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Marty Padgett
America's car and trucks will be subject to a much tougher fuel economy standard, if President Obama's new plan to fuse the current Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) mileage standards to a proposed California mileage rule becomes law.
The New York Times reports today that the President will essentially cut off debate on tougher fuel economy regulations by asking the EPA to adopt a 42-mpg fuel economy figure for passenger cars in 2016--essentially the same levels that a new California mandate would create if it were enacted.
The state of California has been trying to set its own emissions standards in a long-brewing court case between its California Air Resources Board and the federal government. The state asserts it has the right to set emissions standards in its own borders, emissions that include carbon dioxide. The state has proposed a set of CO2 regulations that would effectively require passenger-car fleets to average 42 miles per gallon. Under the Bush administration, the automakers sued to assert that only the EPA had the authority to create fuel-economy standards. The Bush EPA actually raised CAFE standards and proposed new mileage requirements for 35-mpg passenger cars, but California pursued its plan in parallel and in court.
The Obama administration will announce tomorrow that it will blend the new California standards with existing Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) rules into one standard for 2016. The new national standard, the Times says, will make cars and trucks 30 percent cleaner than today's new vehicles.
The Times adds that light trucks would have to meet a 26.2-mpg standard, and that automakers will not challenge the rules so long as there is a fixed timetable and a national standard for the rules.
Left unexplained: how the new standards won't send buyers back into the trucks and SUVs that fueled the new vehicle market in the early 2000s. Also left open for discussion: whether new hybrids like the 2011 Chevrolet Volt will count toward 42-mpg status and under what emissions test they will be rated.
Will buyers take a second spin at HUMMERs if gas prices are low and cars are smaller and slower as a result of new standards? We'll bring you more as the new regulations are released.
2011 Chevrolet Volt Production Show CarEnlarge Photo America's car and trucks will be subject to a much tougher fuel economy standard, if President Obama's new plan to fuse the current Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) mileage standards to a proposed California mileage rule becomes law. The New York Times reports today that the President will essentially cut off debate on tougher fuel economy regulations by asking the EPA to adopt a 42-mpg fuel economy figure for passenger cars in 2016--essentially the same levels that a new California mandate would create if it were enacted. The state of California has been trying to set its own emissions standards in a long-brewing court case between its California Air Resources Board and the federal government. The state asserts it has the right to set emissions standards in its own borders, emissions that include carbon dioxide. The state has proposed a set of CO2 regulations that would effectively require passenger-car fleets to average 42 miles per gallon. Under the Bush administration, the automakers sued to assert that only the EPA had the authority to create fuel-economy standards. The Bush EPA actually raised CAFE standards and proposed new mileage requirements for 35-mpg passenger cars, but California pursued its plan in parallel and in court. The Obama administration will announce tomorrow that it will blend the new California standards with existing Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) rules into one standard for 2016. The new national standard, the Times says, will make cars and trucks 30 percent cleaner than today's new vehicles. The Times adds that light trucks would have to meet a 26.2-mpg standard, and that automakers will not challenge the rules so long as there is a fixed timetable and a national standard for the rules. Left unexplained: how the new standards won't send buyers back into the trucks and SUVs that fueled the new vehicle market in the early 2000s. Also left open for discussion: whether new hybrids like the 2011 Chevrolet Volt will count toward 42-mpg status and under what emissions test they will be rated. Will buyers take a second spin at HUMMERs if gas prices are low and cars are smaller and slower as a result of new standards? We'll bring you more as the new regulations are released. [New York Times]
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By Charles Creswell #11, Posted: 5/20/2009
Cars of yesterday...........
Ya, a sad day for the V8 and V6.. Missouri has a law on antique cars and trucks. They can't be driven daily, they must be a show car, and one can still keep it. But in general, for the guy that owns a V8 or V6 work truck, well in a few years it would head for a wrecking yard. Even cars.. In St Louis Missouri, they are the only city that requires CO2 emissions testing. And from what Obama stated, 177 million cars would be off the roads in 6 1/2 years- meaning every year the CO2 emission test will get harder to pass. Our 4 cylinder 2006 Chevy Colorado gets 24 mpg.. That was what the sticker said.. So at the time we get it paid off, the truck will be valueless. No place in Missouri will register it. It is not fair by no means, because one use to get in a trade in value. And if you buy a 35 mpg car after that, well it would be just as bad in a few years. But depending on how strict the gov is on rules, well my truck could become no good in 2 years( before the loan is even paid off). It depends on Obama's plans( whether he starts at 19 mpg on trucks or 22 mpg.. If it goes up by 1 mpg per year or 1/2 mpg intervals. I did my a Roketa Bali 250cc scooter that does 80 mph and gets 70 mpg, and seriously been thinking about letting the truck go back to Citi Financial Auto because it will be useless by the end of the loan anyhow. Why keep paying? It is a waste of my dollar at this point. 2 years paid off and 3 years to go.. But the main thing, the gov will have cars going valueless so people can't get a good trade in value.
By Roger #12, Posted: 6/2/2009
I am highly disappointed in this new idea. I was and still am for the most part a major Obama supporter however this as hurt me deeply. I am 17 years old. All I have ever dreamed since I have been about 5 years old was to own a high performance car. I think that high performance cars should be exempted from this. High performance cars are very rarely driven as a daily vehicle and are usually stored for the majority of the year so although they may have large engines and 9 mpg the amount of fuel consumed and emissions released by these cars are slim to none. Second, what about the working man who needs a pickup truck with a v8 motor for his work. Your not going to obtain the same torque output on a motor that gets 42 mpg. My last point is why not look for alternate sources of emission reduction. Take planes for example which consume massive amounts of fuel. Why not reduce a minimal number of flights per day (i.e. 2-3 per day) from each airline. A tiny setback in daily flights but would add up over the course of one year to save large amounts of fuel and emissions from entering the atmosphere.
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