The Senate is currently voting to approve a proposal to raise the fuel economy standard to 35 miles per gallon. However there are still too many senators who are sympathetic of the automobile industry, who want the lower the propose mileage set to 30 miles per gallon.
If approved, we do hope:
1. The SUVs and pick up trucks should have some sort of standard. Big SUVs and pick up trucks are consider vehicles for work and not passenger vehicles. That’s the main reason, American car manufacturers pushed those big vehicles to market . They can use a big frame, use an inefficient engine which can yield a lot of power, and still be cheap to manufacture. This is especially true as many SUVs and trucks share the same engine.
2. More efficient cars can mean the following:
- More sophisticated and precision built engines.
- Lighter vehicles which can yield more miles.
- Hybrids will get the extra miles out of a motor. A combination of a. and b.is good enough. Hopefully this will not drive the prices of high performance vehicles too high.
For more information: Senate would raise fuel standards
