, Electric-Car Charging Costs, Tesla Gigafactory: Today's Car News

Green Car Reports

Today, President Barack Obama proposes a tax of $10 per barrel on oil, California wrestles with the question of who should pay for electric-car charging infrastructure, and the Nevada government says the Tesla "Gigafactory" fell short of job and investment projections in 2015. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Electric Car 'Outrage': Obama Goal Missed, Dubious TV Report Dissected

Green Car Reports

"Billions of your tax dollars were spent to put a million electric cars on the road by the end of this year. Also perhaps vaguely reminiscent of 2011 and 2012, when uninformed, context-free, and factually-wrong "news" stories emerged about the Chevrolet Volt and, by. You might be outraged when you hear what happened."

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A look at how US Tax Bill affects fuels

Green Cars News

On Friday, HR 4853, the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorisation and Job Creation Act of 2010, was signed by US President Barack Obama. Firstly, the bill will extend the volumetric ethanol excise tax credit through 2011 at the existing rate of $0.45/gallon. It includes a number of provisions related to fuels.

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

The Truth About Cars

Meanwhile, CAFE loopholes added during the Obama administration have encouraged the automotive industry to prioritize larger combustion vehicles , resulting in a majority of modern-day automobiles being far heavier than their predecessors. Heavier vehicles need larger brakes, which results in those vehicles producing more brake dust.

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Obama budget backs electric vehicles

Green Cars News

With the aim of having one million advanced technology vehicles on US roads by 2015, President Obama’s Budget offers clear support for electric vehicle manufacturing.

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USA avoids fiscal cliff: boost for energy tax benefits and electric cars

Green Cars News

The issue of the “fiscal cliff” – an across-the-board leap in taxes and spending cuts – has finally been resolved in the USA after the US Senate passed a vote on New Year’s Day. Now, an amended bill, known as the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012, has made a number of revisions and extensions [.].

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Honda May Develop Plug-In as Obama Alters U.S. Policy (Update2) - Bloomberg.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

So far, President Barack Obama has announced no new federaleffort to promote the fuel, and federal funding for hydrogen fortransportation use in the 2009 budget dropped to $177.7 Tax Credits Instead, Obama backed tax credits of as much as $7,500 inthe stimulus package approved in February for buyers of plug-incars. “We

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