Ed Markey Quotes

Back in the mid-1970s, we adopted some fairly ambitious goals to improve efficiency of our cars. What did we get? We got a tremendous boost in efficiency.

Everyone would have bigger and safer cars if they didn't have those CAFE standards: corporate average fuel economy.

S.U.V.'s are under a lot of scrutiny these days, and yet the S.U.V. buyer is a very loyal lot.

Turning your engine off while sitting in your car is not only a no brainer, but it can also lead to peace on earth... in my neighborhood, anyway.

If you have to improve your fuel efficiency every year, it leads to innovation.

If you can't buy a hybrid car, your first question should be, 'What is the fuel economy of this car?'

You have to wait six months to purchase a fuel efficient automobile made from overseas.

Modern cars I don't like so much.

Motorists who want to save money on gas will demand and buy more fuel-efficient vehicles. We should not limit their freedom with more government regulations.

Is fuel efficiency really what we need most desperately? I say that what we really need is a car that can be shot when it breaks down.

Pickups, S.U.V.'s, vans and the like represent about 80 million vehicles, with mileage of perhaps 13 to 16 miles per gallon. Converting those should be our first priority.

Conserving fuel is fine, and it was great in the past. The problem is that the drivers don't have to do it. It's all done electronically. You sit there, and it saves fuel for you, and that defeats the purpose.

The problem is, is that President Bush and the Republican leadership in the Congress have resisted attempts to increase dramatically our fuel economy standards over the last five years.

I love driving. I still drive a 1993 Toyota Camry. I do want to get an electric car, but it's less of a carbon footprint if you keep your old, fuel-efficient car on the road than if you say 'build me a whole new car.'

Vehicle emissions standards directly sparked the development and application of a wide range of automotive technologies that are now found throughout the global automobile market.

Automobile efficiency is the ballgame of energy security of the country.

The whole purpose of CAFE standards is to make cars more efficient that people are actually buying.

The Chinese love Ford's product line: they love the quality, the fuel-efficiency, the safety, the brand.

I don't see anything changing about our desire for quality and fuel efficiency and safety and smart design, no matter what the vehicle size.

Can we achieve 140 mpg fuel economy? You bet. Just get the bureaucrats out of the way, and Yankee ingenuity will do the rest.

It's really important that we have an improvement curve on fuel mileage and CO2 reduction.

Having one national standard for mpg and CO2 is extremely important.

Today, you get better performance from a Ford Focus than a Ferrari from the mid-70s. [The Focus] is just as fast and with better fuel economy. It's fun to see supercar technology trickle down to everyday cars.

Auto emission is hazardous and has to be controlled.

I've got a Range Rover. It's brilliant actually but it's manual.