Last month, we delivered some coverage regarding the US President Barack Obama’s visit to the United Kingdom… in the form of some humor where his presidential Cadillac limousine bottomed out when leaving the US Embassy in Dublin, Ireland. On a somewhat similar note, Barack Obama is being fined for not paying London’s annoying congestion charge. [...]
In efforts to come to a reasonable agreement on the 56.2-mpg by 2025 proposal, the White House is starting to bend a bit. To offer some flexibility to the automakers, the White House is willing to give them more time to make the improvements on crossovers and pickups. This change to the proposal directly addresses [...]
Thursday, legislation was introduced that states that drivers are to be banned from holding cell phones while operating vehicles. The proposal is titled the Safe Drivers Act of 2011. The act is directed towards the Department of Transportation, and would require them to set a national standard that holding a mobile device as a driver, [...]
A new proposal may mean hardship for automakers and buyers. The Obama administration is weighing the possibility of making it a requirement that cars, and even lightweight trucks, average 56.2 miles per gallon as of 2025. The initial proposal was a requirement for an efficiency increase of 5 percent over eight years. If automakers are [...]
Raising the fuel-economy standards is a big debate between the Obama administration, environmentalists and automakers. A recent study by the nonprofit Center for Automotive Research found that increasing the federal fuel economy standards to as high as 56 mpg in the 2025 model year would yield fuel savings to consumers that more than offset an [...]
Here is something that will give you a nice chuckle in the morning. Apparently, a new report from the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration suggests that prisoners, dead people and children qualified for the 2009 tax break to spur car buying. The report went on to criticize the Internal Revenue Service for misapplying the [...]
Last week, President Obama paid a visit to the Jeep plant in Toledo to talk about the impact his administration had on keeping Chrysler thriving, and helping to improve the automotive industry. Part of the discussion also included the concerns around the job report released Friday. The Jeep Wrangler also ended up a hot topic [...]
President Barack Obama’s Cadillac One, aka ‘The Beast,’ faced a couple of challenges during its trip to Europe. Not only did the vehicle get stuck coming out of the U.S. embassy in Dublin, London Mayor Boris Johnson has asked Obama to pay the congestion charge for his Cadillac. Johnson told the Evening Standard newspaper that each car [...]
Here is some ‘good’ news for all the taxpayers that were hesitant about their money going to save the domestic automakers. The Obama administration said today that the government expects to lose less than $16 million of its bailout to U.S. automakers and auto finance companies. “While the government does not anticipate recovering all of [...]
FoMoCo’s CEO Alan Mulally recently headed out to Capitol Hill to meet with legislators and other government officials of the Obama Administration. During his visit, Mullay told Capitol Hill legislators that multiple U.S. standards put a burden on automakers and consumers. “We’re not talking about specific numbers,” Mulally told reporters at the Capitol after meeting with [...]
