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STLtoday - California hybrid plan is unfair to Escape SUV, Ford complains
   FORD is complaining that new legislation in California allowing persons driving by themselves in gas/electric hybrid cars that get over 45mpg may use the "high occupancy vehicle" lanes. At the moment the only cars that get that milage are Japanese cars, so Ford contends this amounts to a "Buy Japanese" law.
   That's a crock of crap as I see it. The fact is that right now American auto makers lag behind in fuel conservation technology and that's their own fault. More power to the folks in Japan who took the initiative to create more fuel efficient vehicles.