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Start Your Engines
Feds set fuel-economy benchmarks for automakers |
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22 Apr 2008 |
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| Posted at 11:14 AM on 22 Apr 2008 Federal regulators will propose benchmarks Tuesday for automakers to hit on their way to reaching a fuel-economy requirement of 35 miles per gallon by 2020. Auto fleets will have to average 27.8 mpg by 2011 and 31.6 mpg by 2015 -- a more aggressive timetable than was required by Congress. That's 35.7 mpg for passenger cars in 2015 (new cars averaged 31.3 mpg last year) and 28.6 mpg for light truc ... |
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