Snopes: Is Volkswagen’s 300 MPG Car Banned in the U.S.?
Is the federal government preventing Volkswagen’s XL1 model car from being sold in the U.S. because the vehicle is too fuel-efficient?
“And if one buys into the conspiracy theory that the government and Big Oil are colluding to keep high-mileage vehicles off the U.S. market in order to protect profits from gasoline says, one has to wonder why those powerful and malevolent entities aren’t doing anything to stop sales of cars produced by Tesla…”
(For the record, while Tesla has faced opposition, it’s not from the oil industry over their fuel source, but from car dealerships over their sales practices.)