At 68, our Vice President, Joe Biden, doesn’t seem like someone that would be a true car enthusiast – however, in an interview with CARandDRIVERÂ Joe points out that he still loves the occasional smoky burnout and being the son of a car salesman, we wouldn’t expect anything less of Biden. When asked by C&D if [...]
VEEP Joe Biden began to roll out the administration’s efforts to have 1 million plug-in electric vehicles on the road by 2015 today. The administration is looking to convert the $7,500 tax deduction for EVs to a rebate immediately available to consumers. The president also wants to boost government subsidies for vehicle technologies by almost [...]
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden took a trip to Toledo, Ohio yesterday where he gave a speech to more than 800-UAW represented workers at Chrysler’s Toledo Assembly Complex (TAC), which makes the iconic Jeep Wrangler. Upon arrival at the 1.5-million-square-foot assembly plant, the Vice President was greeted by the Chrysler CEO, Sergio Marchionne, who took [...]
After Vice President Joe Biden addressed autoworkers at a Chrysler plant in Toledo that make Jeep Wranglers, Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne told reporters it will be “difficult” for the Auburn Hills automaker to turn a net profit for the full year 2010. While Marchionne didn’t go into exact financial details for either third or fourth [...]
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden will be making a trip to Toledo on Monday to Chrysler’s Toledo Supplier Park. While the White House declined to discuss Biden’s plans for the visit, it is reported that the VP will be talking about the importance of the supplier industry, which employs nearly twice as many workers as [...]
An armored Chevrolet Suburban and a limousine belonging to Vice President Biden’s fleet, hit and killed a pedestrian just over the D.C. border in Maryland. The two vehicles were on their way to Andrews Air Force Base to a secure storage location when the incident took place. According to the Washington Post, the man was [...]
According to reports, U.S. Vice President Joe Biden is scheduled to visit a closed General Motors plant in his home-state of Delaware where he will announce the reopening of the closed GM Plant in Wilmington that will now produce plug-in hybrid electric-vehicles for Fisker Automotive. CEO Henrik Fisker is also going to visit the reopening [...]
