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New CAFE Fuel Economy Standards Not as Big a Change as You Think
May 21st, 2009 by Ross Edwards
Earlier this week, President Obama officially moved the deadline for the new CAFE standards up from 2020 to 2016. The new standards will require each manufacturer to increase its fleet’s average fuel economy by 5% each year in order to meet the standards. That will really mean an average fuel economy of 23 mpg, not 35.5.
Edmunds Inside Line has pointed out that the CAFE fuel economy ratings are different from the EPA ones, which are more widely used. The EPA numbers, which are used by carmakers’ websites and posted on a new car’s window sticker, are much lower and more realistic than CAFE numbers. The 39 mpg CAFE mileage requirement for cars corresponds to about 29 EPA mpg. Likewise, the mileage requirement for trucks is much lower than it looks, the new requirements will be just 23 EPA mpg.
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Still a change, and a step in the right direction, but it's not some unattainable goal.
21 May 2009, 08:43 am
New CAFE Fuel Economy Standards Not as Big a Change as You Think
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