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President Barack Obama has proposed tough new rules for vehicle emissions, which could see a 30 per cent reduction in individual passenger car emissions by 2016.
Obama and friends unveil CAFE from the White House Rose Garden.
The new Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards also decree that car manufacturers must maintain a fleet fuel consumption average of 43mpg by 2016.
This fuel consumption average includes both commercial vehicles and passenger cars, but 51mpg has been set as the standard for cars and 31mpg for light commercial vehicles. Current standards are 33mpg and 29mpg, respectively.
It's worth noting that Obama's targets are similar to those suggested by the state of California back in 2008 - targets that could have seen the state and car makers fight it out in court if it had imposed them unilaterally.
- By Gus Leonisky at 22 May 2009 - 6:59am
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petrol bum versus smart electric car...
Infamous petrol-head and Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson, who is well known for his dislike of everything environmentally friendly, has been accused by Nissan of deliberately misleading viewers with an unjust portrayal of their new electric car.
In the latest episode of the BBC motoring show, which was shown on Sunday, Clarkson and fellow presenter James May tested battery-powered cars by driving them to Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire on a 60-mile trip. Halfway through the drive, however, Clarkson's £31,000 Nissan Leaf was running out of power, forcing the duo to divert to Lincoln.
Far from finding a place to reboot, it became apparent that there was no charging spot in the town. The result was that Clarkson soon ran out of power, became stranded and had to be pushed by James May. The pair eventually managed to hook the car up to a plug but realised it would take hours to fully recharge. As they waited they whiled away the time doing brass-rubbings in Lincoln cathedral. Electric cars, Clarkson concluded by the end of the piece, "are not the future".
However, according to Nissan, it was all a set up. The car manufacturers say they delivered the vehicle fully charged, with enough power for 100 miles of driving. But after reviewing the information gathered by the car's monitoring device, Nissan said that when Clarkson set off, the battery was more than half empty, and would have clearly shown a range of only 30 miles on the electric dashboard.
Viewers were not told that the battery had been less than half full at the start of the trip. Nor were they told that, according to the Times, the Top Gear team intended the drivers to run out of power in Lincoln, knowing there were no public charging points
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Read more: http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/82528,people,news,nissan-angry-at-clarkson-over-top-gear-electric-car-stunt#ixzz1UKDkQeOG
Clarkson should be imprisoned — or at least removed from TV — for false 'reporting"... if the Nissan claim is true and can be proven by another competitive expedition...