Comments on: The New White House Fuel Efficiency Rule: Count the Loopholes http://dc.streetsblog.org/2009/09/15/the-new-white-house-fuel-efficiency-rule-count-the-loopholes/ Your daily source for national transportation policy news and analysis. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:57:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: fpteditors http://dc.streetsblog.org/2009/09/15/the-new-white-house-fuel-efficiency-rule-count-the-loopholes/comment-page-1/#comment-82611 fpteditors Wed, 16 Sep 2009 17:02:04 +0000 http://dc.streetsblog.org/?p=28051#comment-82611 Help the auto, help the auto, help the auto. Oh, but the reason we have the auto is "personal preference" and so it "won" in the free marketplace of transportation systems. http://frepubtra.blogspot.com/2008/12/us-subsidizing-environmental.html Help the auto, help the auto, help the auto. Oh, but the reason we have the auto is “personal preference” and so it “won” in the free marketplace of transportation systems.
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]]> By: Mark http://dc.streetsblog.org/2009/09/15/the-new-white-house-fuel-efficiency-rule-count-the-loopholes/comment-page-1/#comment-82521 Mark Tue, 15 Sep 2009 20:54:46 +0000 http://dc.streetsblog.org/?p=28051#comment-82521 Here is a fun fact from Edmunds about the German loophole: as of 2006, of the $735 million that automakers have paid in CAFE penalties, 2/3 of that was paid by Mercedes-Benz and BMW. Lots of Mercedes-Benz SUVs are built in Alabama. BMW builds their SUVs in South Carolina. Here is a fun fact from Edmunds about the German loophole: as of 2006, of the $735 million that automakers have paid in CAFE penalties, 2/3 of that was paid by Mercedes-Benz and BMW.

Lots of Mercedes-Benz SUVs are built in Alabama. BMW builds their SUVs in South Carolina.

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