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FOR DECADES, automakers have sought to gain competitive intel by painstakingly disassembling rival carmakers' products to divine their strengths and weaknesses. It is a process that one former car-company engineer [...]

RECENT CASES OF 'MISSTATED' fuel economy involving Ford, GM, Hyundai, and Mercedes-Benz have this in common: All were caught by the EPA during audits of data submitted by the manufacturers [...]

The article reports that building codes and traffic-engineering norms govern every detail from ramp slopes to how the spaces are arranged and are frequently in conflict with budgets and the desire to maximize vehicle capacity, traffic flow, safety, and aesthetics. It mentions that two way traffic offers drivers greater freedom of movement but at lower traffic speeds.

The article presents information on the manipulation of fuel economy data by car manufacturers in the U.S. Topics include the involvement of companies such as Mercedes-Benz, Ford, and Hyundai, the absence of monitoring procedures by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) due to lack of personnel, facilities, and funding, and the role of dynamometer tests prescribed by the EPA with road-load coefficients.