I don’t understand. Why don’t they just make it an even 100 mpg. That way they can throw all of the OEMs in the slam, and none of us will have cars, and we won’t be dependent on foreign oil. Or something like that.

Ha ha… just you wait. They’ll do as much as their power will allow them to do.

http://www.electrifyingtimes.com/gmprecept.html

http://www.3wheelers.com/gmlean.html

Have a look here:

http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS189195+14-Aug-2008+BW20080814

“For example, in 2007 CAFE rated Honda’s domestic cars at 33.5 mpg; Honda’s imported cars averaged 39.6 mpg, and its light trucks averaged 25.0 mpg. Given those numbers, most consumers would assume they could walk into a Honda dealership and find several cars with combined city/highway gas mileage in the mid-30s. In reality, the Civic Hybrid is the only Honda that has combined mileage of better than 31 mpg.”

So, we are talking about a standard which if in place today would mean an automotive fleet which averages out to today’s Honda Civic. Honda’s 2007 car imports to the US were made up primarily of Fits, Civics and Accords … and that mix already hit the 39.4 MPG year 2020 bogey last year. It seems like 13 years should be enough time to get it done.

… hey, GM stock is inching back to $6.50. Should I invest now and hope that the Volt comes out on time so I can retire at 25?