Senate Approves Fuel Efficient Vehicle Bill;

The Senate has approved a bill that would encourage more research into advanced fuel efficiency vehicle technologies along with medium to heavy duty truck research. The bill would help GM produce better vehicles with more funding for electric vehicle research. GM's Chevy Malibu Specials are great ways to save money on the popular Malibu model. Other manufacturers that are overseas like Volkswagen would not necessarily benefit, however Volkswagen, whose top models can be bought at a Peoria VW Dealer has an over $6 billion dollar budget that is devoted to fuel efficiency research and development and Volkswagen models can be bought at Atlantic City Audi VW Dealers.

The bill passed a committee in the Senate and will now be discussed in the full Senate for debate. The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee passed a bill that was sponsored by Debbie Stabenow, a Democrat, which would provide more funding for alternative vehicle research. The Department of Energy's loan program for alternative vehicle research would also be expanded and it would offer more assistance for manufacturers and suppliers to develop fuel efficient vehicles.

Ford Motor Corp has received $5 billion under the loan program that it has spent on its own electric battery and fuel alternative research and development. Ford's latest models have already taken advantage of this research and it is likely that Ford's future models will be at the forefront of alternative energy research. Ford will continue to put out several fuel efficient models in the upcoming years.

Other manufacturers will likely benefit from the new loan program if it is passed in Congress, as they will have access to more funds that can be used to develop new models. The shift toward electric models is expected to occur over the next decade and many carmakers are getting a head start on this shift by learning more about the science and engineering that makes an electric vehicle efficient.