Posted on 06/26/2011 8:19:18 AM PDT by Pontiac
The Obama administration is considering a fleetwide average of 56.2 miles per gallon for all new cars and trucks sold in the U.S. by 2025, two people briefed on the matter said. The proposal would roughly double current fuel-economy targets, and would likely raise the price of some cars by several thousand dollars. The proposal isn't final, and could be adjusted over the next several weeks as regulators prepare a formal draft to send to White House budget officials. The administration has said previously that it is looking at requiring cars average between 47 and 62 mpg by 2025. The fuel-mileage targets would be accompanied by stringent rules to reduce vehicle emissions of greenhouse gases. Environmental groups and the state of California have pressed for the 62 mpg target or something close to that, while the industry has lobbied for a target on the lower end of the administration's range. The targets for 2025 would build on the administration's requirement that autos average 35.5 mpg by 2016. U.S. officials are expected to release their final numbers for 2017-2025 in September.
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This is a bunch of bs...the automakers already know how vaporization technology can get over 100 mpg’s and have for sometime now. Maybe Obama does not know that...I the auto makers are too tied at the hip with the oil companies to decrease their profits by at least 3x. Charles Pogue in Canada actually got 205 mpg’s in a large sedan...the oil stock dropped at verified news of that...was in the 30’s. THey took care of him...made him a millionaire and shelved the product. Before anyone cries conspiracy nut...do some research first!
The reality is that it will force the auto makers to sell more cars that no one wants which means selling them at a loss or with huge government subsidies.
Cars that can get that mileage that high will be tiny little boxes; essentially fully enclosed motorcycles.
The cars will be death traps and another drain on the public coffers because they will be very expensive to produce for what they offer the consumer and the government will have to subsidies them to make them sellable just like the Volt.
One thing that such a car will not be is a highbred. A car that gets that kind of mileage will not be dragging around a heavy battery. As you say the Obama administration has not repealed the laws of physics (yet).
EXCELLENT
Scottie correctly stated “I canna change the Laws of Physics”
drilling and using OUR OWN DAMN OIL is what is and will be popular ......... anyday
They want to force us all onto their "public transportation" systems where Eric Holder's people can have access to us and give us our just desserts.
If they actually succeeded in doing this I think the general public would change their mind about the constitutionality of concealed carry of firearms.
And of course if the general population changed their mind the Dims would suddenly have always been in favor of CCW.
It looks like a piggy bank.
I thought we were ALL going to be driving Volts and gas would be outlawed by them? /sarc
Sure,and I'm eyeing being the quarterback of the Green Bay Packers.
100 mpg carburetor bump.
Mythbusters is incorrect..do some research. Just because it was on tv does not make it right! come on now...
Use the ancient greek unit of distance, the stadium which is 1/10 mile. Now we get 562 stadia per gallon.
Dr Huer
It’s kind of disgusting that a president in 2011 can say what we HAVE to have 14 years down the road. Technology will take care of things, O’Bama, without your mandates.
FUBO
and why not...
FUJM
It’s a piggy bank
...and wealth destruction, too as all of the factory tooling, investment in marketing brands and dealer infrastructure to support large, safe, comfortable vehicles is being eradicated before the investment can be amortized over planned future sales.
Meanwhile we are treated to Government Motors’ Cadillac ads for their “New American Standard for the World,” the 557 HP CTS-V which gets 12 mpg with its ground-breaking feature being...wait for it...windshield wipers which don't lift of the windshield at 190 MPH! Does Obama and his Greenie gang know about this?
Of course, the team that developed the vehicle was disbanded when Obama took over, so there will be no follow-on development for the “new standard” of performance. The next GM vehicle with windshield wipers that don't lift off the glass at 190 mph will be...never!
The new GM president appointed by the Obama and UAW packed board last week began begging for a huge gasoline tax to force consumers to consider trading in their big, comfortable cars and trucks for the eco-clown cars GM is now tooling up to build under Obama mandates. Good luck!
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