print email comment close Analyst: Big Three Still Lag on Fuel Efficiency URL: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=91371638 Description: This June 2008 article and accompanying radio program discusses how Detroit's Big Three automakers (Chrysler, Ford, and General Motors) have not anticipated the need for more fuel efficient cars as well as Japanese car companies have. The article notes that "American manufacturers are making more fuel-efficient cars overseas than they are selling here." Also describes planned U.S. innovation such as the Chevy Volt (a gas/electric hybrid plug-in). From National Public Radio (NPR). Publisher: National Public Radio (NPR) Extra Keywords GM fuel economy LII Database Information: Record 27168 created by Maria Brandt on 11/11/2008 Last modification on 11/26/2008 Published: 11/27/2008   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/27168