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Automakers offer an option out of CAFE regs

US Senator Carl Levin, D- the State of Cars, will be offering an amendment to the proposed new fuel economy regulations next month that would provide a way out for carmakers. Under the new proposal, carmakers that commit to power using alternative fuels or new powertrains on all their cars by 2020 would be exempted from the new rules. In principle it's an interesting idea but as always the devil is in the details. Rather than leaving the car companies completely free of the new requirements perhaps they should have a slightly lower ... Read more →

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Sen. Levin: increase in CAFE standard would kill Chrysler 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

How did Carl Levin, a Democratic Senator from Michigan, help get the compromise on the upcoming CAFE bill we mentioned this morning? He said yesterday that he would filibuster fuel economy legislation because he says it discriminates against the Big Three domestic automakers. He also said that a ...

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CAFE – Corporate Average Fuel Economy. A system used in the U.S. to define mileage requirements of new vehicles.

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