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The sky is falling..............
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wow that wasn't read...
everyone has a small peice of the right information.. just not all of it.
First you have to realize this is by 2020.. got 12 years to get there.. by then we are looking at the phased out gen 6 and drooling over the gen 7.
Second, the 35mpg average is taken from an entire manufacturers lineup. IE, silverado 1500, 2500, HD, malibu, impala, beat, volt ect. added up and then devided by the number of models. Hence the
Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE)
Third, the government did the same thing back in the 60's, did it kill V8's then? Nope, not gonna happen this time either. Personally I think a plug in variant like the volt (only on the tesla level) is more than feasible by 2020. Just 1 model in the lineup WAY over steps low (relitively) MPG of several models..
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GM lineup without a plug in
corvette 28MPG
camaro 25mpg (EST)
cobalt 28MPG
silverado 1500 20mpg
silverado hd 16 mpg
Cafe - 23.4MPG
GM linupe with a Plug-in
corvette 28MPG
camaro 25mpg (EST)
cobalt 28MPG
silverado 1500 20mpg
silverado hd 16 mpg
Volt - 99mpg (established due to NO fuel usage, aka Infinite mpg)
Cafe - 36.0 MPG
So by adding 1 count it
ONE hybrid to the lineup RIGHT NOW GM can meet cafe and do as it pleases. Oh and yes I realize these numbers are not accurate, but it shows the concept of what happens in the REAL world.
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Oh and 1 more item to chew on...
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Europe currently requires 40 miles per gallon average fuel economy and will soon push up to 49 miles per gallon, while Japan is expected to reach 47 miles per gallon in its 2015 standard.
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