The White House has already elevated CAFÉ requirements this year. There is talk they’ll raise them again, to 60 miles per gallon by 2025. Current CAFE standards mandate that auto makers hit 35.5 miles per gallon by 2016. The way those requirements work is not really the mileage from any one model of car made by a car maker. It is the average of all models a vehicle maker produces. The mileage is also not the actual mileage, however rather an equivalent of gas mileage for the amount of emissions.
A new norm getting set
One of the platforms that Obama ran for president on was improving energy standards. The White House already passed regulations that raise fuel standards to 35.5 mpg by 2016. The White House has decided to raise them again, reports USA Today . By 2025, the goal could be up to 60 miles per gallon if it goes through. The requirements aren’t required yet. There are nevertheless things that have to change. The standards wouldn’t even be passed until 2011 or 2012 for the CAFÉ standards.
How standards are determined
The fuel economy standards are known as CAFE expectations, or Corporate Average Gas mileage. CAFE Standards, according to Wikipedia, do not dictate what every car model has to get. Instead, it is an average of the usual fuel consumption of each and every automobile a manufacturer has on the road. The regulations were first passed in 1975. The last significant CAFE standard increase was in 1990, when standards were raised to 27.5 miles per gallon. In 2011 there can be a rise of these expectations again. It will go up to 30.2 mpg.
What’s intended with the legislation
The law would be used for making automakers follow a certain patter. More electric cars and hybrids would have to be made. There are several catches, of course. Purchasing a whole new car isn’t all that easy. Most can’t even afford it. Hybrid and electric cars need to make changes. They aren’t up to lots of different tasks. A full sized pickup is car lots of individuals require for work. It is large enough to tow heavy loads and large enough to get into hard to reach places.
Citations
USA Today
content.usatoday.com/communities/driveon/post/2010/09/60-mpg-required-by-2025—/1
Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporate_Average_Fuel_Economy
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