Better Gas Mileage Would Help U.S. Automakers

This article reports that U.S. automakers could turn losses to profits by improving the fuel-economy. Failure to do so, however, will lose business to foreign carmakers and cost domestic companies billions of dollars. A study by the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute examined three possible gas prices ranging from $2 to $3.10 a gallon. If U.S. manufacturers could incorporate a proactive strategy by using off-the-shelf technology to achieve even higher than mandated increases in fuel economy these automakers could narrow their disadvantage against Japanese automakers substantially. A proactive fuel-economy strategy could also same some 35,000 jobs. The author of the study warns that Detroit must make a great transformation quickly to fuel-efficient fleets to avoid going out of business.

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• Publication Date: 2007-1

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: pp 6-8
• Serial:
  • UMTRI Research Review
  • Volume: 38
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute
  • ISSN: 0739-7100

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobile industry; Competition; Fuel consumption; Gasoline; Range (Vehicles); Vehicle performance
• Subject Areas: Energy; Highways; Vehicles and Equipment; I96: Vehicle Operating Costs;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01052217
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
• Files: BTRIS, TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 21 2007 2:40PM