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| EPA Proposes Grading System For Car Fuel Economy
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| from the miles-per-gallon-per-dead-otter dept.
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| posted by Soulskill on Monday August 30, @22:05 (Transportation)
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|https://news.slashdot.org/story/10/08/30/2325259/EPA-Proposes-Grading-System-For-Car-Fuel-E|
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suraj.sun writes with this snippet from CNET: "The EPA and Department of
Transportation on Monday [0]proposed a fuel economy label overhaul to
reflect how electric and alternative fuel vehicles stack up against
gasoline passenger vehicles. ... The changed label, mandated by the 2007
energy law, includes the same information on city and highway miles per
gallon and estimated driving costs based on 15,000 miles a year now
available. But the new labels add more comparative information, rating
cars on mileage, greenhouse gas contribution, and other air pollutants
from tailpipe emissions. That means that consumers can look at a label to
see how one vehicle compares to all available vehicles, rather than only
cars in a specific class. One label proposes grades, ranging from an
A-plus to a D. There are no failing grades, since vehicles need to comply
with the Clean Air Act."
Discuss this story at:
http://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/08/30/2325259
Links:
0.http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-20015069-54.html
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