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[myGreenCar.eu] greennews | CAFE standard for 2011 model year will be 27.3 mpg ...: The Obama Administration announced today that, for the 2011 model year, the new standard for cars and light trucks will be 27.3 mpg. For cars, the average is 30.2; the number for trucks is 24.1. The combined number is an increase of two miles per gallon ... Barcelona tests the Tempus, its first hybrid bus. Posted by Xavier Navarro. Feb-19-2009 I. Prince Charles attacked as a hypocrite for taking private jet on climate change tour. Posted by Domenick Yoney. Feb-18-2009 I ...

[KickingTires] MPG Standard to Increase for 2011 Model Year - KickingTires: With truck and SUV sales down more than 50% since last summer, and new trucks like the Ford F-150 increasing efficiency between 8% and 12%, major automakers should be safe from any penalties. They could also decide to kill off larger SUVs, like the Ford Expedition and Chevy Suburban, by the 2011 model year, or they could build up supply of 2010s to sell throughout calendar year 2010, when 2011s go on sale.

[Green Car Congress] Green Car Congress: NHTSA Sets MY 2011 CAFE Standards; Estimates ...: NHTSA cannot set out the exact level of CAFE that each manufacturer will be required to meet for MY 2011 under the passenger car or light truck standards because the levels will depend on information that will not be available until the end of that model year, i.e., the final actual production figures for that year. The agency estimates, however, that the rule will result in the combined industry-wide average of 27.3 mpg US, a 2.0 mpg increase above MY 2010, corresponding to 326 gCO2/mi.

[Leftlane - news, reviews, and info for the auto-industry] New CAFE regulations call for 8 percent fuel economy increase by 2011: Need to remember that the numbers shown on today’s vehicles are not the same numbers used to calculate the MPG for this requirement. The published numbers have been revised downwards to make them more accurately reflect actual customer usage and this requirement uses the original calculations.

[myGreenCar.eu] Hybrid news | Largest state budget ever approved - Mainichi Daily ...: Those who will buy hybrid cars or electric cars will be eligible to 100 percent cuts. A person who buys Toyota's Prius hybrid car will not have to pay about 130000 yen in automobile purchase and weight taxes.

[The Truth About Cars » News Blog] New Federal Fuel Economy Rules Challenge Mathaletes, True ...: The day after the president told the world that his administration is ignoring public opinion and re-bailing out Chrysler and GM, the Chief Executive’s minions have revealed their new Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) targets. First, the dig : “Under the changes, which are slightly less stringent than those proposed by the Bush administration , new passenger cars will need to meet 30.2 mpg for the 2011 model year and pickup trucks, .

[GTscene - Cars, Girls and whats going on around you!] GTscene - Cars, Girls and whats going on around you! » Blog ...: The fuel efficiency standard comes as President Barack Obama strongly hints he will soon endorse additional aid to the struggling American automakers, as they attempt to slim their work forces, cut costs and produce more efficient, environmentally friendly vehicles. But he said assistance must be tied to tough conditions.

[JustOneMinute] JustOneMinute: CAFE, Fuel Economy, And Safety: I just find it curious that the "free" market has had about 30 years now to bring alternate energy to market and so far has only managed to enrich the vast oil conglomerates and increase the foreign dependency that has us wasting American lives in Iraq every day. We are encouraged to believe that the same human beings who put men on the moon and invented the microchip are now incapable of creating original technologies to produce and utilize the kind of energy the human race will need in order to survive on this earth.

[Hybrid Cars] Hybrid Cars: Dump Detroit if they can't compete with the Prius: By 2016, when California emission standards go live, Toyota could be selling a million hybrids per year, a majority of them Prius hybrids, yet Detroit might not yet have a competitive - in terms of technology AND costs - product. Can you really bank on Detroit in that reality?

[Wheels] Chevrolet Spark: No Longer Too Little. Maybe Too Late. - Wheels ...: With vast numbers of low-to-middle-income Americans and virtually all students wanting lower purchase prices, lower maintenance costs, lower insurance, and higher MPG, the no-longer-Big 3 destroyed themselves by denying us the small cars they’ve offered the rest of the world for decades.

[Consumer Reports Cars Blog] New fuel economy standards won't bring real 35 mpg cars: Consumer ...: You're right, the Prius and some other hybrids have exceeded this standard for a long time (though overall the Prius doesn't balance out Toyota's Tundra sales, though that's another story.) The reality is that the Act does little more than lay out a framework for new fuel economy regulations and mandates NHTSA to formulate the rest. We don't know what the final regulation will include.

[The Ed Schultz Show - Ed Says Blog] The Ed Schultz Show : Ed Says Blog: The actual K-cars (Dodge Aries, Plymouth Reliant, Chrysler LeBaron, Dodge 400, and, in Mexico, Dodge Dart) sold very well, selling between 280,000 and 360,000 every year from 1981 to 1988, and edging over 100,000 in their final year, 1989. Gas mileage was rated by the EPA at 26 mpg city, 41 mpg highway with the manual transmission.

[Wayward Politicians] Wayward Politicians: President Obama Wants Your Car to Use Less Gas: Only after Toyota released the Prius in the U.S. in 2001 did the domestic automakers begin to think about hybrids. The fact is that well meaning government mandates can and do spur advances in technology that wind up benefiting consumers.

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