I was watching the CBC evening news and there was an piece on Canadian car manufactures signing an agrement with the government to reduce automotive pollution using more new technologies. Guess who’s favorite car was directly behind the signers! It was also Bells favorite color as well! The Toyota Prius the center of attention, of course.
This was a thread awhile ago. The interesting thing is that Toyota (and others) are suing California over their clean air rules that Toyota wants to get out of. Part of their argument is it would be too difficult to sell clean cars in one part of the country while selling dirty ones elsewhere. And now here they are agreeing to sell them "elsewhere" in North America. It kinds of weakens their case in California.
As Canada has signed the Koyoto Protocal the other option is to stop selling cars in Canada. For the car companies not an option. In truth what this means is we'll probably get the California emission package instead of the 49 state federal package as we do now.
Re: Canada Car Manufacturers Sign agreement for lower poluti Frank: I wonder if the car makers can be compensated for tougher emissions requirements under Kyoto? I would *love* to see cars with California Emissions hit Canadian showrooms, then run on Canadian gas containing high levels of MMT. My Aunt and Uncle from Santa Rosa (Just north of San Fran) visited Canada in the mid 90's and drove across Canada. Their Check Engine light came on. Back in California, they needed a new O2 sensor and new catalytic converter.
new sensor and a new cat, Hmmmm ya that'd be about right. Maybe in the agreement is the elimination of MMT from CDN gasoline. It's something the manufactures have been crowing about for years, no decades.
Re: Canada Car Manufacturers Sign agreement for lower poluti CBC's MarketPlace has had a few good shows about the dangers of MMT. I find it ironic that the FTA was the legal loophole that Ethyl Corp used to stick it to us. Of course, these were the same fine folks who promised us that leaded gas was wonderful stuff too. My Aunt and Uncle were *very* p***** off after that repair. Of course, it wasn't covered by warranty. I was still living in Utah when it happened and they called to bitch and moan about it. Like I could do anything about it. It's hard living up to my "#1 Nephew" status.
Re: Canada Car Manufacturers Sign agreement for lower poluti I heard an ad on NPR radio today from some automobile retailer's group to vote no on some poposition to implement Cal emission standards in Wa state. It was really sick, saying something to the effect "Don't let the legislators tell you what kind of vehicle you can purhase. Fuel milage requirements should not be set at the state level". This is probably reference to the CAFE fleet loophole for trucks and SUVs. They are afraid those vehicles will have to meet automobile standards. I was really disgusted.
I read in the agreement that either side can opt out with 90 day's notice. Some agreement that is with a loophole that you could drive a Kenworth thru.
