There is speculation that the White House will ask for CAFÉ expectations to increase to 60 miles per gallon by 2025. The current average is 27.5 miles per gallon, and they are due to increase to 35.5 miles per gallon in 2016. Fuel standards are not tied to a single model, but an average of all models offered by a vehicle maker. The actual gasoline consumed isn’t the whole picture, as emissions per unit of gasoline consumed also play a part.
A whole new standard getting set
One of the platforms that Obama ran for president on was improving energy standards. Fuel standards have regulations already passed saying that by 2016, standards have to go up to 35.5 mpg. The White House has decided to raise them again, reports USA Today . This time, the goal may be for automakers to reach an average of 60 mpg by 2025. The standards aren’t required yet. There are nevertheless things that need to change. The standards wouldn’t even be passed until 2011 or 2012 for the CAFÉ standards.
How requirements are decided
These fuel economy expectations are call Corporate Average Fuel economy, or CAFÉ. Every vehicle and model isn’t anticipated to hit CAFÉ expectations, states Wikipedia. Each vehicle a manufacturer has on the road is counted in this. It is the average usual gas consumption the autos have together. The regulations were first passed in 1975. The last significant CAFE standard increase was in 1990, when standards were raised to 27.5 miles per gallon. In 2011, standards will increase to 30.2 miles per gallon.
The law’s intention
The reason for this regulation would be so automakers make more hybrids and electric vehicles by force. Then there are the catches. You will find a few. Not everybody is going to be able to simply buy a brand new vehicle. Hybrid and electric autos need to make changes. They aren’t up to a lot of different tasks. A hybrid is not able to tow heavy loads or even go into certain job site like a full-sized pickup is needed to do.
Articles cited
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
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