McCain pushes for energy-efficient cars

Published: July 18, 2008 at 4:40 PM
McCain addresses small business persons in Washington

WARREN, Mich., July 18 (UPI) -- John McCain, the presumptive Republican U.S. presidential nominee, visited the General Motors Technical Center in Michigan to outline a plan to create jobs.

McCain's "Lexington Project" includes a $5,000 tax credit for purchasers of zero carbon emission cars.

He would also offer a $300 million prize for development of a commercially viable plug-in hybrid or fully electric car.

GM is developing the Chevy Volt, a new generation of electric car, at the tech center in Warren.

McCain said that the United States should follow Brazil's lead on flex-fuel vehicles. Brazil took only three years to go from having 5 percent of its new cars flex-fuel to 70 percent.

The U.S. carmakers have committed themselves to having half their fleets flex fuel by 2012. McCain called on them to speed up the timetable.

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