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Automotive News & Views Has CAFE reached the end of its usefulness?
507 messages, Last post on Oct 27, 2009 at 11:49 AM
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I started this thread back when gas was shooting up in price with no end in sight. Since then a deep global recession has started and gas is now lower in price than I have seen it since well before Katrina. In the light of these new gas prices, I expect some people will revert to their old buying habits, so CAFE is a good secondary measure to keep automakers working towards the goal of making more fuel-efficient cars available. It would be sort of nice to see the new president and congress develop a cohesive energy policy for the country, and maybe it could include a further boost from 35 mpg for the standard - we are still below most developed countries and even China with CAFE 35. We still need all the loopholes out of CAFE too - that's a problem that has existed forever that persists even with the new legislation this year.
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Replying to: nippononly (Dec 01, 2008 9:47 am)
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Replying to: steve_ (Dec 01, 2008 11:05 am)
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Replying to: nippononly (Dec 01, 2008 12:31 pm) |
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Apparently NOT: Mercedes fined for violating fuel efficiency rules Mercedes-Benz's U.S. division paid a $28.9 million fine in December for violating federal fuel efficiency requirements, the government said Tuesday. Mercedes-Benz USA LLC paid the fine for imported passenger cars from the 2007 model year, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said in documents released to The Associated Press. Isn't SOMEONE at MB smart enough to say, "all we need is a couple of small diesel hybrids making 70+ MPG and we can save these fines."
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Replying to: larsb (Jan 13, 2009 12:05 pm) |
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Replying to: larsb (Jan 13, 2009 12:05 pm)
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Replying to: dtownfb (Jan 13, 2009 12:57 pm)  The new administration has until April 1st to set new CAFE 2020 standards for the period 2011-2015, or else they will miss the window for modifying the requirements for the 2011 model year. They have to decide how much of the ramping-up in standards must occur by 2015.
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Replying to: nippononly (Jan 13, 2009 1:04 pm) Shall we at this point make a friendly wager as to if they will pass the new standards by April? My bet is they will not set the new standards in 09 because they just gave the auto makers a huge amount of money and most pundants are saying the new administration will give them even more.  Do you believe they will stand up and be counted or will they keep their mouth shut?
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Replying to: boaz47 (Jan 13, 2009 3:06 pm) Will they also give the automakers loads more money to flush down the drain? Sure, I think so. And I bet their first priority will be to disburse the $25 billion in loans already approved to help automakers increase their average fuel economy. And I'm sure the requirement originally set in that legislation that automakers would have to prove long-term viability before they can get the money will be out the window from the word "go".
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