“The US is starting the push from far behind in the race. New cars in the country are still, on average, 50 per cent heavier than Europe’s cars, and have 75 per cent more power than Europe’s,” Lee Schipper, transportation expert at the University of California, Berkeley, said.

“The US is starting the push from far behind in the race. New cars in the country are still, on average, 50 per cent heavier than Europe’s cars, and have 75 per cent more power than Europe’s,” Lee Schipper, transportation expert at the University of California, Berkeley, said.

The White House plan to curb fuel use and greenhouse gases from America’s fleet of cars and trucks is “a great first step after eight years of wandering,” said Lee Schipper, an energy and transportation maven with joint appointments at Stanford and the University of California, Berkeley.

The White House plan to curb fuel use and greenhouse gases from America’s fleet of cars and trucks is “a great first step after eight years of wandering,” said Lee Schipper, an energy and transportation maven with joint appointments at Stanford and the University of California, Berkeley.