New SUVs Run Cleaner

Environment New SUVs Run Cleaner (NAPSA)—America is on the road to cleaner air, thanks to new technology that reduces emissions on sport-utility vehicles (SUVs). Seven hours on a Jet Ski produces more harmful emissions than ten years of driving an SUV. The new generation of SUVs runs cleaner than ever, as automakers produce vehicles with reduced emissions, reports the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers. Emissions control technology has advanced so rapidly that new SUVs run cleaner than 1993 cars. Starting in 2004, SUVs will drive 99 percent cleaner than 1960s cars! By comparison: e A single day of fun on the ocean creates more emissions than ten years of driving an SUV; a Jet Ski produces more emissions in only seven hours of use than a new SUV does in traveling 100,000 miles. Using a chain saw for one hour emits the same amount of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) as driving 600 miles in a typical SUV—the distance from Washington, DC to Atlanta. By 2009, all SUVs will meet the samestrict tailpipe emissions standards as passengercars.