Posted on 08/10/2015 5:35:04 AM PDT by thackney
The director of the EPA’s Office of Transportation and Air Quality today shot down the notion that the agency has already decided to implement a 54.5 mpg corporate fleet average for 2025.
The average is officially proposed, but the decision to raise, lower or leave alone the 54.5 corporate fleet fuel economy average for 2025 won’t be made until after a review in 2017 and 2018. The decision is due in April 2018.
“There is a perception out here that the decision is already made,” Chris Grundler said at the CAR Management Briefing Seminars. “That is wrong. The EPA administrator makes the final decision, and he will work for the next president.”
He said that in the review the EPA will examine everything from the price of fuel to consumer acceptance of new technologies.
The process of gathering the data for the mid-term evaluation is already underway. Grundler said the EPA is studying consumer acceptance of new fuel-saving technologies, such as stop-start systems, direct fuel injection, downsized turbo engines and transmissions with more than six speeds.
Grundler said the EPA will issue a report on these technologies in June 2016. Later that year the EPA will seek public comment. And then in April 2018, EPA administrator will decide if the 2025 standards will stick.
Three choices
The EPA administrator, Grundler said, will be faced with three choices: Determine the standards are appropriate and make no changes; make the standard more stringent; or relax them.
Pointing to several vehicles already on the road, Grundler said automakers are ahead of schedule in meeting the 2025 fuel economy standards. The aluminum-bodied 2015 Ford F-150, he said, already complies with 2024 standards, while the Ram 1500 and Chevrolet Silverado comply with 2021 standards.
Grundler also busted some myths about the 2025 standards. He said:
• If consumers migrate to larger, less-efficient pickups and SUVs, automakers’ individual fuel economy fleet standards will automatically adjust. “The standards adjust with sales mix. We are not forcing everyone into small cars. Americans can still chose vehicles that meet most of their needs.”
• Low fuel prices have not affected consumers’ desire to buy fuel-efficient vehicles.
• Consumers have accepted and like new fuel economy technologies, with the exceptions of stop-start systems and continuously variable transmissions.
Despite the growing number of diesel and electrified vehicles, the EPA, Grundler said, believes it will be highly efficient gasoline engines that will remain dominant through the 2025 period.
I’m guessing they are holding out for 80mpg and a fleet of soapbox racers.
The EPA is a FRAUD in search of a mission.
The EPA Charter was to ensure U.S. energy independence.
EVERYTHING it has done since, is at odds with that charter.
I present to you... The Volt..
With it’s cooked books MPG it gets well over 100 MPG on gasoline and unicorn farts.
They should talk the lying bastards.
Maybe they can explain the spill the caused by them up by Silverton Co? That one will contaminate all the water from there to the Gulf Of Baja as well as in NM.
I shoulda read all the posts on this thread. That spill, comes from old mine sites...Gold mine sites. They are trying to claim its just Iron and Zink etc. Then, they say the reason they were messing with it was because of acid contamination.
Fact is..the stuff is loaded with mercury, and all the other things used to extract gold back in the day.
There are now no swimming and fishing alerts for Lake Powell. Where does that river run to after it goes through the Glen Canyon Dam?
OH but it will settle out! Ya right! That crap is water soluble and they can whine all they want. How many rapids are in the Grand Canyon?
Hey Dax. How long do you think before the people in Vegas will be drinking EPA water from the CO spill?
I’m from the EPA and I’m here to help...........................
Back in their mining era (1860 CO rush started to 1921 for this mine) that stuff probably went down the same streams untreated. Little or no regulation for most of that time. So its already been there. Passage of time had fixed it.
Why stop at 1000 MPG, let’s convert all existing vehicles to run on unicorn flatulence for a 0% carbon hoofprint.
Oh..so its OK that the EPA breached a settling pond hey?
Back in the day...was there several dams supplying water to huge areas like now?
They leached those contaminations slow back then, not that it was acceptable. They had nearly no idea and most likely did not care either.
Cyanide
First a Democrat Congress needs to repeal the Laws of Thermodynamics.
“If consumers migrate to larger trucks, etc”
I need to know just what kind of vehicle these people think their plumber/landscaper/roofer/handyman uses for their work?
None of them can work out of a Prius, unless the handyman can. Farmers, ranchers, horse owners, FFA & 4-H people need trucks to perform their duties.
When there is no longer a plumber to come to the rescue of an enviro supporter, will they finally get the message?????
reduced CO2!!!!!!””””
Since plants need CO2 to grow, we are slowly ceasing food production in the USA.
Would never have one or ride in one. Don’t think it will hold up in a crash.
The Grand Canyon.
They need to get to that "sustainable" population of 500 million somehow.
Ford F-150 Safety
http://usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/cars-trucks/Ford_F-150/Safety/
That truck is made with foil.
They will use law enforcement to get people out of the vehicles they do not want on the road anymore. stop for any reason. revenue officer claims to smell something and starts objected to, unwarranted search. plants something, and your vehicle is gone.
They do it now for vehicles they desire to have to sell for more of their ‘wishlist items’.
Meanwhile my advice is to take the 'fine' specifically from the pile of funds available for EPA employee bonuses and specifically ban adding to that pile. Consider taking the entire cleanup and monitoring costs of this misadventure from there.
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