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We'll always have Hollywood
No American-made car meets China's fuel standards |
Joseph Romm |
25 Mar 2008 |
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| The Toronto Star reported an alarming factoid earlier this month: No gasoline-powered car assembled in North America would meet China's current fuel-efficiency standard. That's mainly because: Currently, their standard is much higher than ours. Their standard is a minimum-allowable efficiency standard rather than a 'fleet-average' standard like ours. Our lame car companies don't make their (relatively few) most efficient vehicles in this country. As for ... |
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| Topics: cars, China, energy, fuel efficiency, international politics, legislation (all these topics) |
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