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Posted on 10/01/2010 9:59:12 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Should new cars be required to get 62 mpg by 2025? That's one scenario under an Obama administration notice filed Friday for drafting mileage standards covering the period from 2017 to 2025.
The fleet of new vehicles may need to meet a standard set somewhere from a low of 47 mpg to a high of 62 mpg, the administration said in its notice of intent.
An initial assessment shows the additional costs for producing high-mileage vehicles ranges from $800 to $3,500, its notice stated, but that cost could be "higher" when a more detailed analysis is completed.
The notice added, however, that the changes would lead to "lifetime savings due to reduced fuel costs of about $5,000 to over $7,000."
The move is framed as a way of attacking climate change, reducing U.S. dependency on foreign oil and growing the economy through cleaner energy jobs.
The administration's "notice of intent" was released by the Transportation Department and the Environmental Protection Agency, laying the groundwork for a proposal to be issued next year and approved sometime in 2012...
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Good question.
My VeeDub is reasonably survivable in an accident and gets top end of 30 mpg despite having a V6.
I have yet to see a hybrid vehicle that can be in an accident within a resonable amount of survivability.
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With only one line copied out of that deleted post, it’s hard to tell what went on. How Ad Mod figured out this retread is beyond me...
But I’m glad the did!
We do know now.
Idiot.....
IATZ....
The *noob* didn’t do much better the second (or third or whatever) time around either.
*Sigh* They always come back, don’t they?
Aren’t hybrids the ones that carry a gerbil in the trunk, so they can switch over when the hampster poops out?
I figured it would just be a matter of time before they started trying to pass new laws of physics.
U R welcome!
“but Ford doesn’t think they can sell it here for a multitude of reasons.”
Most notably is the diesel formula. I think that makes a very big difference in vehicle performance. Until they can ensure no lag in performance, of all aspects, then they will not bring it over. Ford prefers to concentrate on their “EcoBoost” technology.
Pretty much.
You hear something wheezing and griping when the driver hits the accelerator.
For one thing its about big enough to haul 2 bags of groceries. If you have more than 2 kids, you’ll have to make 2 trips.
ZOT!
I thought he couldn’t spell because I was hanging out lurking.
Typos do follow when I lurk.
*embarrassed*
Big idiot. IATZ. ZAP!
Oooooh! You have the power. It’s the coffee, right? ;-)
I dunno.
I seem to be the only one who generates that typo field.
But our green troll did amuse us while he lasted.
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