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RssPopular Mechanics | Chris Ladd | August 19, 2008 05:57 PM
As the fight for the White House turned into an all-out energy policy battle this summer, both Senators John McCain and Barack Obama have thrown their weight (inflated tires aside) behind plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs). While Detroit and Japan race to deliver mainstream electric cars to market for fleet sales as soon as early 2010, Obama has called for 1 million PHEVs on American roads by the year 2015, on the heels of McCain’s initiative to jump-start research for the vehicles’ batteries.
GM vice chairman Bob Lutz (left) CEO Rick Wagoner (right) gave a preview of the Chevrolet Volt last month to Sen. John McCain, who proposed a $300 million battery prize five days later. A company spokesperson tells PM that GM took McCain “behind the curtain to see the production version” and that Obama’s campaign has been in contact. (Photograph by Charles V. Tines/Pool via Getty Images)
“Both candidates have been actively approaching us,” says Greg Martin, a spokesperson for General Motors, whose Saturn Vue plug-in and much-hyped Chevy Volt extended-range electric vehicle are expected by late 2010. “They’ve been very good at reaching out and wanting to come see us, and we’ve welcomed them in.”
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