Alternative Fuel Vehicles Show Off on Capitol Hill

Alternative fuel vehicles showed off this week on Capitol Hill to underscore the benefits the Energy Tax Incentives Act of 2002 will bring to the environment and national energy security.

Washington, D.C. -- Alternative fuel vehicles showed off this week on Capitol Hill to underscore the benefits the Energy Tax Incentives Act of 2002 will bring to the environment and national energy security.

The vehicles on display included a fuel cell-powered Ford Focus, a natural gas Ford Crown Victoria, a Toyota RAV4 electric vehicle and two gasoline-electric hybrid vehicles -- a Honda Insight and Toyota Prius.

We are pleased to be here to show the Senators some of the state-of-the-art alternative fuel vehicles that would be eligible for the $2 billion tax incentives in the Energy Tax Incentives Act of 2002," said NGVC President Richard R. Kolodziej.

"Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT) has worked tirelessly to give Americans cleaner air and increased energy security by ensuring that tax credits for alternative fuel vehicles and supporting infrastructure are included in the comprehensive energy bill" said Kolodziej. Hatch is the chief sponsor of the CLEAR ACT (S.760), the tax incentives from which are included in the Energy Tax Incentives Act of 2002. The incentives provide consumers with incentives to purchase the clean and energy efficient light-duty vehicles on display today and provide important incentives to municipalities, transit authorities, fleet operators and others to purchase of medium- and heavy-duty vehicles such as transit buses and trash haulers. Currently, over 110,000 natural gas vehicles are on the road, driving America to a cleaner environment while making the nation less dependent on imported oil.
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