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CU comments to NHTSA on Average Fuel Economy Standards for Light Trucks

0908-NHTSA-Fuel-Econ-Filing-Final.pdf | 642.7 kB
September 8, 2005
In a study of 303 cars and trucks, model years 2000 to 2006, Consumer Reports testing
revealed that shortfalls in overall mpg occurred in 274 vehicles. According to these
numbers, 90 percent of the cars we tested appear to have EPA stickers that over promise
fuel economy.

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