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Originally Posted by Dragoneye
If you read how the EPA does business...the sticker ratings are actually a percentage of their lab-test results. It's THESE numbers you never see that CAFE takes into account. And then things get even more complicated...trucks have a different fleet standard than cars...and everything is weighted based on "footprint". So bigger-wheelbase/track cars don't need to achieve the same fuel economy number as a smaller car. And I think if it's flex-fuel it gets "bonus" points......
In any event...the standards, though ridiculous sometimes, aren't "impossible". And GM is the most fuel-efficient manufacturer in the States, followed by Honda. So they'll get it done.  |
Does this mean a future of odd looking cars with the wheels pushed to the far front, back, and edges? Sounds like the law of unintended consequences will be in full effect, like the old European taxing systems that encouraged small bore, long stroke engines.
And yes, flex fuel cars do get "bonus" points, even though no one actually uses E85 in them.