There is speculation the White House will require CAFÉ requirements to rise to 60 miles per gallon by 2025. The current average is 27.5 miles per gallon, and they’re due to increase to 35.5 miles per gallon in 2016. The mileage of the requirements are decided by all models made by an auto maker being averaged. Emission levels per unit of gas consumed is also part of the formula.
Setting a whole new standard
Improving energy standards was something Obama promised to do. He even ran on this as one of his presidential platforms. 35.5 mpg can be the average for gas by 2016. This is because of White House regulations already passed. USA Today tells us the White House’s plan. It plans on raising standards again. The automakers might be required to hit 60 mpg by 2025. This would be if anything goes according to plan. However, the new standards aren’t set in stone yet. The new CAFE Standards wouldn’t pass into law until 2011 or 2012.
Selecting all of the requirements
CAFÉ expectations are the new fuel economy requirements. This stand for Corporate Average Fuel Economy. CAFE Standards, according to Wikipedia, do not dictate what every automobile model has to get. Instead, it is an average of the usual fuel consumption of each and every vehicle a manufacturer has on the road. The first regulations were passed a long time ago. In fact, it happened in 1975. 1990 was the last time CAFÉ requirements were increased. The requirement was 27.5 mpg then. There could be an increase to 30.2 miles per gallon in 2011.
The law’s intent
The reason for this law would be so automakers make more hybrids and electric cars by force. Catches always apply. Buying a new automobile is not all that easy. Most cannot even afford it. Hybrid and electric vehicles need to make changes. They aren’t up to a lot of different tasks. A full sized pickup is a vehicle lots of individuals require for work. It is big enough to tow heavy loads and large enough to get into hard to reach places.
Information from
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
