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07-25-2007, 10:58 PM
The bill would lead to a "smart electricity grid" and has incentives to produce advance batteries and PHEV’s. (http://www.detroitnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070725/UPDATE/707250450/1148/AUTO01v)
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/501/Ford_F1501.jpgDavid Shepardson - Detroit News - July 25, 2007
Ford’s F-150 will have to reach 32 mpg by 2022 from its current real world of just 15 mpg today. Loopholes will probably allow it to be sold unimeded and unchanged? Gasoline prices however will probably be out of reach for the average P/U driver let alone full size SUV drivers.
WASHINGTON -- At least 110 House members -- including 47 Democrats -- have signed on to an alternative fuel economy increase backed by automakers, officials said Wednesday.
That's up from 102 co-sponsors announced early Tuesday. The supporters back a bill introduced by Baron Hill, D-Ind., and Lee Terry, R-Neb. Automakers have been lobbying aggressively, trying to get House members to sign on to an alternative they say would be less onerous than a bill passed by the Senate last month.
The Hill-Terry bill would hike fuel economy for passenger cars to 35 miles per gallon by 2022 and to at least 32 miles per gallon for light trucks … http://www.detroitnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070725/UPDATE/707250450/1148/AUTO01
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/501/Ford_F1501.jpgDavid Shepardson - Detroit News - July 25, 2007
Ford’s F-150 will have to reach 32 mpg by 2022 from its current real world of just 15 mpg today. Loopholes will probably allow it to be sold unimeded and unchanged? Gasoline prices however will probably be out of reach for the average P/U driver let alone full size SUV drivers.
WASHINGTON -- At least 110 House members -- including 47 Democrats -- have signed on to an alternative fuel economy increase backed by automakers, officials said Wednesday.
That's up from 102 co-sponsors announced early Tuesday. The supporters back a bill introduced by Baron Hill, D-Ind., and Lee Terry, R-Neb. Automakers have been lobbying aggressively, trying to get House members to sign on to an alternative they say would be less onerous than a bill passed by the Senate last month.
The Hill-Terry bill would hike fuel economy for passenger cars to 35 miles per gallon by 2022 and to at least 32 miles per gallon for light trucks … http://www.detroitnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070725/UPDATE/707250450/1148/AUTO01