"The Big three had said in order to pass the ULEV standard, cars would have to burn an ultra-clean fuel, like natural gas, which would boost the cost of cars by $2,000 or more compared to gasoline models." "Honda, however, had certified it Accord with no such caveat. Honda met the ULEV standard by adding $200 to $300 in new emission hardware - essentially a beefed up catalytic converter moved closer to the engine so it would heat up faster. Honda also became the first automaker to begin selling gasoline-powered cars under the LEV standard in October 1995," Honda has spent 100 million in advertising to promote cleaner car brand. Honda desired a cleaner engine and working on ways to cut pollution emitted. In 1971, the "Compound Vortex Controlled Combustion engine", CVCC gave Honda the capable to satisfy US Clearn Air Act emission standards. Soichiro Honda said, "At our company, let us try to clean up the exhaust gases inside the engine itself without relaying on catalytic converters." and that is exact what CVCC does. What the engine did was essential burn the fuel twice, pre-burn a portion of the fuel in a smaller chamber followed by a second burn within the cylinder. "It prolonged the burning of the gasoline air mixture, burning out more of the impurities." The N-600 came in at 42 miles per gallon and the Honda civic followed. In 1977, Honda civic CVCC was ranked first in fuel economy of all models by the EPA. Honda CRX-HF was the first vehicle to break the 50 mpg barrier. Politician, Senator Richard Bryan opposed a 4 percent mileage improvement for CAFÉ, saying, "We do not believe consumers are ready to accept such a big change in vehicle size and performance, especially when accompanied by prices increase which are inevitable." Crazy talk. Detroit counter back that the fuel efficient engines would only work in small vehicles. "If Honda would introduce in the mid-size Accord an engine that showed an improvement of 6 miles per gallon, or about 20 percent, in EPA tests, that would really get my attention as an engineer" says David Cole.[Learn More ...]