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Some soccer moms will have to give up hulking SUVs. Carpenters will still haul materials around in pickup trucks, but they will cost more. Nearly everybody else will drive smaller cars, and more of them will run on electricity. The higher mileage and ...

Barack Obama reveals dramatic new emissions standards for US cars - Times Online
President Obama put Americans on notice yesterday that their love affair with gas-guzzling cars must end, by announcing dramatic new standards on emissions and fuel efficiency. Mr Obama set out the first nationwide rules for exhaust emissions and ...

Cars Wont All Shrink Under Obamas Fuel Plan, Automakers Say - Bloomberg
May 20 (Bloomberg) -- Automakers say they wont have to overhaul their technology or flood the U.S. with tiny cars buyers may not want under President Barack Obama s standards for fuel economy and greenhouse-gas emissions. Even as they face more ...