A Progressive Tax Plan?
It will come as no surprise that Sen. McCain is running on a promise to cut taxes, despite the biggest federal budget deficit in history–nor is it news that he wants to give the biggest tax cuts to wealthy families. What gives me hope is Sen. Obama’s plan to shift the tax burden upward, increasing [...]
Use It to Pick Up Your Inflatable Date
XP Vehicles announces the Whisper™, an inflatable electric car:
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 13 –XP Vehicles™ (http://www.xpcarteam.com) today announced that it’s Whisper™ electric car is being developed for online direct ship distribution at sub $5000.00 price-points.
A baffled pressure tube system (think Zodiac™ rubber boat) provides the actual supporting and protective structure of the vehicle. How safe is [...]
It’s Quiet Here…Too Quiet
Okay. In advocating for gas-electric hybrid vehicles, I’ll admit to having overlooked this possible disadvantage:
CBS News reported on Wednesday that members of the Maryland affiliate of the National Federation of the Blind are protesting against hybrid cars on the grounds that they are too quiet to hear coming. Advocates for the blind would like [...]
Better Than Some Hybrids
Via EXPTA, Americans are doing better than I expected:
A 2006 study found that the average American walks about 900 miles per year. Another study found that Americans drink an average of 22 gallons of beer per year. That means, on average, Americans get 41 miles per gallon.
Emissions were not part of the study.
Toyota Sells Millionth Hybrid
Gas-electric hybrid cars are slowly becoming more popular as the technology is improved and options have become more varied. Toyota is still far and away the industry’s sales leader, having fielded more than one million hybrids:
Sales of Toyota hybrids have climbed from just 18,000 in 1998 to 312,500 last year, the company said.
Demand for [...]
Death of a Hybrid
Honda is discontinuing the hybrid version of its Accord after selling only about 25,000 since its introduction in the ‘05 model year. There will be no oh-eights! We love ours, and will be sad to see the model go. Can’t argue with 255 horses at over thirty miles per gallon!
The Accord hybrid’s U.S. sales totaled [...]
Not Giving the President’s Plan a chance to Work!
Ford Motor Co. CEO Alan Mulally stopped President Bush from plugging an electrical power line into the fuel tank of Ford’s prototype hydrogen-electric hybrid car.
Mulally told journalists at the New York auto show that he intervened to prevent President Bush from plugging an electrical cord into the hydrogen tank of Ford’s hydrogen-electric plug-in hybrid at [...]
Vas Ist Das Hybrid?
Business Week sorts out just how Germany fell behind in hybrid auto production.
…The original plan was to introduce hybrid versions of three SUVs: the VW Touareg, Audi Q7 and Porsche Cayenne. But that deadline has now proved to be unrealistic. VW will unveil its first hybrids next year, but they will not be available for [...]
