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Auto Emissions (and fuel economy) in Russia versus the USA
"Russia has only started studying the problem. Until 2006, Russian emission standards were lagging years behind the European norms. But in April 2006, Russia banned the import and production of cars below the Euro-2 standard. Under the law, Euro-3 will be enforced on January 1, 2008 and Euro-4 in 2010. The law provides for transition to Euro-5 in 2014, which is hard to imagine. The Russian industry is still trying to match the Euro-3 and Euro-4 standards, and even Europe, which supplies Russia with the bulk of imported cars, has just adopted Euro-4 en masse."
http://en.rian.ru/analysis/20070820/72629937.html
In 2005 Russia was behind the USA in emissions and fuel economy. So it appears that by 2010 they will be close to matching the EU with CO2 emissions in the range of 140 g/km and approaching fuel economies of 44 mpg(US) combined average for new production fleet average.
Well ... Russia will have 44 mpg by 2010 ... and Detroit will be providing 25 mpg average for all light vehicles if WE are lucky. The American auto industry should be embarrassed.