House nixes light-truck fuel efficiency plan
The House of Representatives today voted 269 to 160 against an amendment that would have required SUVs, minivans and light trucks to meet the same higher fuel mileage requirements of passenger cars in six years. Under the amendment, U.S. automakers would have been forced to improve fuel efficiency of light trucks from the current 20.7 mpg to 27.5 mpg by 2007. Opponents of the bill said the higher