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Study urges better fuel efficiency for SUVs.
Byline: David Wethe
Jul. 28--A sustained rise in oil prices could jeopardize jobs at 16 automotive plants around the country, including Arlington's General Motors factory, if manufacturers don't make their sport-utility vehicles more fuel efficient, according to a study by a New York environmental group and the University of Michigan.
GM criticized the 46-page report after its release Wednesday, questioning its basic assumption of rising fuel prices.
The study assumes that oil prices would rise from nearly $60 a barrel today to $80 at some time in the future. That would push gas prices to $2.86 a gallon, depress sales of large SUVs and prompt automakers to close plants or lay off workers, according to the report.
But Sherrie Childers Arb, director of environment and energy communications for GM, said it's wrong to assume higher oil prices.
"Our indicators show that oil will go down, not up," she said, pointing to information she gets from the federal Energy Information Agency, which is part of the Department of Energy.
By 2010, the agency expects a barrel of oil to fall to $26, she said.
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