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[The Truth About Cars] New Federal Fuel Economy Rules Challenge Mathaletes, True ...: The day after the president told the world that his administration is ignoring public opinion and re-bailing out Chrysler and GM, the Chief Executive’s minions have revealed their new Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) targets. “The regulation would have the effect of a fleetwide fuel economy of 34.5 mpg by 2015.” Environmentalists have pronounced themselves satisfied .

[Automotive News - Automaker News Feeds] White House to announce hike in fuel-economy standards ...: They stem from a U.S. energy law, enacted in December 2007, that will lift standards 40 percent by 2020 to a fleetwide average of at least 35 mpg. faces an April 1 deadline to set the new standard for the 2011 model year.

[Jalopnik] CAFE Fuel Economy Standards To Increase 8% To 27.3 MPG For 2011 [I ...: The Obama administration's 2011 model year standard will require the nation's cars and trucks to meet a fleet average of 27.3 MPG — that's 8 percent above the 2010 model year requirement of 25.3 MPG, an administration official confirmed Thursday night.

[Autoblog] Worse or Worser: Automakers consider new mpg standard to prevent ...: These mandatory MPG numbers will have the effect of limiting our choice in autos. It would be much better - if politically untenable - to tax engine size like they do in Europe and Japan, and let the market decide what cars to buy.

[newsrackblog.com] White House, Congress press for improved CAFE standards: assuming more realistic projected gas prices (the so-called “EIA high price gas scenario”) would have made a 35mpg fleetwide fuel economy  by 2015 cost-effective.  He also notes NHTSA’s undue reliance on auto industry estimates of technologies’ costs and benefits —

[Compass] Compass: Reportback on the NHTSA Hearing: NHTSA proposes to raise the fuel economy ofcars and light trucks to a combined average of 31.6 mpg for Model Year 2015. While this increase is more than half of whatis required to meet the floor of 35 mpg by 2020 set in the EISA, NHTSA fails totake full advantage of available fuel saving technologies, and fails to fullyand fairly evaluate the benefits of greenhouse gas emission reductions.

[HybridBlog] HybridBlog: Recess Rantings from the Automakers: The standard in question would set a 35 mile-per-gallon (mpg) fleetwide average target for 2020. If fully implemented, the standard would save American drivers billions of dollars at the pump, cut hundreds of millions of tons of global warming pollution, and generate tens of thousands of new jobs, according to the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS).

[Compass] Compass: More on the clean cars rule release: Thegood news is that Transportation Secretary Mary Peters has proposed a timelinethat gets us to 31.6mpg by 2015 - more than half of the progress needed to meetthe minimum mandated by Congress by the program’s midpoint. The disappointing side (you know, the feelingthat comes after you’ve ripped off the shiny, promising wrapping paper andfound green tube socks) is that the minimum is all we’re set to achieve withthese targets.

[Green Car Congress] Green Car Congress: Study: Minnesota Can Achieve Transportation ...: The study also found that the study found that a feebate policy in Minnesota, if enacted with other Midwest states so that the fleet size would be comparable to California’s, could cut emissions significantly. A $180 feebate based on a 30 mpg pivot point would reduce LDV fleet-wide emissions by about 17% in 2016 (compared with 2002).

[Our Blog] CAFE changes in limbo « Star Auto Authority Blog: The energy law, enacted in December 2007, requires standards to go up 40 percent by 2020 to a fleetwide average of at least 35 mpg.The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration proposed a rule for 2011-15 model years, raising standards by about 25 percent by the end of that period at an estimated cost of about $47 billion to the industry. The Bush administration had promised a final rule by the end of 2008.

[Sciencegeekgirl] sciencegeekgirl » Myth: Fuel efficiency at the low end of the ...: If SUVs had to be included in fleet fuel economy calculations (CAFE standards require a fleetwide average economy of 28 MPG, I believe, but trucks are not included in that calculation), the Big 3 would have to make smaller, lighter, more efficient SUVs the norm, which would, as Geekdad says, make a huge difference in our national petroleum consumption.

[Mcauleysworld's Weblog] CAFE, Auto Sales & Double Standards « Mcauleysworld’s Weblog: “The new minimum CAFE standard of 35 mpg (6.7 L/100 km) in 2020 and additional pressure from California and 15 other states to limit carbon dioxide is part of what may force Chrysler LLC to jettison its Viper high-performance model,” Wards reported after a chinwag with GM Car Czar Bob Lutz. “”˜Setting lower CO2 limits would equal setting CAFE at 43 mpg (5.5 L/100 km),’ Lutz says.

[Switchboard, from NRDC] Switchboard, from NRDC :: Liz Barratt-Brown's Blog :: New fuel ...: we took a look at the fuel economy savings under EISA and calculated that together, the improvements to CAFE and to medium and heavy duty vehicles (M&HDV) yield a savings of 184 million metric tons of carbon dioxide in the year 2020 or a cumulative savings of 700 million metric tons between 2011, when the fuel economy requirements start taking effect, and 2020, the year when they are in full effect.  

[The Sietch Blog] The Sietch Blog » The New Senate Energy Bill - CAFE Standards ...: 35 miles per gallon isn’t that much, if they really wanted to be bold they would have gone to at least 45 mpg. However it took an 11th hour compromise just to get 35, my guess is big auto and big oil called in a lot of favors on this one.

[Smart Growth Around America] Smart Growth Around America » Blog Archive » Energy, smart growth ...: “Raise Fuel Economy Standards: American cars and trucks are less efficient than they were two decades ago, despite the corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards. Standards in China, Japan, and the European Union are between 40 and 100 percent higher.

[Community Solutions Blog] Plan C Bailout Strategy - Dealing with Cars : Community Solutions Blog: Removing the gluttonous oil resource use by the USA and Capitalist automotive oriented allies would slowly rescind the need for the hegemonic occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan, and a world acting in concert would stand much better prospects for peace.

[AutoblogGreen] Click and Clack say 35 mpg limit is just right for new CAFE ...: CAFE has been an unadulterated failure. It has made cars less safe (if a Yaris has an impact with a tractor trailer, who wins ?), and had adverse impact on the auto manufacturer's product lines, forcing them to build cars that people don't want and won't buy in order to meet the whims of the Congress.

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