Gasoline prices are ridiculously low, so of course .gov would want fuel economy.
lol
Pfffttttt! My 2012 Ram hemi is currently getting about 3 weeks to the gallon. And, Mrs rktman’s 2007 volvo S80 V8 is getting even more than that. So, with any luck, we won’t ever be buying another vehicle. Are there cars I’d like to have? Yeah. But, practicality wins out on this one. Then again, which of us ever thought we’d be in the state we’re in right now? :-)
Having the top end vehicle cost at $60 just about *screams* "we want you to buy a Tesla!" Instead of that, there should be a (complicated gov't-style) formula with some kind of weighting to fuel economy and vehicle cost, which would skew toward conventionally engined vehicles which get good fuel economy.