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Originally Posted by big swede
I definitely like the way GM is headed with all of the items Ron posted. I'm not sure you can give credit to CAFE's ruling a couple of months ago for this much action though. Most of these progresses have been in the works for a very long time. The main complaint about CAFE from the manufacturers is not at hitting the targets but in more of the costs. All this technology and research comes at a hefty price that will inevitably get passed on to the consumer. It's all roses right now but in 10 years when the average car has jumped $10,000 dollars and your pay hasn't it might be a little less rosey.
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CAFE in one fell swoop restricted the only profitable vehicles GM is making (And the lead they had in front of the imports in SUV/Trucks). GM was already moving in the efficiency direction as BAS, Turbos, DI take years to implement.
On a note, isn't it weird that Legislation and Rising Gas Prices happened at the same time? Conspiracy?