OPINION:
Your editorial last week (“Small cars kill,” Opinion, Sunday) was unduly cynical about the impact of the new miles-per-gallon regulations for cars. The updated standards, which President Obama announced on May 19, can be met using technologies that can be applied to any vehicle, regardless of size. Furthermore, the new standards actually discourage automakers from making smaller cars as a method to comply because the standards vary by size of the vehicle. The standards also will cut our dangerous dependence on oil, save consumers money, and create clean energy jobs without sacrificing safety.
ROLAND HWANG
Vehicles policy director
Natural Resources Defense Council
San Francisco
Please read our comment policy before commenting.