Electric vehicles all the buzz at LA auto show

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Electric vehicles all the buzz at LA auto show
Despite plunging gas prices, the auto industry’s move to greener and more fuel-efficient technology appears to be gaining momentum with a growing number of manufacturers betting on a market for cars, trucks and crossovers running entirely on battery power. The transformation is being driven home at the Los Angeles Auto Show which runs until the end of the week and showcases a new focus on “electrification,”
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Press Release: Green Group Disappointed with Judge’s Injunction Blocking Green Taxi Rule

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Isabelle Silverman, 917-445-6385-c, isilverman@edf.org
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(New York – October 31, 2008) A preliminary injunction blocking a rule requiring New York City taxicabs to get a minimum 25 miles-per-gallon starting tomorrow is a mistake, according to Environmental Defense Fund.
 

Manhattan-based U.S. District Judge Paul Crotty ruled that a federal law designed to improve motor-vehicle efficiency, The Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975, “preempts” the city’s regulation. Crotty’s ruling came in response to a suit filed by some cab drivers and owners seeking to overturn the rule.

 

“This decision is like comparing apples to oranges,” said Isabelle Silverman, a legal fellow for the Living Cities Program at Environmental Defense Fund. “The Taxi and Limousine Commission is not requiring auto manufacturers to raise their fuel efficiency standards, which is the role of federal law.  It’s just requiring cab drivers to buy fuel efficient vehicles that are already on the market.  It’s just smart city policy to reduce global warming and to address energy security issues that result from our heavy dependence on imported oil and its contribution to the country’s unsustainable trade deficit.”

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