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Fuel-Efficiency List: All Locally-Made Cars Get Zero

Vehicle ownership per 1,000 people is 200 in Iran and 600 in Germany, but it is rather baffling that gasoline consumption in the latter is almost the same as the former
Fuel-Efficiency List: All Locally-Made Cars Get Zero
Fuel-Efficiency List: All Locally-Made Cars Get Zero

Gasoline consumption has reached an unprecedented average of 90 million liters per day and substandard cars are definitely the major contributors to the worsening air pollution and related problems, former deputy director of the Majlis Research Center said Tuesday.
"If all domestically-made cars are sent to the scrap yard and replaced by foreign brands, gasoline consumption will decrease by as much as 40 million liters per day," Mohammadreza Mohammadkhani was quoted as saying by IRNA.
According to data released by Iran Standards and Quality Inspection Company none of the locally-made cars were found fit for Energy Label A (the most efficient). The quality of eight brands was so poor that they were not even given Energy Label G (the least efficient). 

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