Posted on 04/02/2020 2:15:12 PM PDT by RomanSoldier19
he federal government has announced its new rules to finalize fuel consumption and emissions standards; they're in effect for the 2021–2026 model years.
Fuel consumption and emissions must be reduced by 1.5 percent each year, whereas the original proposal froze the standards at 2020 levels.
California and other states continue to wage a lengthy legal battle to overturn it.
(Excerpt) Read more at caranddriver.com ...
This waste is growing 20% each year as consumer demand for portable and rechargeable electronic equipment and electric vehicles accelerates. As it stands only 2% is recycled – all of which happens overseas.
Damn it they should have stuck to the froze at 20 standard. Enough is enough, there is a limit. It means higher and higher prices for smaller and smaller cars. Not as bad as Obongo’s but still bad. And should have revoked CA’s exception. It is time we stop letting them set the standards for the country simply because they are the biggest market.
I can’t wait for CA to get a judicial smack down on this.
Damn it, Republicans. Just STOP the annual increases and STOP caving into those bastards. Say instead “We are freezing at the current level for the next 20 years. Then we will reassess.”
Dems wanted 5% per year. We GAVE them 1/3 of what they wanted. So now it takes only 3 years to get to where they wanted to be in 1 year; 15 years instead of 5. Those 15 years go by in a blink.
Already we have cars that shut off every time you stop, shutters on air intakes, crappy corrosion-prone aluminum parts everywhere, and a gazillion other doo-dads to increase mileage.
In my 2014 Expedition, Ford made the rear AC refrigerant lines out of ALUMINUM to save a couple of ounces. Maybe that wouldn’t have been a bad decision if the lines were inside the truck, but they are outside exposed to road salt and water. At five years, they completely corroded out and had to be replaced at a cost of $1,400. It is stupid design decisions like this that make cars so damned expensive to buy and to repair. What bonehead engineer / designer would put unprotected aluminum lines under a car where they are subjected to the injury of road salt? Ford figures that such a design decision will help them meet FedGov mandates (very important) and the consumer will eat the repair cost in the end (doesn’t count for squat).
I wish somebody would do a study to see how much we pay upfront and in repairs for these stupid decisions made to satisfy Big Brother.
Should have just eliminated the standard as unnecessary government interference.
So, Trump gave in to the Demonrats.
“So, Trump gave in to the Demonrats”
Uhhh NO, since when is 1.5% equal to 5%? I guarantee 1.5% is what automakers knew was achievable and is already in the wind without being beaten over the head to lighten cars to unacceptable safety levels. Or put a hybrid power train in every car which adds thousands to the price of the car which kills new car purchases for millions.
Ummmm... Those lines were made out of aluminum on many cars going back to the 90s, long before the Obamination of CAFE happened. There’s a 94 Cadillac parked out front with aluminum lines. The domestic makes went to that long ago because aluminum hard lines were easier and cheaper to make, and they (incorrectly) believed they didn’t have to coat them like steel.
That’s not a problem with aluminum per se, but the failure to apply appropriate coatings or use the correct aluminum alloy. Motorcycles use aluminum extensively for engine parts and such and they don’t corrode like that. My Toyota 4Runner doesn’t have those lines or those problems either. Buy domestic, you get what you paid for.
Having to certify all of the vehicle configurations every year to new standards is usually expensive.
Sound like a Full Employment Act for the employees of the EPA.
I had a Honda 350SL motorcycle in the early 70s in Missouri. It was manufactured about 1970 and used aluminum extensively in the engine, covers, transmission and other parts. I moved to San Francisco in ‘73 and the salt air promptly corroded every part on that bike including the fasteners. I don’t know if it was a bad alloy, poor coatings, or me not washing it off every day, but what a POS. I became good friends with my impact driver (the old fashioned type you struck with a hammer).
And Electric car manufacturers should have to reduce energy requirements(thus reducing power plant emissions) and recycling pollution as well. But the deck is stacked.
It was the salt air, mostly. Until fairly recently, most paints/rustproofing couldn’t deal with that either. I’ve seen cars less than 10 years old that live near the beach on the Gulf of Mexico rot out, so that’s not the fault of the aluminum. Honda and other marques started clear coating their aluminum parts in the 80s as prior to then a clearcoat wouldn’t last more than 20 minutes on an air-cooled engine. Also, the SL350 is such a POS that it is a really desirable, somewhat expensive legendary collectable these days. The correct way to deal with it at the time was to wash it often and cover the bike to prevent the salty morning dew from condensing onto it.
Still, going back to your aluminum lines on your truck - this was not something they did recently for CAFE compliance, they’ve been doing it from at least the 90s. The Cadillac out front had the aluminum hardline crack, break and part from work hardening due to vibration. Haven’t bothered fixing it yet because the owner is currently under lockdown in Europe and won’t be back for it for a while. Aluminum hardlines (especially the crap they put on domestic vehicles) are cheap and easy to make and that’s why they used them.
No Commiefornia. You don’t get to set the rules for everybody nationwide.
Don't even get me started on the most nefarious thing Commiefornia has fostered upon the rest of the nation---the low flow toilet.
I live in Mississippi and can find water by kicking the ground with my heel yet because a bunch of hippies want to live in a desert I can't buy a toilet that'll flush a man sized expulsion.
Grrrrr!
Already we have cars that shut off every time you stop, shutters on air intakes, crappy corrosion-prone aluminum parts everywhere, and a gazillion other doo-dads to increase mileage.
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My car has no spare tire. Weighs too much. Has a can of pressure goop in case of a flat.
And now I get a message: Tire inflation system needs maintenance. (I think the can of goop is out of date. How does the computer know?)
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