The future of the car

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From the Los Angeles Times

Ford introduced seat belts in the 1950's, they did not sell. All CAFE standards did was result in lighter cars and heavier SUV's. Congress raised the CAFE standards to 35 mpg by 2020 but because GM has dropped SUV's the avg mpg will be 35 long before that. Regulation also gave us the ignition disconnect until the seat belt was buckled and ethanol.

Max Plank @ 11:16 AM PDT, Aug 22, 2008
Where will the electricity to recharge all of those cars come from on a windless night? The Chevy Volt will have a sticker price of over $40,000.

Max Plank @ 8:09 AM PDT, Aug 22, 2008
If we went strictly with free market forces, here is a list of things on cars we would never have gotten because the car industry did not want them: Seat Belts Air Bags Better Gas Mileage (CAFE standards) Catalytic Converters (cleaner air)

List of Improvement due to Regulation @ 9:32 PM PDT, Aug 21, 2008

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