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New Stickers Will Go Beyond M.P.G. in Rating Cars
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| Contributor | ArmyDem |
| Last Edited | ArmyDem Sep 01, 2010 09:42pm |
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| Media | Newspaper - New York Times |
| News Date | Tuesday, August 31, 2010 03:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | By JIM MOTAVALLI
Published: August 30, 2010
The Obama administration proposed on Monday two alternatives to the window stickers in new vehicles, including one that would assign letter grades for fuel economy and greenhouse gas emissions.
The letter grades — from A+ to D — were immediately denounced by some industry groups, which said the government should not be making value judgments for consumers about vehicles.
If the grading system were applied now, many 2010 vehicles could get fairly low grades because the ratings favor fuel-efficient electric and hybrid models.
The second possible window sticker would also contain information about fuel economy and emissions, but would not assign a letter grade. Both stickers offer estimates of annual fuel costs.
Either way, officials said, the new sticker would amount to the biggest change to the window labels since they were created three decades ago. The current window sticker provides fuel economy estimates for city and highway driving.
“The old labels are just not good enough anymore,” said David Strickland, the administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. |
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