Fuel Economy * USA - Lawmakers demand more for big trucks
By 2011, manufacturers of heavy trucks could be required to increase fuel mileage by 4 percent each year for the following 20 years.
Washington,DC,USA -Land Line Magazine (Grain Valley,MO), by David Tanner -May 22, 2007: -- A U.S. Senate bill introduced by Sen. Harry Reid, D-NV, aims to do just that. It includes emissions and fuel economy as part of a larger package relating to energy and the environment... Reid’s bill – S1419 – includes a provision to amend the Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards – known as the CAFE standards – for cars, light trucks, medium-duty trucks and heavy trucks... The bill gives the Secretary of Transportation and the Environmental Protection Agency authorization to set the fuel economy standards...
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