EarthGarage: 62 MPG by 2025?
Is it possible that we could see mileages as impressive as 62 mpg in as little as 14 years? According to the green-minded gang (and frequent askpatty.com contributors) at earthgarage.com, it's entirely possible. Here's the scoop: You may not know this (I didn't), but there's a law that says that cars and trucks have to acheive a certain level of fuel economy. It was first introduced under President Ford in 1975, the requirements have been tweaked a bit since its introduction but the numbers have remained largely the same since then. Car makers are required to hold to a standard of 27.5 MPG, and light trucks to 19.5 MPG. We've been meeting these standards since the mid-seventies, so it's safe to say we had the bar set pretty low. Cut to 2010: The Obama administration is changing this particular law for the first time since 1990. His original standards called for the figure quoted in the headline: 62 MPG by 2025, and the auto industry didn't take it lying down. The new agreed-upon standard gives us a 30% boost in required fuel economy by 2016; that means new cars will have to meet a standard of 35.5 MPG by then. But even still, the 62 MPG figure is still well within reach, with developments in Hybrid cars, lighter building materials, and apparently a Volkswagen that can travel 313 miles on a single gallon of diesel, it seems like our bar may still be set pretty low. Read the whole article over at EarthGarage
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