Posted on 10/01/2010 9:59:12 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Should new cars be required to get 62 mpg by 2025? That's one scenario under an Obama administration notice filed Friday for drafting mileage standards covering the period from 2017 to 2025.
The fleet of new vehicles may need to meet a standard set somewhere from a low of 47 mpg to a high of 62 mpg, the administration said in its notice of intent.
An initial assessment shows the additional costs for producing high-mileage vehicles ranges from $800 to $3,500, its notice stated, but that cost could be "higher" when a more detailed analysis is completed.
The notice added, however, that the changes would lead to "lifetime savings due to reduced fuel costs of about $5,000 to over $7,000."
The move is framed as a way of attacking climate change, reducing U.S. dependency on foreign oil and growing the economy through cleaner energy jobs.
The administration's "notice of intent" was released by the Transportation Department and the Environmental Protection Agency, laying the groundwork for a proposal to be issued next year and approved sometime in 2012...
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The lifetime savings are only 5-7000 bucks? That’s it?
I don’t think they’ll even make that, given fuel prices will ultimately increase.
As fule prices inc rease the potential savings increaase
I am all for higher gas milage- i would never buy acar with less than 40 mpg- but it wont happen by govt fiat unless they force them to stop addig all the things that drain gas milage and cause them to have to build 6000 pound cars
I guess they think 63 mpg is an unreasonable demand.
Why not make it 100mpg? 200? It’s just as likely to occur.
How about passing a law that all cars get infinite mpg?
Idiots. They think that laws trump physical reality.
They’re gonna make us into Cuba with everyone driving 20 year old cars, because nobody can afford the new ones. These people have to be stopped.
Given the assumptions that the gov’t uses when they calculate “fuel mileage” for the current crop of hybrids, this shouldn’t be a problem. They just assert a certain driving profile that results in whatever mileage figure that they want. IOW’s — assume that your employer will allow you to plug your car in — or assume that your commute is no more than 10 miles — or assume that it’s all downhill, BOTH WAYS.
Going to be tough to tow a boat or camper with numbers like that.
There will be only about 5 cars manufactured in 2025. 1 of those cars will be available for Muslims-only, and the others will be Chinese and Indian. They will get 67 mpg, and environmentalists will pat themselves on the back.
And the super-rich will drive them because the rest of the world is lined up at the back of a RedCross truck, now dispatched and sponsored by China.
“Why not make it 100mpg? 200? It’s just as likely to occur.”
Brought to you by the same people who believe that there are these “pills” that can turn water into gasoline, but Big Oil is keeping it secret.
This sort of thing demonstrates how badly this country has gone down the toilet in math and science education.
If you want that kind of mileage, something has to go: weight (=safety, exponential expense to reduce), size, emissions, or features (A/C).
F them!
I own a 2006 Honda Civic Hybrid.
Lifetime MPG currently showing on my car is 56.8
Last gas tanks was 724 miles on 11 gallons = 63 mpg.
Sticker on the car showed 40-45mpg when bought.
I was thinking the same thing. Why doesn’t the government mandate a perpetual motion machine powered SUV that’s 100% safe, produces gumdrops for exhaust, and costs nothing?
Thank you for that eloquent contribution to the subject at hand.
Dang, we’ll all be driving cars made of rice paper and powred by watch batteries.
” i would never buy acar with less than 40 mpg”
I have no idea what mileage my 2008 Shelby GT500 gets, nor do I care. There are still enthusiasts out here who value styling, performance and handling.
If you have ONE car (the Volt) which gets 100 mpg, and FOUR cars (that people actually want to buy) which get 25 MPG, then your "fleet average" for the five cars is 40 mpg.
That's all. The trick is hyping the junk vehicles so that enough people can be convinced that they're worth buying.
Someone should tell Hopey the Clown that we can get 1200 miles to the gallon. Since they didn’t cover that information in “community organizing”, “taking money from Rezko” or “faux college law journal editor”, he’s sure to believe it...
Yes, like the Presidential Escalade fleet.
Wonder if the 60 miles a gallon covers those, or just the peasantry?
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