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Big Auto backs off support for tighter fuel-economy standards |
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05 Aug 2008 |
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| Posted at 10:47 AM on 05 Aug 2008 New fuel-economy rules coming down the pike are likely to displease pretty much everyone, if a public hearing held Monday is any indication. In the current proposal from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, auto manufacturers must achieve a fleet-wide average fuel economy of at least 31.6 miles per gallon by 2015 -- a jump from 25 mpg today, and a step toward Congress' ta ... |
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| Topics: Big Auto, business, cars, economy, fuel efficiency, gas prices, news (all these topics) |
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Iconic Ford SUV plant to be idled for summer |
Sara Barz |
19 Jun 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Photo: Dean Souglass Ford will close its Michigan Truck Plant in Wayne for nine weeks -- four weeks longer than previously announced -- starting on June 23. Birthplace to Lincoln Navigators and Ford Expeditions, the MTP has come in for hard times due to the plummeting market for SUVs. Since January, Expedition sales are down 31 percent; Navigators, 22 percent. Once bread and butter for American automakers, SUVs have fallen victim to $4-a-gallon gasoline. To ... |
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| Topics: Big Auto, business, cars, fuel efficiency, gas prices (all these topics) |
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