EPA wants to force Volkswagen to build electric cars in US

[rangerrebew]

February 22, 2016
EPA wants to force Volkswagen to build electric cars in US
By Rick Moran

In settlement talks with the German auto maker Volkswagen over their cheating on emissions tests by including a gadget that could fool the government, the EPA is trying to force the company to subsidize the American electric car industry to "atone" for its sins.

Washington Times:

    According to the report Sunday, the EPA wants VW, the world’s largest automaker by some measures, to produce electric cars at its U.S. manufacturing plant in Chattanooga, Tenn. It also is using settlement talks with the German giant, to get help in building a network of charging stations throughout the U.S. — the main practical problem with electric cars, given their short range.

    The German report did not specify its sources, according to multiple accounts in the English-language press.

    “Talks with the EPA are ongoing and we are not commenting on the contents and state of the negotiations,” a spokesman for Volkswagen said. EPA refused to comment to Welt am Sonntag.

Whether the report is accurate or not isn't the point.  The point is, it's entirely believable.  Perhaps more than any other agency in government besides the IRS, the EPA loves to throw its weight around, threatening and bullying companies large and small.  How many individual lives have been ruined by this agency's arrogance and disregard for procedures and the law?

No doubt, what Volkswagen did is despicable.  It sought an unfair competitive advantage over its rivals by thumbing its nose at the law.  Punishment should be severe, and the company should be forced to make changes to the engines in every auto and truck that is in violation of emissions standards.

But the EPA has no business forcing the company to subsidize the American electric car industry, which can't sell the American people on its underpowered, overpriced lemons.

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[truth_seeker]

Clue: VW was well on their way with electrics with or without pushes by the US government.

I bought a VW turbo diesel just 11 days before the fraud was announced.

I am an old fashioned California conservative, that wants to conserve the health of the planet and its people. Therefore I was misled, and now must deal with a vehicle which spews far more pollution than was disclosed.

When they fix my vehicle, it will likely be down on both power and fuel economy.

As a lifelong German car fanatic as we are called, will I stick with a VW? Don't know.

German cars have soul, and if you don't understand that, you just don't.

[sinkspur]

Clue: VW was well on their way with electrics with or without pushes by the US government.

I bought a VW turbo diesel just 11 days before the fraud was announced.

I am an old fashioned California conservative, that wants to conserve the health of the planet and its people. Therefore I was misled, and now must deal with a vehicle which spews far more pollution than was disclosed.

When they fix my vehicle, it will likely be down on both power and fuel economy.

As a lifelong German car fanatic as we are called, will I stick with a VW? Don't know.

German cars have soul, and if you don't understand that, you just don't.

Had a Mercedes in the 90s and have a VW Beetle now.  The most expensive cars I've ever owned.  It would have been cheaper for me to put my mechanic on retainer than the money I was forking over on almost a monthly basis.

That soul is expensive. I prefer the boring functionality of Honda.

[flowers]

Will sharia types even let VW company exist anymore?

[Wingnut]

I was never a fan of VW.  They seemed to be popular with the long-haired friends of Jesus in chartreuse microbus types back then and now Bernie supporters..

[Fishrrman]

First the government wants Apple to design a brand-new iOS that doesn't exist.

Now they want VW to build electric cars that they probably haven't even designed yet.

What's next?

[flowers]

First the government wants Apple to design a brand-new iOS that doesn't exist.

Now they want VW to build electric cars that they probably haven't even designed yet.

What's next?

Anything they want. Socialist/NWO wet dream owning the US federal government. 

[HonestJohn]

I was never a fan of VW.  They seemed to be popular with the long-haired friends of Jesus in chartreuse microbus types back then and now Bernie supporters..

Drive a GTi/GLi and then talk about VW.

[Wingnut]

Drive a GTi/GLi and then talk about VW.

Sorry no.  On the car boards those people are like a zombie cult.  Drank the koolaid.... Jim jones crazy.