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Titolo: | Vehicle fuel economy [[electronic resource] /] / Government Accountability Office |
Pubblicazione: | New York, : Novinka Books, 2008 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (84 p.) |
Disciplina: | 629.25/3 |
Soggetto topico: | Automobiles - Fuel systems |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Intro -- VEHICLE FUEL ECONOMY -- VEHICLE FUEL ECONOMY -- CONTENTS -- CORRESPONDENCE -- ABBREVIATIONS -- Chapter 1 RESULTS IN BRIEF* -- Chapter 2 BACKGROUND -- THE CAFE PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO REDUCE OIL CONSUMPTION BY CARS AND LIGHT TRUCKS AND HAS BEEN RESTRUCTURED FOR LIGHT TRUCKS BUT NOT FOR CARS -- NHTSA AND EPA IMPLEMENT A PRESCRIBED PROCESS TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH FUEL ECONOMY STANDARDS -- NHTSA RECENTLY INCREASED STANDARDS AND REFORMED THE LIGHT TRUCK CAFE PROGRAM TO HELP ADDRESS DECLINING FUEL ECONOMY -- NHTSA HAS NOT CHANGED THE CAR CAFE STANDARD SINCE 1990 BUT HAS REQUESTED AUTHORITY TO REFORM THE PROGRAM -- THE CAFE PROGRAM HAS SAVED BILLIONS OF BARRELS OF OIL, BUT CAR STANDARDS HAVE NOT CHANGED FOR DECADES -- THE CAFE PROGRAM HAS SEVERAL STRENGTHS, INCLUDING SAVING OIL -- COMPATIBILITY WITH OTHER ISSUES, SUCH AS SAFETY OF CARS AND LIGHT TRUCKS -- AND SLOWING THE INCREASE IN GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS -- Chapter 3 SEVERAL WEAKNESSES IN THE CAFE PROGRAM EXIST -- EXPERTS SUGGEST THAT REFINEMENTS TO THE CAR CAFE PROGRAM COULD INCREASE FUEL SAVINGS AND ADDRESS SOME PROGRAM WEAKNESSES -- NHTSA GENERALLY HAS THE CAPABILITIES TO REFORM CAFE STANDARDS AND ACT QUICKLY IN THE FUTURE, BUT SOME CAPABILITIES COULD BE IMPROVED -- Chapter 4 SOME MARKET-BASED POLICY OPTIONS COULD COMPLEMENT THE CAFE PROGRAM -- MARKET-BASED CONSUMER INCENTIVES FOR PURCHASING FUEL-EFFICIENT VEHICLES EXIST, BUT THEY ARE NARROWLY TARGETED AND HAVE IMPLICATIONS FOR FEDERAL SPENDING -- Tax Credits Can Encourage Consumers to Purchase Vehicles with a Higher Fuel Economy, but Related Costs Must Be Considered in Designing Such a Policy -- Taxes Can Discourage the Purchase of Vehicles with a Low Fuel Economy and Provide a Revenue Stream for Other Fuel-Saving Programs, but Can Face Consumer Resistance. |
Other Tax Policies with Different Goals Might Affect Consumer Choice of Vehicles -- TAXES ON GASOLINE, CARBON EMISSIONS, OR VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED COULD AFFECT A BROADER RANGE OF CONSUMER DECISIONS THAT RELATE TO FUEL CONSUMPTION -- EFFORTS TO EXPAND THE MARKET DEMAND FOR BIOFUELS HAVE BEEN INITIATED, BUT SEVERAL BARRIERS IMPEDE PROGRESS -- A CARBON CAP-AND-TRADE PROGRAM WOULD COMBINE REGULATORY AND MARKET-BASED ELEMENTS, BUT INCLUDING CARS AND LIGHT TRUCKS COULD BE COMPLICATED -- Chapter 5 CONCLUSIONS -- Chapter 6 MATTERS FOR CONGRESSIONAL CONSIDERATION -- Appendix I SCOPE AND METHODOLOGY -- Appendix II SELECTED MANUFACTURERS' CAFE PERFORMANCE, SELECTED YEARS FROM 1990 THROUGH 2005 -- REFERENCES -- INDEX -- Blank Page. | |
Titolo autorizzato: | Vehicle fuel economy |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910817191803321 |
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