by David Shepardson
The Detroit News
March 15, 2013
Washington ‚Äî President Barack Obama will call on Congress today to approve $2 billion in funding for advanced vehicle technologies by tapping funds generated from oil and gas exploration on federal waters, the latest in a series of proposals to boost the nascent market for alternatively powered cars and trucks…
He will call on Congress to set aside $2 billion over the next decade for research, including electric vehicles, batteries, compressed natural gas and biofuels.