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Why Can't Our Cars Get Better Mileage?

One reason is that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration underestimates the price of gas
By Dawn Stover Posted 07.03.2008 at 2:26 pm 27 Comments

In April, the U.S. Secretary of Transportation proposed new CAFE (corporate average fuel economy) standards that would increase the average efficiency of passenger cars and light trucks by 4.5 percent per year from 2011 to 2015. A lot of people wondered why the federal government wasn't aiming higher.

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Crash Your Car

By Dawn Stover Posted 09.17.2007 at 9:34 am 1 Comment

Want to see what would happen to your car in a crash? Enter your vehicle's make, model and year to watch a Consumer Reports crash test.—Dawn Stover

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