"...the Bush administration has announced that it will raise the federal fuel-economy requirement for light trucks by 7% over three years."
"Given that the vast majority of global-warming emissions in a vehicle come from burning fuel, that requirement would roughly translate into a mandate that auto makers boost the fuel economy of their California fleets, probably by at least 20%."
I forget the exact figures but didn't the Dodge Ram show improvement in fuel efficiency on the order of 20-30%? If common highway mileage now becomes standard city mileage on an IVT equipped vehicle, there's about a 25% increase right there. Seems like the IVT would by itself satisfy the two requirements suggested by the article in post #530.
Dread
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