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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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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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Replying to: nippononly (Jan 13, 2009 10:13 pm) The Senate late last night passed the energy bill by a Yea-Nea vote of 65-27, including a compromise version (SA 1792) of CAFE legislation that increases new light-duty vehicle fleetwide fuel economy to an average 35 mpg by 2020, but that eliminates the mandatory 4% per year increase thereafter that had been part of the original proposal.
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Replying to: gagrice (Jan 14, 2009 5:39 am) |
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California Will Require Vehicle Service Providers To Check Tire Pressure Ok, don't you wish it was just CAFE and not that? Here's the real CAFE story: "In a change of policy, the government will now regulate fuel economy for individual models, based on vehicle size. This results in different standards for different manufacturers." Government Raises Fuel Economy Standards For 2011 
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