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Automakers Push for Expanded CAFE Standards
Automakers usually protest stricter fuel consumption guidelines, but last week at the 2010 SAE World Congress they took a different stance and urged lawmakers to start implementing plans to enhance the CAFE standards that will expire in 2016. Ford Motors and Toyota both surprised audiences with their concerns that additional measures need to be devised soon, to assure the partnerships started under the CAFE standards are not compromised once the requirements expire. They even went so far as to suggest developing road-use fees and a rise in gasoline taxes combined with carbon cap-and-trade strategy, to assure continued pressure is put on all automakers to make their vehicles more energy efficient.
Toyota's director of environmental technology, Tom Stricker, explained their strategy. "We're encouraging the state and national governments to continue to work together beyond 2016. We have some concerns that the two sides could pull further apart. They share climate goals, so a single national framework (on fuel economy) would make a lot of sense." Ford's environment and energy planning manager Bob Holycross agreed, saying that "the priority has to be to assure the framework remains in place for 2017 and beyond."
Recommended for Further Reading:
- Top 10 Fuel-Efficient Cars according to EPA
- Chinese Automakers focus on Green Vehicles
- ENERGY STAR Testing & Verification Programs get an Improvement Makeover
- Tesla and Toyota Partner on New Electric Cars
- Flex-Fuel Vehicles – Brazilian Success Story
- Study compares Costs and Benefits of Fuel Economy Technologies
- Toyota's Reaction to Safety Concerns - Another 'Tiger Woods' level disaster?
- Areva Acquires Solar Thermal Start-Up Ausra Adding to Consolidation of Solar Industry
- Ford Fusion Hybrid More Cost Effective than Other Hybrid Vehicles
- Tesla and Toyota Partner on Electric Vehicle version of RAV4
- Toyota Prius Hybrid Minivan to Debut in 2011
- Interstate 5 Washington To Install Charging Stations, Become 'Electric Highway'
- Car Manufacturers draw on ARRA funds to develop next generation Electric Vehicles
- BMW's EfficientDynamics strategy emphasizes Eco-Friendly Cars
- U.S. opens investigation on Toyota Prius Brake Problem posing safety hazard
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