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06-05-2007, 09:02 AM
Foreign automakers endorse Dingell bill, requiring 36-mpg cars by 2021; Detroit 3 haven't ruled it out. (http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070605/AUTO01/706050357/1148)
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/501/Wagoner_-_Press_-_Mulally_-_LaSorda.jpgDavid Shepardson - Detroit News - June 5, 2007
The Big 3 + Toyota have to come to the table. Fuel efficiency gains bill comes at a price to the American tax payer by creating a grant program for Detroit automakers and barring California and 11 other states from setting their own CO2 emissions standards which would legislate 40 mpg by 2016.
WASHINGTON -- Foreign automakers expressed support Monday for a bill that would increase federal fuel efficiency standards and bar California from imposing its own more dramatic requirements, while Detroit automakers privately said they hadn't ruled out endorsing it.
The move marks the first time automakers have signaled their willingness to accept significantly higher fuel economy mandates, which some have said would be costly to meet and could force them to stop building some larger, more profitable models.
Domestic automakers are still debating how much support they should give the proposal in the face of growing pressure from Congress to take action to reduce greenhouse gases and reduce reliance on foreign oil. Privately, they said they would at least call the proposal "a step in the right direction" when the CEOs of Detroit's three automakers appear Wednesday on Capitol Hill … http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070605/AUTO01/706050357/1148
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/501/Wagoner_-_Press_-_Mulally_-_LaSorda.jpgDavid Shepardson - Detroit News - June 5, 2007
The Big 3 + Toyota have to come to the table. Fuel efficiency gains bill comes at a price to the American tax payer by creating a grant program for Detroit automakers and barring California and 11 other states from setting their own CO2 emissions standards which would legislate 40 mpg by 2016.
WASHINGTON -- Foreign automakers expressed support Monday for a bill that would increase federal fuel efficiency standards and bar California from imposing its own more dramatic requirements, while Detroit automakers privately said they hadn't ruled out endorsing it.
The move marks the first time automakers have signaled their willingness to accept significantly higher fuel economy mandates, which some have said would be costly to meet and could force them to stop building some larger, more profitable models.
Domestic automakers are still debating how much support they should give the proposal in the face of growing pressure from Congress to take action to reduce greenhouse gases and reduce reliance on foreign oil. Privately, they said they would at least call the proposal "a step in the right direction" when the CEOs of Detroit's three automakers appear Wednesday on Capitol Hill … http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070605/AUTO01/706050357/1148