Raj Nair, Ford's group vice president of global product development, told reporters those rules date «back to the 1970s, and they were created by the EPA as a general means to
provide fuel economy labels without having to test every single vehicle in the industry.»
The redesigned
label provides expanded information to American consumers about new vehicle
fuel economy and
fuel consumption, greenhouse gas and smog - forming emissions, and projected
fuel costs and savings, and also includes a smartphone interactive code that permits direct access to additional web resources.