NHTSA Hearings 8/4/08

I just returned from the NHTSA hearings held today (August 4, 2008) in Washington D.C., regarding the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for NEW Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards (CAFÉ) for years 2011-2015.

IMPORTANT FACTS: You will not believe what you are reading.

1) The 414 pages DEIS analysis was based on an average gasoline price of USD $2.16/gallon for 2011-2020. A calculation approved by the NHTSA administrators/managers. Would you believe it???????????

2) The new CAFÉ rules were also established, negotiated and pre-approved by the NHTSA’s management along with the influence of domestic automotive companies and their lobbyists. We have now established fuel standards for 2011-2020 that presently are already met in the rest of the Western world (see below)

As one guest speaker said today “are they on another planet?”

NHTSA “NEW Fuel Standards” (2011-2015) decision:

Automobiles are to achieve 31.2 mpg by 2011 and 35.7 mpg by 2015. Light trucks are to achieve 25 mpg by 2011, and 28.6 mpg by 2015.

The NTHSA is also setting a goal of 35 mpg on average for 2020.

America needs to know:

The European Union is currently establishing standards, with a goal of reaching 48.9 miles per gallon for new passenger vehicles as early as 2012. The current EU standard already requires more than 40 miles per gallon about 15% higher than the U.S. goal set for 12 years from now.

Japan currently has a standard of about 40 miles per gallon. Japan aims to further improve fuel efficiency by 17% by 2015, reaching 46.9 miles per gallon.

China has a current average of slightly under 35 miles per gallon. Chinese fuel standards are on target to reach the government’s goal of 35.8 miles per gallon by 2009. China will not only meet, but exceed, the goal just established by the United States for 2020 — more than a full decade earlier.

Australia is targeting 34.4 miles per gallon by 2010.

Canada is targeting 34.1 miles per gallon by 2010.

Under the current administration, purchasing an electric vehicle is becoming more of a necessity rather than an alternative.

BG Automotive Group, Ltd.

(www.BGelectricCars.com)

NHTSA Hearings 8/4/08

I just returned from the NHTSA hearings held today (August 4, 2008) in Washington D.C., regarding the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for NEW Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards (CAFÉ) for years 2011-2015.

IMPORTANT FACTS: You will not believe what you are reading.

1) The 414 pages DEIS analysis was based on an average gasoline price of USD $2.16/gallon for 2011-2020. A calculation approved by the NHTSA administrators/managers. Would you believe it???????????

2) The new CAFÉ rules were also established, negotiated and pre-approved by the NHTSA’s management along with the influence of domestic automotive companies and their lobbyists. We have now established fuel standards for 2011-2020 that presently are already met in the rest of the Western world (see below)

As one guest speaker said today “are they on another planet?”

NHTSA “NEW Fuel Standards” (2011-2015) decision:

Automobiles are to achieve 31.2 mpg by 2011 and 35.7 mpg by 2015. Light trucks are to achieve 25 mpg by 2011, and 28.6 mpg by 2015.

The NTHSA is also setting a goal of 35 mpg on average for 2020.

America needs to know:

The European Union is currently establishing standards, with a goal of reaching 48.9 miles per gallon for new passenger vehicles as early as 2012. The current EU standard already requires more than 40 miles per gallon about 15% higher than the U.S. goal set for 12 years from now.

Japan currently has a standard of about 40 miles per gallon. Japan aims to further improve fuel efficiency by 17% by 2015, reaching 46.9 miles per gallon.

China has a current average of slightly under 35 miles per gallon. Chinese fuel standards are on target to reach the government’s goal of 35.8 miles per gallon by 2009. China will not only meet, but exceed, the goal just established by the United States for 2020 — more than a full decade earlier.

Australia is targeting 34.4 miles per gallon by 2010.

Canada is targeting 34.1 miles per gallon by 2010.

Under the current administration, purchasing an electric vehicle is becoming more of a necessity rather than an alternative.

BG Automotive Group, Ltd.

(www.BGelectricCars.com)

Personally, I like the idea of a company taking an attack position against a corrupt government that allows a monopoly on skyrocketing gas prices (profits) not that long after they have antitrust settlements against other industries. This same government has refused to make a move towards taking the health care burden off of the US manufacturing companies therefore reducing the amount of money that can be spent on R&D relative to the Japanese companies that have state-paid medical care. When the Japanese average health care costs of $250 per vehicle sold, versus the average $1,500 per vehicle sold for US manufacturers, it is quick to see why the US auto companies are slow to catch up when they’ve been building the work vehicles that move America for 100 years now. Interestingly, Mexico’s owning of all the gas stations has allowed the gas price to be significantly less than what we pay in America and begs the question why all of the gasoline sold in the US isn’t purchased first by the US government then provided to the distributors.

Personally, I like the idea of a company taking an attack position against a corrupt government that allows a monopoly on skyrocketing gas prices (profits) not that long after they have antitrust settlements against other industries. This same government has refused to make a move towards taking the health care burden off of the US manufacturing companies therefore reducing the amount of money that can be spent on R&D relative to the Japanese companies that have state-paid medical care. When the Japanese average health care costs of $250 per vehicle sold, versus the average $1,500 per vehicle sold for US manufacturers, it is quick to see why the US auto companies are slow to catch up when they’ve been building the work vehicles that move America for 100 years now. Interestingly, Mexico’s owning of all the gas stations has allowed the gas price to be significantly less than what we pay in America and begs the question why all of the gasoline sold in the US isn’t purchased first by the US government then provided to the distributors.

Couldn’t agree more, wrong solution for our day.

Couldn’t agree more, wrong solution for our day.