Posted on 07/27/2011 1:24:55 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
In what will represent the administration’s biggest move on energy policy this year, President Obama on Friday will announce that his administration has struck a deal with the nation’s biggest automakers to ramp up vehicle fuel-economy standards to 54.5 miles per gallon by 2025, industry and congressional sources said. The higher standards could slash U.S. fossil-fuel emissions and oil consumption and drive major changes in U.S. auto manufacturing.
National Journal reported earlier Wednesday that industry and congressional sources said the administration was likely to make the announcement, and White House press secretary Jay Carney confirmed in his afternoon briefing that Obama would hold an event at the Washington Convention Center on Friday.
Environmentalists pushed the administration to raise the current vehicle standard of 35.5 miles per gallon to 62 mpg by 2025. Automakers, who said such a stringent standard would cripple them financially and essentially mandate production of only electric and hybrid vehicles, pushed for a standard in the range of 45 mpg.
Sources familiar with the talks say that the two sides have settled in principle on 54.5 mpg by 2025, a hike of 65 percent from today’s standards. One major reason automakers agreed to such a significant hike is because the White House said it would permit a reconsideration of the standards at a midpoint date.
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Whoda thunk it was that easy? How come he didn’t do it sooner?
For his limo?
What a guy! He just says it and it is so! FUBO!
I wonder if he has a picture of Jimma' Carter up in the Oval Office to idolize as his mentor now that HE has surpassed the destructive work of Jimma'?
News Flash! Obama to mandate Anti-Gravity Drive for all commercial airlines by 2020.
Obama orders The Weather Channel to stop rainfall in flood prone areas.
/sarc
Hell Barry, make it 600! won’t matter once the EPA and related agencies are dissolved in 2013. Make it 30000000 Basimmionmillionquadrillion!
And mandate flushless toilets in them too!
Considering these only get 35 MPG and my Buick Park Avenue gets 30MPG, I think I'll spend the money on maintaining my Park Avenue, thank you BHO...........
Good luck with that. Auto sales are already in the toilet. Forcing everyone into a volt will just make the country look like Cuba with everyone keeping their old iron running.
So let it be written, so let it be done.
So shall it be written. So shall it be done.
54.5? LMAO
As I understand it, the Obama administration has a secret group working on plans for a 250 mpg truck to be introduced by 2017.
It holds four adult passengers, but unless you’re going down hill, three will be out back pushing. The usage of gas is related to the engine actually having to be turned on idling, to still qualify as a combustion engine vehicle.
As I understand it, one option is a three-seater, but it comes without an engine. It’s reported to get the ideal mileage the conservationists were hoping for all along.
Damn! Beat me by 24 seconds.
It has a wood gasifier attached to it and gets 30 miles to the log.
Nice car.......based on the amigo’s pants in the picture he’s expecting a flood.
Bring back the 1st generation Honda CRX - darn fun car, errr, motorized skateboard.
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