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Toyota pressured to go green
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The environmentalists are pressuring Toyota to switch sides in the debate about the fuel economy.
Being a member of the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, Toyota, who used the hybrid Prius to increase its green image, is agreeing with its rivals from America – General Motors, Chrysler and Ford – being against stronger fuel-economy standards.
`Congress is negotiating an energy bill that could raise the fuel economy standard to 35 miles per gallon, a move that would save America 1.2 million barrels of oil each day by 2020 - more than we import from Saudi Arabia` said Deron Lovaas – the director of the Natural Resources Defense Council (environmental activist group).
`But Toyota has joined forces with General Motors, Ford, Chrysler, and other automakers in an attempt to derail what would be the first improvement in fuel economy standards in nearly 20 years`.
`Why is Toyota , a company that can make a car that gets 55 miles per gallon today, fighting a 35-mpg standard?` Lovaas asked. `As the world`s largest automaker and inventor of the best-selling hybrid car on the market, Toyota has a responsibility to lead, follow or get out of the way as Congress debates the first substantial fuel-economy boost in decades` she said.
`Shamefully, Toyota has joined forces with older automakers` she continued.
`There`s a much better bill before Congress - a bill that would require a sharp increase in fuel economy standards in a responsible manner that would help our industry and preserve American jobs` said Ron Gettelfinger – UAW president. `That would be the biggest increase ever since CAFE standards were first implemented in the 1970s`.
`But unlike other, more extreme proposals, the Hill-Terry bill would phase in these requirements over a reasonable period between now and 2022. That gives automakers sufficient time to re-tool their plants to shift towards more fuel efficient vehicles` Gettelfinger continued.
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