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If you assume that hybrids and plug-ins can succeed on their own merits, how is this legislating yourself back to the past?
by carry_bit 9y ago
If you assume that hybrids and plug-ins can succeed on their own merits, how is this legislating yourself back to the past?
- Karrot_Kream 9y agoArgument is that you're creating an artificial market in the US that does not select against fuel inefficient vehicles. This creates a market in the US where car companies who do not push fuel innovation can compete in, but these companies would not be able to sell their cars elsewhere. I believe the argument of the GP is that, this is simply regulatory capture.
- juliangoldsmith 9y agoThis proposal would still select against fuel inefficient vehicles, via fuel cost. Consumers do look at MPG, and will choose cars that are more fuel efficient over cars that are less so. As the article says, the 45 MPG target would require 61% of all vehicles sold in the United States to be electric in slightly over 10 years. That target is so aggressive as to be ridiculous, and that's for a gain in fuel efficiency of about 1/3.