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		<title>Bloom More &#8220;Encouraged&#8221; By Chrysler Plans Than Most</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:41:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Niedermeyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chapter 11]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Fiat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Keith Crain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ron Bloom]]></category>
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&#8220;U.S. encouraged by Fiat plan for Chrysler,&#8221; runs Reuters&#8216; headline, attributed to car czarlet Ron Bloom. After commenting extensively about GM, in which Bloom controls a 60 percent taxpayer stake, he had only this to say about the eight percent government owned Chrysler and its recent plans:
We see management with a huge sense of urgency. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GM: Give Us Tax Credits Or We&#8217;ll Lose The RenCen</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/gm-give-us-tax-credits-or-well-lose-the-rencen/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/gm-give-us-tax-credits-or-well-lose-the-rencen/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:18:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Niedermeyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Heritage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Detroit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fritz henderson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[michigan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RenCen]]></category>

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The Freep is reporting that GM&#8217;s Renaissance Center headquarters could be at risk if so-called &#8220;retention tax credits&#8221; aren&#8217;t amended. GM is consolidating more of its workforce at its Warren Technology Center, and 1,500 of the RenCen&#8217;s 4,000 GM workers are reportedly making the move out of downtown. The remaining 2,500 workers would stay only [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>22</slash:comments>
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		<title>Quote Of The Day: Rattner&#8217;s Regret Edition</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/quote-of-the-day-rattners-regret-edition/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/quote-of-the-day-rattners-regret-edition/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 22:16:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Niedermeyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Quote of the Day]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bailout]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fritz henderson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[general motors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ken Feinberg]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PTFOA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steve Rattner]]></category>

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We liked Fritz. We felt that Fritz had more energy and more drive and got the message that things had to change and was being groomed to be CEO and deserved a chance&#8230; He’s shown that he can manage. Whether he can fundamentally change the culture of the company is another matter.
Bloomberg&#8217;s fresh sound bite [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>13</slash:comments>
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		<title>New NY License Plates: Empire Gold For The Empire State</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/new-ny-license-plates-empire-gold-for-the-empire-state/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/new-ny-license-plates-empire-gold-for-the-empire-state/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:47:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Niedermeyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[license plate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New York]]></category>
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Though New York&#8217;s new &#8220;Empire Gold&#8221; license plates aren&#8217;t opening the same constitutional can of worms as South Carolina&#8217;s recently-rejected &#8220;I Believe&#8221; plates, they&#8217;re still generating some feisty political opposition. By next April, every licensed vehicle in the state will have to switch to the new plates, at $25 a pop. That&#8217;s ten bucks more [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>13</slash:comments>
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		<title>Feds to Switch from Polyvinyl Toluene Detectors to Advanced Spectroscopic Portals?</title>
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		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/feds-to-switch-from-polyvinyl-toluene-detectors-to-advanced-spectroscopic-portals/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 07:06:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Farago</dc:creator>
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Welcome the wacky world of nuclear bomb detection, as practiced by U.S. border guards protecting The Land of the Free from terrorist infiltration via our neighbors to the north. The Vancouver Sun reports the reassuring news that &#8220;every car, truck and passenger entering the United States by land from Canada is now searched for nuclear [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bailout Watch 569: Exit Strategy? What Exit Strategy?</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/bailout-watch-569-exit-strategy-what-exit-strategy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/bailout-watch-569-exit-strategy-what-exit-strategy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:39:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Niedermeyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bailout Watch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>
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Next up in today&#8217;s series &#8220;Selections from the GAO report on the auto bailout which closely resemble TTAC editorials of a year ago&#8221; we have the report&#8217;s discussion of a possible exit strategy. Or rather, the report&#8217;s disclosure that there&#8217;s so not an exit strategy it hurts. From the report&#8217;s conclusions:
While Treasury has stated that [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>12</slash:comments>
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		<title>White House To Edmunds: Don&#8217;t Knock Cash For Clunkers</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/white-house-to-edmunds-dont-knock-cash-for-clunkers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/white-house-to-edmunds-dont-knock-cash-for-clunkers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:19:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Niedermeyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sales]]></category>

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It is unfortunate that Edmunds.com has had nothing but negative things to say about a wildly successful program that sold nearly 250,000 cars in its first four days alone. There can be no doubt that CARS drummed up more business for car dealers at a time when they needed help the most.
The Department of Transportation&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>43</slash:comments>
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		<title>GM To Draw On Government Funds For Delphi Rescue</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/gm-to-draw-on-government-funds-for-delphi-rescue/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/gm-to-draw-on-government-funds-for-delphi-rescue/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:14:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Niedermeyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bailout Watch]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[High Finance]]></category>
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The WSJ reports that GM will draw &#8220;north of $2.5b&#8221; from its government escrow account to fund its own bailout of its major supplier, Delphi. Considering GM has committed $1b in debt assumption, $2b in forgiven claims and $1.75b in investments, we can assume the amount will be well north of $2.5b. But how much [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Edmunds: Cash For Clunkers Cost $24k Per Car</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/edmunds-cash-for-clunkers-cost-24k-per-car/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/edmunds-cash-for-clunkers-cost-24k-per-car/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:58:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Niedermeyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Cars]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News Blog]]></category>

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Edmunds&#8216; analysis shows that only 125k of the nearly 690k vehicles sold during Cash For Clunkers were incremental. Divide the three billion the government spent by that number, and you&#8217;re left with a $24k per-vehicle subsidy of additional sales. Which Edmunds admits were largely pull-forward anyway. Edmunds&#8217;  research also shows that fewer consumers would have [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>25</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Detroit Lobby Lives</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/the-detroit-lobby-lives/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/the-detroit-lobby-lives/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:52:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Niedermeyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Industry]]></category>
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After a dismal PR year for Detroit (if only because lobbying efforts were successful enough to secure an unpopular bailout), the American Automotive Policy Council has been launched to represent the very special interests of Ford, GM and Chrysler. As Politico unironically puts it, &#8220;(Debbie) Dingell, the wife of Rep. John Dingell (D-Mich.) and longtime [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>Rattner On His Detroit Adventure</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/rattner-on-his-detroit-adventure/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/rattner-on-his-detroit-adventure/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:39:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Niedermeyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bailout Watch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Industry]]></category>
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Former head of the Presidential Task Force on the Auto Industry, Steve Rattner has penned a retrospective for Fortune on his time guiding the auto industry bailout. He covers everything from how he assembled his team and developed a strategy to the decision to fire Rick Wagoner and the showdown with Chrysler&#8217;s creditors. There are [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>46</slash:comments>
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		<title>It&#8217;s Official: Three-Wheelers Are Cars Too. For Subsidy Purposes.</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/its-official-three-wheelers-are-cars-too-for-subsidy-purposes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/its-official-three-wheelers-are-cars-too-for-subsidy-purposes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:53:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Niedermeyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Electric Vehicles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Green]]></category>
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Congress has passed legislation qualifying three-wheeled vehicles for federal subsidies by classifying them as advanced technology vehicles. According to Automotive News [sub], the legislation has passed the House and Senate and should be signed by President Obama by week&#8217;s end. The classification is crucial for firms like Aptera to secure the federal Advanced Technology Vehicles [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>27</slash:comments>
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		<title>Ray LaHood Holds Detroit Love-In</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/ray-lahood-holds-detroit-love-in/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/ray-lahood-holds-detroit-love-in/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 22:36:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Niedermeyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[PR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[People]]></category>

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I think what I saw at Chrysler is what people felt when Iacocca was there. It&#8217;s a new level of energy and enthusiasm because there&#8217;s new leadership of people that know what they&#8217;re doing, of people that have been successful in the automobile manufacturing business.
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood waxes eloquent about the New New Chrysler [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>19</slash:comments>
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		<title>Do You Have The Right To Repair?</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/do-you-have-the-right-to-repair/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/do-you-have-the-right-to-repair/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 18:15:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dustin Stockton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gizmology]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Used Cars]]></category>

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Growing up my family owned a Jeep Wagoneer that consistently broke down towing our boat.  My frugal parents couldn&#8217;t afford to have it repaired by a mechanic so my Pop dutifully bought the repair manual and spent his days off cursing under the hood in our driveway.  He eventually grew so frustrated that he dropped [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>54</slash:comments>
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		<title>Quote Of The Day: Betting Odds Edition</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/quote-of-the-day-betting-odds-edition/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/quote-of-the-day-betting-odds-edition/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 17:50:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Niedermeyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bailout Watch]]></category>
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“What do you think the percentage likelihood is that, if we give this deal a chance, it will succeed?” Rattner didn’t make the decision any easier. “Fifty-one per cent,” he said. “But, Mr. President, in my experience, deals get worse, not better, over time.”
Ryan Lizza recounts the decision to bail out Chrysler in his epic [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>23</slash:comments>
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		<title>UK Government: Per Mile Tax Would Solve Global Warming</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/uk-government-per-mile-tax-would-solve-global-warming/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/uk-government-per-mile-tax-would-solve-global-warming/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:04:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Newspaper</dc:creator>
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A UK government group has just released a proposal that would impose a per-mile tax on motorists to rescue the planet from an imagined catastrophe. The Committee on Climate Change (CCC), a body established by the UK Parliament to advise the government on environmental issues, has set a target of a two-percent annual reduction in [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>28</slash:comments>
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		<title>LaHood: We Must Kill Distracted Driving Before It Kills Us</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/lahood-we-must-kill-distracted-driving-before-it-kills-us/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/lahood-we-must-kill-distracted-driving-before-it-kills-us/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 19:25:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Niedermeyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Safety]]></category>

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Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood kicked off the DoT&#8217;s first-ever &#8220;Distracted Driving Summit&#8221; in Washington today with a speech calling texting while driving a &#8220;menace to society.&#8221; LaHood cited just-released NHTSA data (PDF) showing that 6,000 road deaths, or about 15 percent of the 2008 total, were caused by distracted drivers as evidence of what [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>21</slash:comments>
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		<title>Stimulus Funds Not Targeting Nation&#8217;s Worst Roads</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/stimulus-funds-not-targeting-nations-worst-roads/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/stimulus-funds-not-targeting-nations-worst-roads/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 19:15:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Niedermeyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News Blog]]></category>

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A major criteria for spending funds from the recent stimulus bill was that qualifying projects had to be &#8220;shovel ready.&#8221; Though that stricture was put in place to speed up the stimulus&#8217;s impact on the economy, it&#8217;s preventing the replacement of many of the worst roads in the nation. USA Today reports that only 20 [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>20</slash:comments>
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		<title>SIGTARP to Audit Dealer Cuts, Government Involvement in GM</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/sigtarp-to-audit-dealer-cuts-government-involvement-in-gm/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/sigtarp-to-audit-dealer-cuts-government-involvement-in-gm/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 18:46:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Niedermeyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bailout Watch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News Blog]]></category>

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Neil Barofsky, Special Inspector General for TARP (SIGTARP), will audit the closure of 2,139 GM and Chrysler dealerships, reports Automotive News [sub]. Barofsky told members of the Senate Banking Committee [download PDF of Barofsky's testimony here] that his office “will examine the process used by General Motors and Chrysler to identify which automotive dealerships should [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Fisker Snags $528 Million DOE Loan</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/fisker-snags-528m-doe-loan/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/fisker-snags-528m-doe-loan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 21:05:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Niedermeyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Future Vehicles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Green]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News Blog]]></category>

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Retool this! Fisker will use the majority of its Advanced Technologies Vehicle Manufacturing Loan Program (ATVML) loan towards developing its next generation of plug-in, range-extended hybrids, according to the company&#8217;s press release [via Yahoo]. Preliminarily dubbed Project NINA, Fisker&#8217;s next vehicle range will be &#8220;affordable and fuel-efficient&#8221; vehicles with a similar drivetrain to its Karma [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>33</slash:comments>
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		<title>Cash for Clunkers Consumers &#8220;Lost&#8221; Scrap Value</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/feds-forgo-scrap-value-from-cash-for-clunkers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/feds-forgo-scrap-value-from-cash-for-clunkers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 15:27:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Farago</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Taxes]]></category>

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Here&#8217;s an excerpt from the CARS.GOV website, spotted by one our eagle-eyed readers:
Do I get any money for my trade in vehicle in addition to the CARS credit?
YES. The law requires your trade-in vehicle be destroyed. The dealer must disclose to you the scrap value of your vehicle. The dealer is entitled to keep up [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>22</slash:comments>
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		<title>Aptera Three Quarters of the Way to Government Funding</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/aptera-three-quarters-of-the-way-to-government-funding/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/aptera-three-quarters-of-the-way-to-government-funding/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 17:28:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Niedermeyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Electric Vehicles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Green]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2e]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Aptera]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DOE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Loans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Retooling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Volt]]></category>

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The WSJ reports that EV manufacturer Aptera is asking the government for $75M from its energy-efficient retooling funds. Unfortunately for the makers of the Jetsons-inspired 2e, there&#8217;s some debate about whether its three-wheel design makes it a car or a motorcycle. Which means the gravy train could be delayed at the station. The Department of [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>33</slash:comments>
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		<title>Positive Post of the Day: New EPA Standards Save You $3,000 Edition</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/positive-post-of-the-day-new-epa-standards-save-you-3000-edition/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/positive-post-of-the-day-new-epa-standards-save-you-3000-edition/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 19:23:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Niedermeyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fuel Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News Blog]]></category>

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Just don&#8217;t ask what the newly-released rules will do to the upfront cost of your new car. Though the EPA claims that 35.5 mpg by 2016 is &#8220;within reach&#8221; of the industry, OEMs will certainly pass some of the $2 billion in costs to meet the standard onto consumers. Let&#8217;s also not forget the billions [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>Bailout Watch 579: Jet-Gate: The Aftermath</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/jet-gate-the-aftermath/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/jet-gate-the-aftermath/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 16:24:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Niedermeyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bailout Watch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News Blog]]></category>

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The Treasury has placed new rules on TARP recipients like Chrysler and GM requiring the bailed-out firms to disclose policies on &#8220;luxury expenditures&#8221; after several banks were found to be spending exorbitant amounts of money on aircraft and offices. The Detroit News reports that firms have until Monday to disclose their spending policies, except for [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Nobody Expects The Cash For Clunker Inquisition!</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/nobody-expects-the-cash-for-clunker-inquisition/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/nobody-expects-the-cash-for-clunker-inquisition/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 14:55:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Niedermeyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dealer News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News Blog]]></category>

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		<slash:comments>13</slash:comments>
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