Comments on: Your Tax Money Hard at Work: $30m for PHEV Research

By: argentla

argentla — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 20:24:09 +0000

Y’know, there were electric cars capable of 50-mile range back around the turn of the last century — they were popular with people who felt internal combustion was too noisy and uncouth. Granted, they were slower than would be acceptable for any modern car, even an urban runabout, but come on. Let’s set the bar a little higher…

By: GS650G

GS650G — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 18:02:05 +0000

As long as everyone feels good let’s spend more money to get reelected.

By: quasimondo

quasimondo — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 17:22:50 +0000

It’s just numbers, when you run low, just add a few more zeroes to the equation.

By: shabatski

shabatski — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 16:42:18 +0000

I’m with you, John… where’s the oversight going to happen when they distribute the money?

By: John

John — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 16:29:13 +0000

I’ve got a bad feeling that programs like this, along with “retooling incentives”, somehow end up supporting “retention bonuses”.

John

By: Robert Farago

Robert Farago — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 16:06:16 +0000

BuckD :

Thirty million? That’s chump change.

Thirty million here, thirty million there, and soon you’re talking about real money.

Besides, where’s MY thirty million?

By: BuckD

BuckD — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 15:52:08 +0000

Thirty million? That’s chump change. I find the billions being flushed down the toilet every month in Iraq to be a tad more worrisome than a paltry thirty million for PHEV research. I wish it were thirty billion.