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To: MulhollandDrive who wrote (884)8/21/2001 1:01:39 AM
From: Zeuspaul  Read Replies (1) of 1715
 
I just heard a report yesterday that the auto makers are now complaining to congress that they will not be able to meet the requirements for manufacturing an automobile (mandated 80 mph) by 2004.

There was a joint federal private initiative to come up with an 80 MPG vehicle. I don't think there was a mandate as far as producing such a vehicle....at least not in large numbers.

What is the point? If the car manufacturers can't triple the gas mileage then they should give up? Is it a wasted effort to increase fuel mileage twenty percent? I have been shopping for a compact pick up truck. The compacts get a couple more miles to the gallon than the full size eight cylinder trucks. Cars have MPG standards so should trucks and SUVs. This is so basic a concept it seems almost criminal they have been left out.

I have a ten year old eight cylinder three hundred horse power car that gets 25 MPG long term average which is equal to or better than many of today's four and six cylinder cars. Ten years and no improvements?

As you point out the reason is there is no market for high MPG cars. Without a market incentive the responsibility falls on the feds to impose minimum MPG standards. Minimum standards keep the playing field even. The manufacturers can improve MPG and will as long as they don't put themselves at a disadvantage producing technology that significant numbers of consumer consider unnecessary.

Today's cars are 95+ percent cleaner than cars produced twenty years ago. Government standards were the impetus for change. Left to market forces it would have never happened as there is very little market incentive to produce clean cars.

Zeuspaul
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