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11-13-2007, 09:43 AM
But on the flip side, European manufacturers are the most egregious violators of the CAFE standards. (http://www.charlestonbusiness.com/pub/13_23/news/10759-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS)
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/501/BMW-X5.jpgMolly Parker – Charleston Business Journal – Nov. 12, 2007
Yet another to ponder? Many of the US’ worst FE performers are exempt or given credits due to flex fuel capability. Fuel prices are making CAFÉ a moot point anyway as the Big 2.5 can attest. -- Ed.
Two years ago, Charles Van Rysselberge bought his first sports utility vehicle—an Infinity QX4—because he wanted a safe automobile that could tote such loads as home-improvement wares from Lowe’s.
That vehicle averages about 17 miles per gallon, and would be just the type of gas-guzzling SUV targeted under new fuel efficiency standards on the Capitol Hill drawing board as federal lawmakers look for ways to wean the nation off foreign oil.
But this isn’t a personal battle, said Rysselberge, CEO of the Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce, which issued a statement in late October opposing congressional plans to aggressively tighten Corporate Average Fuel Economy, or CAFE, standards.
Rysselberge asked the chamber’s board to weigh in on the federal CAFE debate because it could directly impact the 44,170 automotive jobs in South Carolina, a number that he said ranks the state 17th in the nation in terms of vehicle-related employment.
“It’s like there’s a never-ending effort to push the standards further and further out there,” he said. “What we’re concerned about long term is, the automotive industry is a big industry to South Carolina, and this could really hurt the manufacturers and the suppliers.”
More than 8,200 people in the state are employed in vehicle manufacturing and sales jobs, another 15,011 at car dealerships and some 20,943 in the auto parts industry, according to the Automotive Jobs Action Coalition, a project of the Detroit Chamber of Commerce created specifically to fight a measure contained in the energy bill the U.S. Senate passed earlier this year… http://www.charlestonbusiness.com/pub/13_23/news/10759-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/501/BMW-X5.jpgMolly Parker – Charleston Business Journal – Nov. 12, 2007
Yet another to ponder? Many of the US’ worst FE performers are exempt or given credits due to flex fuel capability. Fuel prices are making CAFÉ a moot point anyway as the Big 2.5 can attest. -- Ed.
Two years ago, Charles Van Rysselberge bought his first sports utility vehicle—an Infinity QX4—because he wanted a safe automobile that could tote such loads as home-improvement wares from Lowe’s.
That vehicle averages about 17 miles per gallon, and would be just the type of gas-guzzling SUV targeted under new fuel efficiency standards on the Capitol Hill drawing board as federal lawmakers look for ways to wean the nation off foreign oil.
But this isn’t a personal battle, said Rysselberge, CEO of the Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce, which issued a statement in late October opposing congressional plans to aggressively tighten Corporate Average Fuel Economy, or CAFE, standards.
Rysselberge asked the chamber’s board to weigh in on the federal CAFE debate because it could directly impact the 44,170 automotive jobs in South Carolina, a number that he said ranks the state 17th in the nation in terms of vehicle-related employment.
“It’s like there’s a never-ending effort to push the standards further and further out there,” he said. “What we’re concerned about long term is, the automotive industry is a big industry to South Carolina, and this could really hurt the manufacturers and the suppliers.”
More than 8,200 people in the state are employed in vehicle manufacturing and sales jobs, another 15,011 at car dealerships and some 20,943 in the auto parts industry, according to the Automotive Jobs Action Coalition, a project of the Detroit Chamber of Commerce created specifically to fight a measure contained in the energy bill the U.S. Senate passed earlier this year… http://www.charlestonbusiness.com/pub/13_23/news/10759-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS