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BILL & RULES * USA - Congress considers 'Cash for Clunkers'
Program would offer people turning in their old gas guzzlers a voucher worth up to $4,500 for a new vehicle
Washington,DC,USA -Associated Press/The Detroit News, by Jim Abrams -January 15, 2009: -- Congress is mulling a proposal to pay people to get rid of those old gas guzzlers sitting in their driveways... Under legislation introduced Wednesday in the House and Senate and called the "Cash for Clunkers" program, drivers could get vouchers of up to $4,500 when they turn in their old fuel-inefficient vehicles for scrapping and buy vehicles that get good gas mileage... The bill introduced by Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif.,envisions the program operating for four years and encouraging the retirement of up to 1 million vehicles a year, saving between 40,000 and 80,000 barrels of motor fuel a day by the end of the fourth year... Drivers would be eligible for reimbursement for purchase of a new or used vehicle with a fuel economy rating that exceeds federal targets for that class of vehicle by at least 25 percent. The vehicle must have a manufacturer suggested retail price of less than $45,000 and be a 2004 model or later...
* Emissions Alert Mandated By EPA Rule
Washington,DC,USA -Transport Topics -12 Jan 2009: -- The Environmental Protection Agency, as proposed, has formally required new heavy trucks to have warning lights that indicate when engine emission controls are malfunctioning or deteriorating, starting in 2010... The agency issued the final rule Dec. 15, ordering manufacturers to install onboard diagnostics, similar to systems commonplace on passenger vehicles since the mid-1990s... The rule establishes a single, national standard for heavy truck diagnostics. Sensor accuracy and durability remains an issue, industry officials said...
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