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Senate Considers SUV Fuel-Efficiency Rules

Posted by: Abhijeet Chavan
Thanks to: Dan Tasman
2 May 2001 - 2:00pm

The U.S. Senate is considering rules to require 'light trucks' to be as fuel-efficient as cars. Automakers say it can't be done.

" [T]he SUV has become a symbol of the active suburban lifestyle...Nowhere is that quite as clear as in Colorado, the SUV capital of the United States. According to the Census Bureau, one in seven Colorado drivers wheels around in the comfortable behemoths, ranking ahead of all other states."

Full Story: Senators seek to curb SUVs' fuelish behavior
Source: The Denver Post, May 2, 2001
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