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February 5, 2016 12:04 am GMT
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Obama floats $10-per-barrel oil tax to prep for clean, self-driving cars
The Obama administration wants to make transportation not only more eco-friendly but also safer. And it wants oil companies to help pay for the transition.
On Thursday, the president proposed his so-called 21st Century Clean Transportation System plan. The proposal aims to integrate autonomous cars and cut both reliance on fossil fuels and also carbon pollution.
"The investments in vehicle research and deployment would get clean autonomous vehicles on the road more quickly and more safely, while ensuring electric cars and other alternative vehicles have the technology and the charging infrastructure they need," read the plan. Read more...
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