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Clean car legislation gives buyers options
Published Thursday, April 3, 2008
I must comment in regard to your March 20, article about the proposed Minnesota Clean Cars legislation. As debate over the adoption of the California clean standards heats up, many are worried about the effects on the auto industry. Here's what we can expect for manufacturers.
We can expect that manufacturers will be able to offer more options to consumers with fuel-efficient SUVs, light trucks and minivans. These technologies already exist and the auto industry is able to apply them to heavier-duty vehicles.
We can expect that manufacturers will experience no compliance liability issues with ethanol blends. If anything, the cleaner car standards create additional incentives for ethanol use by providing credit to manufacturers for the use of E85 in vehicles.
Another important point of this legislation is that it will save the consumer money in fuel costs over the life of owning the vehicle.
Not to worry — under the cleaner car standards, the auto industry seems like it will be just fine!
Keith Gregory - Fergus Falls
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Here's some other things we can expect (thanks to the Fargo Forum):
1) The Minnesota bill would tie regulation directly to decisions of the appointed 11-member California Air Resources Board. So people in CA would tell us in MN what to do. Hmmmm.
2) The goals in the California regulations would effectively remove pickups, minivans and SUVs from showroom floors in Minnesota.
3) Dealer trades in and out of Minnesota would be impossible under California’s inflexible rules.
4) The California regulations would all but eliminate E85 vehicles because they don’t meet that state’s super ultralow emissions standard.
5) Finally, the California board’s regulations cover everything from big trucks to leaf blowers, which, under the Minnesota bill, would also be subject to California regulation.
So, tell us again how this is such a great deal!!!
Posted by Mel (anonymous) on April 3, 2008 at 2:12 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Thank you lookitup, I'm sure you missed many things that would be a real pain to comply with. We do not need CA rules here.
Posted by heewayne (anonymous) on April 3, 2008 at 8:31 p.m. (Suggest removal)
last time I checked I lived in MINNESOTA not CALIFONIA!!
What the hell are our elected officials thinking!!!!!
Posted by Mel (anonymous) on April 4, 2008 at 9:03 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Only a few voted for it, a couple of them from the cities area wrote it. But why did they even bring it up?
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