VW auto shows, EV shoppers will pay more, Chrysler fines: Today's Car News

1965 Fiat 500 at New York Museum of Modern ArtAs Volkswagen and other automakers dial back from auto shows, in the U.S. it sees them as a way to explain electric cars to shoppers. A new survey reveals that most car shoppers are willing to pay extra for alternative fuel. A new bill in Washington could add the state to the roster of those that require EV sales, along with California. And Fiat…
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Colorado sides with California standards but won't yet mandate electric vehicles

Smog over Los Angeles, courtesy Flickr user steven-bussColorado last week formally joined the ranks of states that are in some way choosing to adopt California’s rules for emissions, rather than those of the federal government. With a unanimous vote by the state’s Air Quality Control Commission, Colorado is joining Pennsylvania and Washington in agreeing to adopt California low emission…
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