Sentences with phrase «auto fuel efficiency standards»

The decision in May 2009 to raise U.S. auto fuel efficiency standards 40 percent by 2016 will reduce U.S. dependence on oil far more than converting the country's entire grain harvest into ethanol could.

What are your specific views regarding auto fuel efficiency standards?

In my view, the auto fuel efficiency standards should be considerably higher than they have been set by the E.P.A. And, the higher initial car prices that result should not be seen as a «tax.»

I think there should be a post specifically on the auto fuel efficiency standards, and on the auto industry.

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Regulators have steadily added tough safety, emissions and fuel efficiency standards, and in the U.S., class - action lawsuits that have yielded big judgments is putting additional pressure on auto companies.

The EPA's recent move to roll back automobile fuel efficiency standards benefits almost no one except auto manufacturers, who save on R&D costs, and oil companies, for whom greater fuel consumption translates into more revenues.

In a utopian world, Canadian auto workers would get huge raises, governments would lavish money on the industry, and cars would drive themselves as they met fuel efficiency and emissions standards effortlessly.

Strengths of this model include Sporty looks, affordability, reliability, fuel efficiency, and standard features Options: Abs Brakes (4 - Wheel) Adjustable Rear Headrests Air Conditioning - Air Filtration Air Conditioning - Front - Single Zone Airbags - Driver - Knee Airbags - Front - Dual Airbags - Front - Passenger Seat Cushion Airbags - Front - Side Airbags - Front - Side Curtain Airbags - Passenger - Occupant Sensing Deactivation Airbags - Rear - Side Curtain Audio - Antenna: Element Audio Auxiliary Input: Ipod / Iphone Integration Audio Auxiliary Input: Jack Audio Auxiliary Input: Usb Auto - Lock Body Side Reinforcements Side Impact Door Beams Braking Assist Cargo Area Light Center Console Front Console With Armrest And Storage Child Safety Locks Child Seat Anchors Latch System Clock Crumple Zones Front Crumple Zones Rear Daytime Running Lights Led Digital Odometer Driver Information System Electronic Brakeforce Distribution Emergency Interior Trunk Release Exterior Mirrors Manual Folding Exterior Mirrors Power External Temperature Display Floor Material Carpet Front 12V Power Outlet (S) Front Headrests Adjustable Front Seatbelts: 3 - Point Front Suspension Classification: Independent Front Suspension Type: Macpherson Struts Fuel Economy Display Mpg Fuel Economy Display Range Headlights Auto Delay Off Impact Absorbing Seats Dual Front Inside Rearview Mirror Manual Day / Night Mirror Color Body - Color Multi-Function Display Number Of Front Headrests 2 Number Of Rear Headrests 3 One - Touch Windows: 1 Passenger Seat Manual Adjustments: 4 Passenger Seat Manual Adjustments: Recline Power Brakes Power Steering Power Windows Reading Lights Front Reading Lights Rear Rear Bumper Color Body - Color Rear Seats 60 - 40 Split Bench Rear Seats Split Folding Safety Brake Pedal System Seatbelts Emergency Locking Retractors: Front Seatbelts Emergency Locking Retractors: Front And Rear Seatbelts Seatbelt Force Limiters: Front Seatbelts Seatbelt Pretensioners: Front Seatbelts Seatbelt Warning Sensor: Driver And Passenger Seatbelts Second Row 3 - Point Seats Front Seat Type: Bucket Security Engine Immobilizer Stability Control Steering Wheel Mounted Controls Audio Steering Wheel Mounted Controls Phone Steering Wheel Tilt And Telescopic Suspension Stabilizer Bar (S): Front Suspension Stabilizer Bar (S): Rear Tachometer Traction Control Trip Computer Trip Odometer 2 Vanity Mirrors Dual Warnings And Reminders Lamp Failure Low Fuel Engine Oil Coolant Windows Lockout Button Windows Rear Defofuel efficiency, and standard features Options: Abs Brakes (4 - Wheel) Adjustable Rear Headrests Air Conditioning - Air Filtration Air Conditioning - Front - Single Zone Airbags - Driver - Knee Airbags - Front - Dual Airbags - Front - Passenger Seat Cushion Airbags - Front - Side Airbags - Front - Side Curtain Airbags - Passenger - Occupant Sensing Deactivation Airbags - Rear - Side Curtain Audio - Antenna: Element Audio Auxiliary Input: Ipod / Iphone Integration Audio Auxiliary Input: Jack Audio Auxiliary Input: Usb Auto - Lock Body Side Reinforcements Side Impact Door Beams Braking Assist Cargo Area Light Center Console Front Console With Armrest And Storage Child Safety Locks Child Seat Anchors Latch System Clock Crumple Zones Front Crumple Zones Rear Daytime Running Lights Led Digital Odometer Driver Information System Electronic Brakeforce Distribution Emergency Interior Trunk Release Exterior Mirrors Manual Folding Exterior Mirrors Power External Temperature Display Floor Material Carpet Front 12V Power Outlet (S) Front Headrests Adjustable Front Seatbelts: 3 - Point Front Suspension Classification: Independent Front Suspension Type: Macpherson Struts Fuel Economy Display Mpg Fuel Economy Display Range Headlights Auto Delay Off Impact Absorbing Seats Dual Front Inside Rearview Mirror Manual Day / Night Mirror Color Body - Color Multi-Function Display Number Of Front Headrests 2 Number Of Rear Headrests 3 One - Touch Windows: 1 Passenger Seat Manual Adjustments: 4 Passenger Seat Manual Adjustments: Recline Power Brakes Power Steering Power Windows Reading Lights Front Reading Lights Rear Rear Bumper Color Body - Color Rear Seats 60 - 40 Split Bench Rear Seats Split Folding Safety Brake Pedal System Seatbelts Emergency Locking Retractors: Front Seatbelts Emergency Locking Retractors: Front And Rear Seatbelts Seatbelt Force Limiters: Front Seatbelts Seatbelt Pretensioners: Front Seatbelts Seatbelt Warning Sensor: Driver And Passenger Seatbelts Second Row 3 - Point Seats Front Seat Type: Bucket Security Engine Immobilizer Stability Control Steering Wheel Mounted Controls Audio Steering Wheel Mounted Controls Phone Steering Wheel Tilt And Telescopic Suspension Stabilizer Bar (S): Front Suspension Stabilizer Bar (S): Rear Tachometer Traction Control Trip Computer Trip Odometer 2 Vanity Mirrors Dual Warnings And Reminders Lamp Failure Low Fuel Engine Oil Coolant Windows Lockout Button Windows Rear DefoFuel Economy Display Mpg Fuel Economy Display Range Headlights Auto Delay Off Impact Absorbing Seats Dual Front Inside Rearview Mirror Manual Day / Night Mirror Color Body - Color Multi-Function Display Number Of Front Headrests 2 Number Of Rear Headrests 3 One - Touch Windows: 1 Passenger Seat Manual Adjustments: 4 Passenger Seat Manual Adjustments: Recline Power Brakes Power Steering Power Windows Reading Lights Front Reading Lights Rear Rear Bumper Color Body - Color Rear Seats 60 - 40 Split Bench Rear Seats Split Folding Safety Brake Pedal System Seatbelts Emergency Locking Retractors: Front Seatbelts Emergency Locking Retractors: Front And Rear Seatbelts Seatbelt Force Limiters: Front Seatbelts Seatbelt Pretensioners: Front Seatbelts Seatbelt Warning Sensor: Driver And Passenger Seatbelts Second Row 3 - Point Seats Front Seat Type: Bucket Security Engine Immobilizer Stability Control Steering Wheel Mounted Controls Audio Steering Wheel Mounted Controls Phone Steering Wheel Tilt And Telescopic Suspension Stabilizer Bar (S): Front Suspension Stabilizer Bar (S): Rear Tachometer Traction Control Trip Computer Trip Odometer 2 Vanity Mirrors Dual Warnings And Reminders Lamp Failure Low Fuel Engine Oil Coolant Windows Lockout Button Windows Rear DefoFuel Economy Display Range Headlights Auto Delay Off Impact Absorbing Seats Dual Front Inside Rearview Mirror Manual Day / Night Mirror Color Body - Color Multi-Function Display Number Of Front Headrests 2 Number Of Rear Headrests 3 One - Touch Windows: 1 Passenger Seat Manual Adjustments: 4 Passenger Seat Manual Adjustments: Recline Power Brakes Power Steering Power Windows Reading Lights Front Reading Lights Rear Rear Bumper Color Body - Color Rear Seats 60 - 40 Split Bench Rear Seats Split Folding Safety Brake Pedal System Seatbelts Emergency Locking Retractors: Front Seatbelts Emergency Locking Retractors: Front And Rear Seatbelts Seatbelt Force Limiters: Front Seatbelts Seatbelt Pretensioners: Front Seatbelts Seatbelt Warning Sensor: Driver And Passenger Seatbelts Second Row 3 - Point Seats Front Seat Type: Bucket Security Engine Immobilizer Stability Control Steering Wheel Mounted Controls Audio Steering Wheel Mounted Controls Phone Steering Wheel Tilt And Telescopic Suspension Stabilizer Bar (S): Front Suspension Stabilizer Bar (S): Rear Tachometer Traction Control Trip Computer Trip Odometer 2 Vanity Mirrors Dual Warnings And Reminders Lamp Failure Low Fuel Engine Oil Coolant Windows Lockout Button Windows Rear DefoFuel Engine Oil Coolant Windows Lockout Button Windows Rear Defogger

Further boosting the 2.7 - liter EcoBoost's fuel efficiency is the debut of standard Auto Start - Stop technology in the F - 150.

HERE»S WHAT I DO N'T LIKE: Loud wind noise (anytime I exceed 40 - 45 mph), makes it hard to hear the radio at normal volume; intrusive road noise, which I corrected by swapping out the standard Goodyear tires with Continental tires; lackluster acceleration for a V6 engine, CVT tends to lose momentum when you lift your foot off of the gas pedal — often jerky when accelerating and decelerating while in motion and when accelerating from a dead stop; as mentioned by another reviewer, accelerator hesitates before catching when shifting from reverse to drive; bumps in the road are not well absorbed (the 2016 model may have addressed this issue); no power to windows after you shut off the engine; no auto door locks; poor V6 fuel efficiency averaging around 24 MPGs combined; trunk lid's arms and safety feature makes it heavy and sometimes hard to lift open; Infotainment system does understand most voice commands; and Harmon Kardon speakers are sometimes crackly.

Boosting 2.7 - liter EcoBoost fuel efficiency is the debut of standard Auto Start - Stop technology for F - 150.

It turns out that auto manufacturers in Europe vigorously complain that high fuel efficiency standards there will make them less competitive, while auto manufacturers here (U.S.) vigorously complain that (guess what?)

Finally, as I've mentioned in another thread, according to news reports (but the reports I've seen don't seem to put two and two together), just as the auto companies here complain that higher fuel efficiency standards would make them less competitive, the European manufacturers also complain in Europe that higher fuel efficiency standards there would make THEM less competitive.

As we noted earlier, the auto industry is responsible for pressuring the government to reduce the fuel efficiency standards that they agreed to earlier.

In the long run, the auto industry's utter financial ruin might have been the best thing to happen to them, from a green perspective: they certainly weren't going to get fuel efficiency standards up any time soon without it, and now it's lead to potential tailpipe legislation passing — which will force them to clean up their acts.

When EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt announced that his agency plans to roll back fuel efficiency and emissions standards for cars and light trucks, some observers saw it as a win for the auto industry and for consumers eager to purchase gas - guzzling SUVs and pickup trucks.

Markey likened this stance to the plight of the auto industry, which ran itself into the ground while fighting new fuel efficiency standards.

In 2009, a historic agreement between the Federal Government, state regulators, and the auto industry established a national program to implement these first meaningful fuel efficiency improvements in over 30 years and the first - ever global warming pollution standards for light - duty vehicles.

Meanwhile, several auto industry officials said they backed the idea of a universal fuel - efficiency standard aimed at curbing greenhouse gases, even if it is stricter than the country's current goal of achieving a fleetwide average of 35 miles per gallon by 2020.

Fuel economy standards are the single biggest energy efficiency policy of the Obama administration, and auto makers agreed to the deal as part of the historic bailout of their businesses.

The Obama Administration announced a key decision to bring national vehicle standards for fuel efficiency and greenhouse gas emissions up to levels adopted in California, resolving a longstanding battle between the auto industry and state regulators.

In her book, Global Spin, author Sharon Beder noted that past Bonner clients have included tobacco companies Philip Morris and U.S. Tobacco Co.; the Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association; the utility trade group Edison Electric Institute; military contractor McDonnell Douglas; nuclear industry and military services giant Westinghouse; chemical companies Monsanto and Dow Chemical; and the major Detroit auto companies Chrysler, Ford and General Motors (who hired Bonner to help derail Congressional efforts to raise fuel efficiency standards back in the 1990s).