"The key" to America's lagging fuel economy standards?

Recently, I played host to a film crew from the U.K., three youngish ( sorry, gents ) guys that live mostly in or around London. Since there’s necessarily a lot of time standing around, while somebody fiddles with a camera angle or the lighting, we got talking about cars.

The subject came up, since they’d flown into San Francisco from London, and rented what they’d hoped would be a SUV capable of carrying three strapping men, their luggage, and a large quantity of professional film and sound gear to last for the three weeks they plan on driving around the Sierras.

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