By Steve Hanley
Auto makers (click here) are lobbying the federal government to rethink its mandate to raise average fuel economy to 54.5 mpg by 2025. The new rules are set to go into effect in 2018. The companies have several concerns about the tighter standards, but it all comes down to selling cars. They worry that consumers will not like the changes meeting the new rules will require and that will hurt sales. The car industry is hugely important to the US economy. A decline in sales could have a ripple effect that would take some of the steam out of an economy that is just showing signs of life after the debacle of 2008....
The federal government needs to follow China's example to create a subsidy for EVs.
OR
Actually encourage mass transit. Car sales will still exist as Americans like adventure and autonomy, but, in all honesty, do they have to drive to work? I don't think so.
What is safer, commuting in cars or mass transit?
The last decade of Highway - Rail incidents - collisions, fatalities and injuries (click here)
Ten years of auto statistics: (click here)
Three right columns, Population, fatalities per 100,000 and percentage change.
