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Originally Posted by akcapeco
US buyers, besotted with inexpensive fuel, demonstrated in no uncertain terms to GM, Ford and Honda et al that they had scant interest in fuel efficiency leading into the mid-1990's:
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So I guess what that article means is that we are in the upper 1% of car buyers the "smart ones" I am beginning to hate how people drive. I wish everyone was trying to hypermile. Then maybe we all could have 70 mpg cars.
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Originally Posted by basjoos
Unfortunately EPA and CARB exhaust emissions are measured in parts per million at the exhaust port, not in milligrams emitted per vehicle mile traveled. That's why Aptera wasn't able to get a small diesel motor certified in CA, since they couldn't find one that had a low enough ppm at the exhaust. But Ford had no problems certifying its powerstroke diesel pickup trucks in CA. Guess which vehicle would be spitting out more pollutants per mile traveled down the road. Its a case of penny wise and pound foolish.
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Perfectly put Basjoos, part per mile not ppmillion is how they should test.