{"id":3111,"date":"2011-11-17T14:12:46","date_gmt":"2011-11-17T19:12:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/?p=3111"},"modified":"2013-11-21T12:13:40","modified_gmt":"2013-11-21T17:13:40","slug":"edf-applauds-new-fuel-efficiency-and-emissions-standards-for-cars-and-trucks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/2011\/11\/17\/edf-applauds-new-fuel-efficiency-and-emissions-standards-for-cars-and-trucks\/","title":{"rendered":"EDF Applauds New Fuel Efficiency and Emissions Standards for Cars and Trucks"},"content":{"rendered":"

America\u00a0has driven\u00a0a little bit further down the road toward clean and fuel efficient cars.<\/p>\n

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency<\/a> and the U.S. Department of Transportation just announced their joint proposal<\/a> to set new, stronger fuel economy standards for cars and light trucks \u2013 for model years 2017 to 2025.<\/p>\n

EDF\u2019s Fred Krupp said<\/a> the announcement:<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u2026 is more good news for American consumers, auto manufacturers, public health and the environment. By 2025 we\u2019ll have cars that on average get more than 54 miles to the gallon, save their owners more than $8,000 in fuel costs, save our country more than two million barrels of oil a day, and drastically reduce the carbon dioxide pollution in our air.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This is the second phase of setting new fuel efficiency standards for cars. The Administration already set standards for model year 2012 to 2016 cars, which will reach an average of 35.5 miles to the gallon.<\/p>\n

They also set new standards for trucks and buses<\/a>. (Our experts have written about all of this before, of course \u2013 most recently here<\/a>)<\/p>\n

But the newly proposed standards are the biggest step forward yet. Together with the earlier improvements, they will:<\/p>\n