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- So Many Problems Continue to Plague the EV Industry Wed, 31 Jan 24, 5:00amCentrally planned economies never turn out well; why would this be any different?
- Automakers finally blast Biden EPA plan to hike fuel efficiency rules – Would ‘boost avg vehicle price by $3,000…with absolutely no environmental or fuel savings benefits’ Thu, 19 Oct 23, 12:00pm“exceeds reason and will increase costs to the American consumer with absolutely no environmental or fuel savings benefits.”
- More on Biden Climate-cars: Secretly Negotiated Between “Certain Automakers” and Their “Partners”? Tue, 17 Aug 21, 3:00amToday’s Wall Street Journal editorial “The Electric Vehicle Welfare State: Car makers back the Biden climate agenda in return for subsidies and higher consumer prices” notes, among other things:
- Rules to boost fuel economy for vehicles will do more good than harm, new study shows Tue, 11 Dec 18, 4:00pmFrom Eurekalert Public Release: 6-Dec-2018 Findings by USC and other universities contradict claims by the Trump administration, which aims to roll back fuel economy standards University of Southern California Scholars...
- Consumer Preferences Versus Energy Efficiency Regulations Wed, 18 Jul 12, 1:48amThe Mercatus Center released a paper (PDF) this month co-authored by Ted Gayer (an economist at the Brooking Institution) and W. Kip Viscusi (an economics professor at Vanderbilt), titled “Overriding Consumer Preferences...
- Obama’s New CAFE Standards Require Vehicles To Average 54.5 mpg by 2025! Fri, 18 Nov 11, 12:14amThe Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Transportation unveiled their new CAFE standards yesterday, which require an impressive 54.5 mile-per-gallon average for light duty vehicles by the year 2025. The new...
- Politicians Continue to Confuse on Ethanol Fri, 22 Jul 11, 6:14amThis time its former Rep. Jim Nussle (R-Iowa) writing in The Hill’s Congressional Blog: But what people often forget is that the ethanol industry has been suggesting reform for more than a year. We recognized that the...
- Obama Calls for 56.2 MPG Fuel Efficiency Mandate by 2025 Wed, 29 Jun 11, 2:55amThe Obama administration is currently in talks with the three big automakers — General Motors, Ford and Chrysler — about future fuel efficiency standards, and it looks like the President’s team is calling...