Fuel Economy: U.S. automakers blame thyself?
U.S. automakers simply out of touch regarding fuel economy?There is an interesting article on MSNBC.com this morning titled, Detroit Jumps Into the Fuel Economy Debate. Now that Congress and the Supreme Court appear to be getting more tough on fuel economy and global warming, automakers are trying hard to frame the debate over these issues in their favor. Yet, should we listen to U.S. automakers?
I'm not sure. Part of Detroit's argument is that forcing U.S. automakers to increase fuel economy will prevent them from developing hybrid cars and fuel cell vehicles. That seems like an odd argument. Don't mandate we make hybrid vehicles because then we won't be able to afford to make hybrids. Huh????
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But it isn't just me, several other experts offer some interesting quotes.
“I’d also like to put it out there that there are many reasons for the decline of the U.S. auto industry, and one of them is a perennial failure on the part of U.S. manufacturers to predict the market, particularly a rise in oil and gas prices, and also what consumers will want,” one expert notes.
“You and I are responsible for the types of vehicle we buy. But on the other hand — not to exonerate them completely — these are the vehicles they push hard. You don’t see many sexy ads for hybrids. It hearkens back to the argument 30 or 40 years ago that auto manufacturers could never sell cars based on safety, but as we now see that is not the case. So maybe in another 30 or 40 years we’ll see manufactures pushing cars based on emissions,” another notes.
Read the MSNBC article.
This is interesting.
Thank you for sharing this.
Jim Somchai
http://www.visualizationmediation.com/rights
How do they explain Japan's success in the hybrid market?
-erd
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