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Lynn C. Woolsey: “I wonder how many Americans have bought a car and wondered why their gas mileage was not what had been advertised. Well…”

On the recordApril 20, 2005
I wonder how many Americans have bought a car and wondered why their gas mileage was not what had been advertised. Well, it is because the fuel economy numbers advertised by automobile manufacturers are based on 30-year-old fuel economy tests, tests that have not been adjusted for today's realities, and that leads Americans to be regularly misled by inaccurate labels. The automobile industry has changed significantly over the last 3 decades, but the EPA standards are stuck in the past, overestimating fuel economy data. I support this amendment. It will require the EPA to update its testing standards so that consumers will have accurate fuel economy information in the future. parliamentary inquiry
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Lynn C. Woolsey
California
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