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Most state and municiple governments mandate the purchase of domestic vehicles.
I don't know if there is a Fed incentive to buy GM or the Volt. I wouldn't surprised it there was.
Compared to other economy cars available, not the wise choice for state or municiple dollars.
Where do we go without great leaders for the defense of our liberties? Who will defend our right to live our lives _as we chose_ without others taking that from us? The answer is, as it should be, no one. We are the defense of our rights and should always remember that. Libertarian blogger
Originally Posted by BrianW
Not true. All of the scheduled production are “sold” orders, much of it for retail customers. If the dealers are getting sticker for the vehicles, they are getting it from retail customer, so there must be demand. Have you ever heard of a dealer getting sticker for a vehicle no one wants? Government, municipalities & utilities never pay what retail customers do, so they aren’t the ones paying sticker. That only leaves retail customers.
Everything government entities buy, from police cars to computers to paperclips is bought with your tax dollars. You don’t have a say in any of it, so what makes this different?
First, only the Fed. Gov. has an investment in GM. A lot of these sales are going to state and local municipalities that have no investment in GM. Second, sales are only counted when the vehicles are delivered to the end customer. A large portion of the government and municipal orders have not been produced and delivered yet, so there is no artificial inflation of sales. GM also sales a lot of pickups, vans & other cars to government and municipal customers, so you’re saying all GM’s sales numbers for almost every model are artificially inflated too? What about Ford? They sell a lot of vehicles to the Fed. Gov. and municipalities. Are those artificial inflated sales? They sell about 90% of the police cars in this country with Crown Vic. Are those artificial inflated sales? The truth is, a sale is a sale. It doesn’t matter who you sell to, as long as you sell.
That’s not true. There are some state and local governments that mandate purchasing domestic vehicles when possible, but most don’t. Most states do have mandates to purchase a certain amount of alternative fuel vehicles. However, they don’t limit it to domestic vehicles. A lot of them purchased Prius or Honda hybrids to meet that requirement.
There is no Fed. incentive to buy GM products. That would be illegal. However, there is a Fed. tax credit of $7,500 for retail and commercial buyers. State and local governments don’t qualify for the tax credit because they are tax exempt.
It may not be true in the unionized states but it is true in most southern states.
All the bigger cities in La. including New Olreans have a domestic only dictate. In fact, a very high percentage of the oil companies also have a domestic only dictate for fleet and company cars. You won't find many Titans or Tundras in the oil flied fleet and our Mayor drives a Tarus SHO.
Where do we go without great leaders for the defense of our liberties? Who will defend our right to live our lives _as we chose_ without others taking that from us? The answer is, as it should be, no one. We are the defense of our rights and should always remember that. Libertarian blogger
They don't have any domestic mandate here in KS or MO. However, I'm a big proponent of buying American made products of any kind when possible, so it doesn't bother me at all.
Military agency dictated from Washington that they WILL buy electric/hybrid for their local fleet whether they want it or not. The local base did not want them, but was told order them anyway.
Bill Davis
How much "dirty" energy does it take to make the electricity needed to recharge the batteries ?
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More than Blackstone will ever admit...
Bill Davis
The Fed has had those types of mandates for years now. The Fed is the buyer, not the military agency, so again, they made the choice. Buyers always have a choice.
On average, it will take less "dirty" energy to recharge Volt batteries for a year than it takes to run central air in the average home, run a refrigerator/freezer, or an electric water heater.
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