Better Quailty Cars Will Be Sold to Us
Better Quailty Cars Will Be Sold to Us Automotive Keeping consumer interest in mind, the government has also kept the standards low enough to ensure that any extra cost paid for the improved technology can be recouped from better mileage over 2-3 years even after the tougher norms kick in by 2020. After 2015, manufacturers will not be allowed to sell models that fall below the government's 'one star' rating forcing the companies to produce better cars. The way the standards are defined the companies would have to ensure that they sell enough efficient cars that they meet the corporate fleet average standard set by the government for 2015 and then for 2020. At the moment, the top ten manufacturers with combined sales of over 96% of the market have an average fuel efficiency of 16.42 km per litre. By 2015, this will be improved to 18.15 km per litre and by 2020, this will have to be ratcheted up to 20.79 km per litre on average. After beyond 4 years of wrangling, ...