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GM Volt could get $7,500 tax credit

Thomas Beutel — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 19:54:34 +0000

The financial rescue bill (aka the bailout) contains substantial tax credits for plug-in hybrid vehicles sold after 2008. This could mean about $7,500 dollars for a GM Volt, based on the size of its battery.

Here are some links:

Green Car Congress on the senate bill

Green Car Advisor at Edmunds

If you have solar panels on your roof, any plugin hybrid vehicle has the potential of making your investment in solar pay off even sooner.

Update: Here is GM-Volt.com’s announcement of the tax credit

Twitter: The ultimate presidential debate watch party

Thomas Beutel — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 20:38:20 +0000

I know that many people will be gathering at watch parties this Friday, but I plan to watch it at home with Twitter. The 140 character format seems to be just right for getting a river of concise, first-blush commentary. I plan to spend this afternoon following a few more people, so that I have a nice variety of tweets to consume.

Hopefully Twitter is up to the task and won’t fail-whale us.

Update 9/26/08: Twitter launches election site tonight. Bravo!

Obama: No Blank Check

Thomas Beutel — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 20:28:49 +0000

I’m glad to see that Obama is saying No Blank Check!:

“If we grant the Treasury broad authority to address the immediate crisis, we must insist on independent accountability and oversight. Given the breach of trust we have seen and the magnitude of the taxpayer money involved, there can be no blank check.”

It about time that someone stands up and asks for accountablility.