US SENATE DEBATES PLANS FOR INCREASED FUEL ECONOMY
February 1st, 2002
BY PHILIP FINE
TWO plans that would require American manufacturers to produce vehicles with significantly increased fuel economy are being debated on the US Senate floor.
The Republicans have introduced a plan that would require cars and light trucks to average 36 miles per gallon of petrol by 2016. A Democrat plan calls for a 35 mpg average by 2013.
US automakers say both proposals are a threat to increasingly popular and fuel-hungry light trucks, which include minivans, sports utility vehicles and pick-up trucks.
Those proposals are a step up from the ...
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