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Automotive News & Views How The 35 mpg Law By 2020 Will Affect The Cars We Will Drive
538 messages, Last post on Jul 31, 2008 at 6:28 AM
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Replying to: nippononly (Jan 14, 2008 7:39 am) PS Latest someone posted here is Toyota is waffling on the Plug in Prius anytime before 2011. |
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Replying to: occupant1 (Dec 28, 2007 9:07 pm) 
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Replying to: rick_wally (Jan 16, 2008 1:47 pm) It is almost always cheaper to keep an older vehicle on the road, if you don't drive too many miles per month. I am getting tired of my 1998 Chevrolet K1500 with almost 100k miles but it is still running like new so I''ll keep it until it falls apart, which is unlikely since I maintain it properly. |
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Replying to: walterquint (Dec 23, 2007 5:23 pm) WE, the buyers who refuse to put our money where it should be put, are the problem. |
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Replying to: texases (Dec 25, 2007 7:12 pm) link title What this proves is that if car companies REALLY, REALLY put their engineers to work and REALLY mandated to them that we wanted higher mileage vehicles with similar or better safety and performance, it CAN be done. Questions remain: How much extra to they charge, and are WE the buying public willing to pay extra for it......................??????????????????
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Replying to: larsb (Jan 17, 2008 6:52 am) "As a result, the average light truck’s fuel economy was about 30 percent lower than the average car in 2002 (Figure ES-1). This translates into nearly $3,200 more spent on gasoline over the truck’s life, assuming a conservative gas price of $1.40 per gallon" Whoa! Gas as we know is WELL above $1.40/gallon. At $2.80/gallon, which is still lower than what it actually sells for today (and likely in the future), the average truck/SUV owner will spend $6400 more than the average car owner on gas over the car's life. That's a CHUNK of change.... |
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Replying to: larsb (Jan 17, 2008 6:52 am) That article stated an mpg improvement from 21 to 27.8 mpg, not 37 mpg. Still impressive. It also stated that one of the ways this was accomplished was through a better engine. That's kind of vague. The article claimed that this more efficient vehicle had improved hauling capacity. I don't see how you can accomplish this with a less powerful engine. I think the American public would really be interested in this "better engine" if it provided significantly higher mpg with no sacrifice in power. |
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Replying to: tpe (Jan 17, 2008 7:52 am)
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Replying to: tpe (Jan 17, 2008 7:52 am) The XSE making 36 mpg in the UCS example was a 4-cylinder engine, wasn't it? I am sure the automakers could achieve huge fuel economy improvements in most vehicles out there, but the vehicles would be a lot slower as a consequence. And in speed-crazy America, it's a hard sell to improve a vehicle but make it slower at the same time....
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Replying to: nippononly (Jan 17, 2008 8:31 am) Read the PDF file again and look at the last charts on the last page.
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