Raise the hybrid credit cap and put the heat on Detroit

San Francisco Chronicle-10/22/06

"...Congress capped the hybrid incentive at 60,000 vehicles per manufacturer, an arbitrary limit that -- due largely to the success of the Prius -- Toyota passed in half a year.'

"By essentially functioning only as a limit for Toyota, the cap reduces Detroit's competition, removing incentive for the Big Three to change. So when Toyota's credit is phased out, a Chevrolet Silverado hybrid averaging 18 miles per gallon will receive a $650 incentive, while the 55 mile-per-gallon Prius will get none."

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