WASHINGTON (AP) – Under regulations finalized today by the Obama administration, the average gas mileage of new cars and trucks will have to nearly double by 2025.
The new rules would require the fleet of new cars and trucks to average 54.5 miles per gallon in 13 years, up from 28.6 mpg at the end of last year.
The regulations will change the cars and trucks in U.S. showrooms, and push automakers to introduce new technology to make vehicles cleaner and more efficient.
The standard was developed by the Department of Transportation, The Environmental Protection Agency and about 13 major automakers.
“Right now there are four models here that get 40 milers per gallon on the highway,” said Cliff Dexheimer.
Dexheimer is the General Sales Manager at Gary Rome Hyundai in Holyoke. He says fuel efficiency is high on consumers minds and one of the top reasons people trade in their cars.
“It can be done is what the message is. It’s taken the industry too long to get around to this and who has been paying for it we have,” said Dexheimer.
President Barack Obama said in a statement that the new fuel standards “represent the single most important step” his administration has taken to reduce U.S. dependence on foreign oil.
John Rogers, Economics Professor at AIC in Springfield, is concerned this regulation will have unintended consequences impacting a car’s safety and performance.
“It remains to be seen how this is gonna work out for the consumer, but I think the trend toward fuel efficiency in cars is here to stay,” said Rogers.
Mitt Romney has opposed the standards. His campaign today called them extreme and said they would drive up the price of new cars. Romney’s camp says savings at the pump would be wiped out by rising costs of cars.
In the meantime, if you want to save the most at the pump, check out the latest price updates on the ABC40 Gas Tracker.
And if they don’t does that mean Government Motors is out of business? Remember the foreign car manufacturers have focused on MPG for decades.
Guess by then we will all be driving ugly looking little shoe box Prius’s. Hopefully by then they’ll make a cool looking hybrid everyone will want to by
Because your standard of living will be reflective of China and India by 2025 based on this Administration’s objectives.
Up the gas mileage down goes the safety….. But hey at least you’ll get 50 miles a gallon…..
My Question is what about People who use Campers? They are not going to pull at 55 MPG.. So Hes Dictating again what we can Eat.. .. and Drive now? Next he will ban Pooping at noon time..
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Ignore his BS. Ignorance is bliss.
as for the rv ? that is a recreation vehicle , this law is for auto makers . they have the technology to this . but they refuse to do so for the CONSUMER , because the oil industry will lose or raise prices , that is one of the reasons for the high prices now . the oil industry has been manipulating the CONSUMER along with the auto industry for decades now . but the sheeple only care about the looks , or how fast it goes . human lust comes in many forms , and corporation know this . why do you think they hire psychologists to help with marketing ? i know people want freedoms , but at what costs do we really want them . the planets , or humans life and dignity !!! hey i get it , i like a nice car or boat or rv as well as the next person , but if these companies can make something cleaner , cheaper , and keep americans working and having fun ? then we need to recheck the companies that have taken advantage of all of us !!!!!! laziness has become the norm and has become selfishness !!!
Ya dont see that
Wow and stupid people believe gas will be what 3 or 4 bucks a gallon.
Understand when cars get that kinda mileage it will reflect the price at the pump. It’ll probably be 10 or more bucks a gallon with that kind of efficiency . Gas companies gonna get there moola.
Please, the technology has been in place for years to get more than 50 miles per gallon.
lol stupid people !!!! anyone wanna read that post again ? all that consumerism clouded it’s grammer !!! lmao
Blissful
Didn’t know I was being graded Mr. Messina
Let’s try it differently. As cars become more efficient in the future it will cause an equal and opposite reaction to the need for fuel in the human population. In theory the demand for fuel will be down. But the cost leaves a lot to question as to what the big gas companies will do with the low demand ?? Raise prices perhaps, in order to make there billions of dollars . So the government pushes or nudges the sheeple into buying a fuel efficient car because they forced auto makers to create them . So we sheeple buy an expensive car that’s fuel efficient to continue to buy gas at higher prices . Hmmmmm sounds like a quagmire ……… Is this more to your liking Mr.Messina
wow the sarcasm is a bit weak but nice effort !!! my point was just that also if you didn’t get that the first time you read my entire post . they have had technology sines the 60′s to make fuel efficient cars and still have to be told to make it available to the public shows they do not have our interest at heart . to continue make record profits off us with no kick back . i am not against making a profit , but when it forces us to make a choice. then who is being in control . yeah hire prices it does mean . but oil is not going to last forever and then where are we going to be ?
not to mention the speculators and hedge funds douche bags