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  • It’s official:  US to double fuel economy, reduce emissions by 2025

    It’s official: US to double fuel economy, reduce emissions by 2025

    This is huge. On August 28, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood and EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson announced final rules on fuel economy and emissions for U.S. cars and light trucks in model years 2017 to 2025.

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  • Automakers Support Clean Car Rules

    Automakers Support Clean Car Rules

    House Committee Votes to Limit EPA, Manufacturers Back National Standards On June 26th, a key judicial panel unanimously ruled that the U.S. Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) acted correctly when it issued regulations limiting greenhouse gas emissions from car and truck tailpipes, power plants and other sources from 2012 through 2016. In a 3-0 ruling the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia found that EPA was “unambiguously correct” in using its authority under the Clean Air Act to […]

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  • Clean Cars Star at Executive Office Building

    Clean Cars Star at Executive Office Building

    Enviros, Industry Share the Stage at White House Event on Advanced Vehicles For clean car advocates and auto industry innovators, it was the hottest ticket in town: An invite-only event called “Advanced Vehicles: Driving Growth” at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, sponsored by the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ). Over 100 industry insiders and policy experts attended on June 27th, and the public was invited to participate via live web stream. Panelists included auto manufacturers, suppliers, environmental advocates, […]

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  • How smart standards create jobs: Shuttered Indiana plant gets new life as Chrysler moves to boost fuel economy

    How smart standards create jobs: Shuttered Indiana plant gets new life as Chrysler moves to boost fuel economy

    During my years working in communications at the United Auto Workers, I started each workday looking at news of the U.S. auto industry. Much of the time, it was pretty grim reading: lost market share, lost jobs, closed plants. It’s a lot more fun to read the auto pages these days. A key factor: The push to advance fuel economy is driving a burst of new investment in R&D, engineering and manufacturing, as companies re-tool to meet higher standards. Case […]

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  • Survey: Fuel economy #1 factor in car purchases, says Consumer Reports

    Survey: Fuel economy #1 factor in car purchases, says Consumer Reports

    Back in the Mad Men era, “Safety Doesn’t Sell” was a widely-accepted axiom about automobile advertising. A few decades later, conventional wisdom has shifted 180 degrees: Seat belts, air bags and other safety features now a prominent feature of many car and truck ads. Now, new numbers are in which should lay another old saw to rest: That U.S. car buyers are more concerned with muscle than mileage. A widely-reported April survey by the Consumer Reports (CR) National Research Center […]

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