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  1. Electric cars: doubling down on dumb - American Enterprise Institute

    www.aei.org/article/.../electric-cars-doubling-down-on-dumb/Share
    Feb 1, 2012 – Once again, the regulators in California have decided to lead the nation in terms of vehicle emission standards, proposing to require that 15.4 ...
  2. Electric Cars and Crony Federalism

    Heritage.org (blog)-Apr 19, 2013
    For example, longtime political operative Terry McAuliffe says he wants to produce an electric car the size of a golf cart. A few years ago, his ...

  1. "...Nissan received $1.45 billion to refurbish a plant in Smyrna, Tenn., to produce the all-electric Leaf model and its batteries. Despite all indicators and especially paltry sales, CEO Carlos Ghosn insisted for years that 1.5 million EVs would be sold by 2016, and that EVs would account for 10 percent of new car sales by 2020. But the Leaf never overcame its expensive cost (like all EVs, as well as the Chevy Volt) and inefficiencies, such as limited range and long charging times. Loss of battery life in vehicles based in extremely hot climates in the U.S. didn’t help either. The bad image finally took its toll to the point where Nissan cancelled its grand opening celebration of the Tennessee plant, after so much earlier build-up and fanfare. Finally last month Nissan admitted “we were a little bit arrogant” about prospects for the Leaf...."  Paul Chesser NLPC

    1. Lawsuit and a Congressional Hearing as Fisker Bankruptcy Nears

      National Legal and Policy Center-Apr 11, 2013
      “Where's my free electric car?!” In the case of our $193-million stake in Fisker Automotive, thanks to a Department of Energy loan guarantee, ...
    2. Chevy Volt Sales Plunge – Obama's Flagship EV a Failure

      National Legal and Policy Center-Apr 3, 2013
      Billions of taxpayer dollars have been spent to produce and subsidize the plug-in electric car. For years we have heard about the supposedly ...
    3. Chevy Volt Battery Technology Questioned After Billions Wasted

      National Legal and Policy Center-Apr 11, 2013
      ... lithium-ion based battery technology behind electric vehicles (EVs) like the Chevy Volt. While Seetharaman acknowledges the limitations of ...
    4. GAO: Bad Publicity Scaring Prospects Away from Stimulus Money

      National Legal and Policy Center-Mar 28, 2013
      NLPC has reported nearly ad nauseum on the four top recipients of loans ... The biggest public rollout of any electric vehicle was the Focus ...
    5. Al Gore, DiCaprio AWOL as Fisker Circles the Drain

      National Legal and Policy Center-Mar 29, 2013
      ... stimulus loan guarantee and apparently still wants the rest of it, stopped making its sole electric car – the $102,000-plus Karma – last July.

    Electric cars: doubling down on dumb - American Enterprise Institute

    www.aei.org/article/.../electric-cars-doubling-down-on-dumb/Share
    Feb 1, 2012 – Once again, the regulators in California have decided to lead the nation in terms of vehicle emission standards, proposing to require that 15.4 ...
  1. Opposing View on Energy: Subsidies? Just Say No - Energy and the ...

    www.aei.org/.../opposing-view-on-energy-subsidies-just-say-n...
    This particular wealth transfer (up to $8,500 for today's electric cars and home charging equipment) is highly ... Kenneth P. Green is a resident scholar at AEI.
  2. Unplug electric car subsidies - Energy and the Environment - AEI

    www.aei.org/article/energy.../unplug-electric-car-subsidies/
    Jan 19, 2012 – For the first time in a few years, electric cars are mostly an afterthought at the auto show in Detroit. To be sure, electric cars and hybrid electric ...
  3. The dirty little secret of electric cars — they're really not ... - AEIdeas

    www.aei-ideas.org/.../th-dirtly-little-secret-of-electric-cars-they...
    Mar 12, 2013 – Nissan advertises the Leaf as being a “100% electric” vehicle that generates “ zero emissions.” So, electric cars must therefore be “green” ...

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