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04-05-2007, 10:34 PM
NHTSA Administrator Nicole Nason disputed that the administration was "rolling over for the auto industry". (http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070405/UPDATE/704050454/1148/AUTO01)
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/501/NHTSA_Chief_Nicole_Nason.jpgDavid Shepardson - Detroit News - April 5, 2007
NHTSA Chief Nicole Nason defends the current administration even though E85 is never going to be widely available let alone economically viable as well as reforming CAFÉ into a system based on size of the automobile in order to reduce our addiction. Does anyone in control of the Governments reigns really know what they are doing?
NEW YORK -- U.S. Transportation Secretary Mary Peters defended the Bush administration's proposal to require dramatic increases in fuel economy mandates in the wake of comments by General Motors Corp. that it is "unaffordable."
GM Vice Chairman Bob Lutz said Wednesday that the fuel economy proposal -- which would raise mandates by an average of 4 percent annually beginning in September 2009 for passenger cars and 2011 for light trucks -- would add $5,000 to $6,000 in expense per vehicle.
A Bush administration analysis of its regulation said it would cost the auto industry $114 billion between 2010 and 2017, including $40 billion for GM. GM's chairman and CEO Rick Wagoner has said that figure is probably low.
Peters said she thinks the proposal is "realistic," noting that final yearly benchmarks wouldn't be determined until the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration conducted reviews of manufacturers' product plans and took into account the economic impact of increases. But she didn't back away from President Bush's proposal to reduce gasoline usage by 5 percent -- or 8.5 billion gallons annually -- by 2017 by imposing costly mandated increases in fuel economy. Bush would reduce overall gasoline usage by 20 percent, with 15 percent coming from increasing the use of alternative fuels like E85 ethanol.
NHTSA Administrator Nicole Nason disputed that the administration was "rolling over for the auto industry" in not writing the 4 percent increase into law, which many in Congress is pushing. She said NHTSA's approach was "reasonable," given that it wants to reform the corporate average fuel economy system into an attribute- or size-based system for passenger cars, as NHTSA did in 2006 for light trucks.
The light-truck 2 percent annual increase will cost the auto industry $6.2 billion between now and 2011. Ten states led by California have filed suit saying the increase for light-trucks was woefully inadequate. NHTSA would propose doubling that increase on average for light trucks beginning with the 2012 model year.
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/501/NHTSA_Chief_Nicole_Nason.jpgDavid Shepardson - Detroit News - April 5, 2007
NHTSA Chief Nicole Nason defends the current administration even though E85 is never going to be widely available let alone economically viable as well as reforming CAFÉ into a system based on size of the automobile in order to reduce our addiction. Does anyone in control of the Governments reigns really know what they are doing?
NEW YORK -- U.S. Transportation Secretary Mary Peters defended the Bush administration's proposal to require dramatic increases in fuel economy mandates in the wake of comments by General Motors Corp. that it is "unaffordable."
GM Vice Chairman Bob Lutz said Wednesday that the fuel economy proposal -- which would raise mandates by an average of 4 percent annually beginning in September 2009 for passenger cars and 2011 for light trucks -- would add $5,000 to $6,000 in expense per vehicle.
A Bush administration analysis of its regulation said it would cost the auto industry $114 billion between 2010 and 2017, including $40 billion for GM. GM's chairman and CEO Rick Wagoner has said that figure is probably low.
Peters said she thinks the proposal is "realistic," noting that final yearly benchmarks wouldn't be determined until the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration conducted reviews of manufacturers' product plans and took into account the economic impact of increases. But she didn't back away from President Bush's proposal to reduce gasoline usage by 5 percent -- or 8.5 billion gallons annually -- by 2017 by imposing costly mandated increases in fuel economy. Bush would reduce overall gasoline usage by 20 percent, with 15 percent coming from increasing the use of alternative fuels like E85 ethanol.
NHTSA Administrator Nicole Nason disputed that the administration was "rolling over for the auto industry" in not writing the 4 percent increase into law, which many in Congress is pushing. She said NHTSA's approach was "reasonable," given that it wants to reform the corporate average fuel economy system into an attribute- or size-based system for passenger cars, as NHTSA did in 2006 for light trucks.
The light-truck 2 percent annual increase will cost the auto industry $6.2 billion between now and 2011. Ten states led by California have filed suit saying the increase for light-trucks was woefully inadequate. NHTSA would propose doubling that increase on average for light trucks beginning with the 2012 model year.