Study finds 2008 recession contributed to increase in age of US LDV fleet, slowing of emission reductions
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 29, 2014
The 2008 recession exacerbated this trend; nationwide light-duty vehicles sales for 2009 models were 21% less than in 2008 and 35% less than 2007 pre-recession levels—the fewest new vehicles sold in the United States since the early 1980s. —Bishop and Stedman (2014). 29% higher for carbon monoxide; 9? Bishop and Donald H.
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