There may be 60 miles per gallon gasoline expectations by 2025

The White House is said to be proposing that gas mileage standards, or CAFE requirements, for automakers be set at 60 miles per gallon by 2025. The current standard will go up to 35.5 miles per gallon in 2016. The average are not for each model produced by a vehicle maker, but an average of the gas mileage of all models a vehicle maker makes. The mileage is also not the actual mileage, but rather an equivalent of gas mileage for the amount of emissions.

Establishing a new norm

Improving energy standards was something Obama promised to do. He even ran on this as one of his presidential platforms. Fuel standards have regulations already passed saying that by 2016, standards have to go up to 35.5 mpg. USA Today tells us the White House’s plan. It plans on raising expectations again. By 2025, the goal might be up to 60 mpg if it goes through. The requirements aren’t required yet. You will find nevertheless things that have to change. CAFÉ requirements would not pass until 2011 or 2012. That implies they will go through also.

Picking requirements

CAFÉ requirements are the new gas mileage requirements. This stand for Corporate Average Gas Economy. Wikipedia teaches what CAFÉ expectations mean. Each auto isn’t expected to hit this high standard. Instead, it is an average of the usual fuel consumption of each automobile a manufacturer has on the road. 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 regulation intentions occurring

The regulation would be used for making automakers follow a certain patter. More electric autos and hybrids would have to be made. There are several catches, of course. Not everybody can afford a new automobile or is willing to purchase one. Also, electric and hybrid cars are not up to certain tasks. A full-size pickup is needed to tow some loads, and to access certain job sites which a compact hybrid would not be able to.

Citations

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