General Motors Corp., urged Congress to allocate funds to strengthen the efforts of the auto industry to accelerate the implementation of modern technological support. The invitation to the discovery and promotion of alternative fuels to wean the nation from dependence on foreign oil.
The call is also triggered by the need to improve the energy efficiency of vehicles. Hence the need for billions of dollars. Again, this could force automakers to produce cars smaller and lighter orCounterparts to the models of hybrid production. Finally, it is expected that GM would abandon some of their inefficient market segments and models.
Outside the meeting room of the Senate, shows them the GM Chevrolet Volt, a plug-in hybrid concept. In court, "said Beth Lowery, Vice President of Energy and the Environment, Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate committee that the government is making great efforts to increase research and development funds to support the batteries andAdvanced battery production. "The state should increase funding and continue to develop and demonstrate hydrogen and fuel cells," he added.
Technological advances are more or less necessary to increase production in the state of the art batteries, brakes, suspension, cooling and other accessories for cars and efficiency to help vehicle performance. These developments are essential for the production of plug-in hybrids like the Chevrolet Volt and Ford Hy-series hybridThe edge of reality.
Chevrolet Volt, which was formally presented to the North American International Auto Show, is actually a mixture, but manufacturers prefer to call it an electric vehicle with an extension of "ranking" for its unusual design. The concept car powered by electricity produced by batteries on board for short trips of 40 miles. It uses a small internal combustion engine of a generator powered by batteries.
Ford Edge Hy-Series HybridComfort and convenience in the car, in conjunction with zero-emission hydrogen fuel cells. Gerhard Schmidt, Ford Vice President for Research and Advanced Engineering, said: "We must take the system for fuel cell and replace it with a diesel engine to produce small gasoline or any other powertrain connected to a small electrical current generator the fuel cell not now.
Some car manufacturers have been the fact that 500 million proposed dollars over five years to accelerate too sadAdvanced search battery is not included in President Bush's State of the Union address. But you can still, under the budget proposal of the President. Ford also complained about the proposed increase of 4 percent energy efficiency of Bush. He said he was "very aggressive", said the increase was twice as high as the President launched in March, when the administration reform and strengthen the Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards for light trucks asSUVs are.
The first proposal to increase the required fuel consumption by 4 percent, was published in December. Bush admitted that his proposal is similar to the previous proposal. "The plan and my plan is – have in common, and we will work together to get Congress to adopt a comprehensive plan. I think there's an appetite in the halls of Congress to become less dependent on oil," said Mr. Bush. Last year the figure was 4 percent proposed by U.S. Senator BarackObama, of Illinois. He still wants Congress mandated the annual increase.
Lowery also urged Congress to be "more incentives for Advanced Automotive Technology, so that these technologies by consumers in large numbers. Tax credits for consumption should be based on technologies that offer the greatest potential for reducing l ' amount of discussion took place on oil consumption. He said that the federal government to purchase modern vehicles should increase.
However,Representatives of some countries are not likely to give Lowery. "There are many ingenious ways to reduce our dependence on foreign oil and reduce greenhouse gas emissions greenhouse gases. She has not shot the car to work to save the polar bear and wean us from Saudi oil," he said Joe Knollenberg, U.S. Representative R-Bloomfield.