John Schwarz: “the Johnson amendment requires the EPA to change the testing procedures that auto companies use to determine the fuel…”

“the Johnson amendment requires the EPA to change the testing procedures that auto companies use to determine the fuel economy numbers that go on the dealer label. Her amendment requires auto companies to do one test for labeling and a separate test for CAFE. The language in this amendment costs the companies approximately twice as much as the simpler testing they are doing now. This goes to the heart of what we are doing to the auto industry now, unintentionally perhaps, and that is beating up on them; and we should not do that. The Rogers amendment deals with the need for improved dealer label accuracy, while only requiring one test. Instead of requiring the EPA to change testing procedures, the Rogers amendment requires the EPA to change the adjustment factors that the EPA currently uses to make the fuel economy label accurate. This is the way to go. It achieves the goal we all want to have, accuracy, in a much more reasonable and a much less expensive way. It is not a fudge.”