{"id":11,"date":"2010-10-02T03:17:09","date_gmt":"2010-10-02T11:17:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/tommychen\/?p=11"},"modified":"2010-12-04T18:55:23","modified_gmt":"2010-12-05T02:55:23","slug":"detroit-is-not-only-behind-in-fuel-economy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/tommychen\/2010\/10\/02\/detroit-is-not-only-behind-in-fuel-economy\/","title":{"rendered":"Detroit is not only behind in fuel economy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/sg.wsj.net\/public\/resources\/images\/MK-BG500_FUEL_NS_20101001175633.gif\" alt=\"[FUEL]\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/article\/SB10001424052748703859204575525963701140270.html?mod=rss_whats_news_us_business\">http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/article\/SB10001424052748703859204575525963701140270.html?mod=rss_whats_news_us_business<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Front Stage?<\/p>\n<p>The government-owned automaker General Motors Co. has just announced its fuel economy development goal up to 2025 for its SUV.\u00a0 Their most aggressive approach would push the fuel economy target to 62 miles a gallon (MPG), which is highly encouraged by environmentalists and Mr. Obama.<\/p>\n<p>Can GM reach its goal in 2025? With an additional cost between $2,800 and $3,500 to a vehicle, GM can even reach its goal next year. Toyota, one of GM\u2019s biggest competitors, has the prius model which gives a MPG of 51 and costs way less than GM\u2019s future 62 MPG SUV.<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/article\/SB10001424052748703882404575519773455335584.html?KEYWORDS=Toyota<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.geniusreviews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/tata-nano-is-greener-than-most-cars_58102.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Back Stage.<\/p>\n<p>While GM still worries about its fuel economy, Tata Nano\u2019s has already come up with a plan to invade Northern America\u2019s automobile market.\u00a0 Again, Toyota finds its way to save its market share from future Nano\u2019s invasion \u2013 trying out minicars with Japan\u2019s largest minivehicle seller on its biggest market.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tuningnews.net\/news\/071121\/eibach_daihatsu_cuore.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>[youtube]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2o9OMO_rveM[\/youtube]<\/p>\n<p>GM is not only fallen behind in fuel economy, but everything. As one of Detroit\u2019s leaders, GM should start to question itself why this happen. In my opinion, one thing that determine the difference between GM and Toyota is system.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/article\/SB10001424052748703859204575525963701140270.html?mod=rss_whats_news_us_business Front Stage? The government-owned automaker General Motors Co. has just announced its fuel economy development goal up to 2025 for its SUV.\u00a0 Their most aggressive approach would push the fuel economy target to 62 miles a gallon (MPG), which is highly encouraged by environmentalists and Mr. Obama. Can GM reach its goal in 2025? [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2777,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[720],"class_list":["post-11","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-analysis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/tommychen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/tommychen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/tommychen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/tommychen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2777"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/tommychen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/tommychen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/tommychen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11\/revisions\/15"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/tommychen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/tommychen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/tommychen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}