It would increase the average fuel economy mandates 40 percent to 35 miles per gallon for cars and trucks combined by 2020, with four percent annual increases through 2030. Meanwhile, Sue Cischke, the Ford Motor Co. Daniel Inouye, said that he was open to an alternative. Take a grip on the Honda door handle to manage a bumpy and heated journey., the lead sponsor of the Senate fuel economy increase.Alan Reuther, the United Auto Workers' chief lobbyist, was earlier quoted saying: "I believe the Big Three will endorse the Levin bill because it has CAFE increases that are economically feasible.

The Levin bill is a more reasonable approach. The alliance is also considering another campaign to back the Levin compromise bill.The Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, which represents domestic automakers and the Toyota Motor Corp." Levin's proposal was derailed by at least a day as he hammered out language. "We are going to come out in support of the Levin bill," Toyota spokeswoman Martha Voss said last Wednesday. Christopher Bond, R-Mo. "Nobody can meet those targets right now," she said. On Wednesday, nearly a dozen senators held a press conference to condemn the domestic automakers. "We all have the same technology tool kit. The automakers said that such a dramatic increase would cost them billions.

The meetings include some with key lawmakers who could be significant to Fords effort to beat back a Senate energy bill that includes a Commerce Committee proposal. senior vice president of sustainability, environment and dishwasher motors safety engineering, was to meet with about a half-dozen legislators.

He added some in Congress "think we're either incompetent, dishonest or lazy and I'm not sure which of those I want to be. "The fact of the matter is that Detroit has done nothing about mileage efficiency for the past 20 years and the time has come. The ads, aimed at opposing the Senate proposal bill, were disseminated in eleven states."Next week, the mounting heat of fuel mandates will intensify.Troy Clarke, the president of General Motors Corp."The alliance has spent $1 million over ad campaigns in May. Carl Levins compromise fuel economy proposal that would raise fuel economy standards but not as drastically as a bill on the Senate floor.