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Clearly not, or not enough to make a difference. America didn't stop producing gas guzzlers after the 70's. If anything mpg went down as trucks got bigger
by orf 9y ago
Clearly not, or not enough to make a difference. America didn't stop producing gas guzzlers after the 70's. If anything mpg went down as trucks got bigger
- ajross 9y agoThe article clearly shows mpg getting rapidly better in the 1970's, with an inflection point right at the passage of the mileage target.
- VintageCool 9y agoMoreover, as soon as the government-imposed target was met, carmakers stopped improving mpg fuel efficiency and made no progress on that front for 20 years.
- refurb 9y agoAverage fuel economy almost doubled from 1975 to the late 80's.[1] I agree that trucks hurt that trend overall, but there are a lot of consumers who value fuel economy even in the absence of gov't regulations. [1]https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/EPA-fuel-economy.jpg https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads...
- seanmcdirmid 9y agoGas got really cheap in the mid/late 80s after it got really expensive in the late 70s.