His wife, anyway.
Dave Martosko reports at the Daily Caller:
In a piece of video that shot across the Internet Thursday like a sports car doing zero-to-60 in four seconds, Energy Secretary Stephen Chu told the House Subcommittee on Energy and Power that he does not own a car. But The Daily Caller has confirmed that Chu’s wife does — and it’s quite an automobile.
There’s no Chevy Volt in the Chu household’s driveway. TheDC has obtained motor vehicle registration records showing that Jean Chu (née Fetter) is the owner of a 2002 BMW 325i, a sports sedan with a gas-guzzling 6-cylinder engine.
And its engine requires premium gasoline. AAA determined on Thursday that the average U.S. price for that grade of fuel was $4.03 per gallon…
I wonder why he didn’t trade it in for a Mercedes during Cash for Clunkers
Being a “gas-guzzler” is a matter of perspective. Its small 6 cylinder engine gets better mileage (18/27) than my newer V-8 (15/23).
http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/noframes/17499.shtml