The Environmental Protection Agency has released its strict new proposed fuel economy/emissions standards for passenger cars and light trucks.
Under the proposed new rules, automakers would be forced to meet fleetwide average fuel mileage of 52 mpg by 2026 – up from the current target of 40 mpg. This would be equivalent to a 10 percent increase in fleetwide fuel economy by 2023 and a further five percent increase each year after through to 2026.
The proposed new rules undo the looser fuel economy/emissions standards set forth by the Trump Administration, which would have seen fuel economy standards rise by just 1.5 percent each year through to 2026. The Obama-era standards that Trump undid would have seen fleetwide average fuel economy rise by five percent each year until 2026.
“These robust standards are underpinned by sound science and technical expertise, encouraging the development of technology and innovation that will drive America forward into a clean energy future,” EPA Administrator Michael S. Regan said in a prepared statement. “We are excited about building on the partnerships with states, cities, industry, labor, and NGO stakeholders to realize this vision together.”
The EPA says the revised rules would save 9 million barrels of gasoline by 2023 and 43 million barrels by 2026 – representing a 1.5 percent reduction in the nation’s gasoline usage for passenger cars.
The Detroit Big Three backed a new executive order signed by President Biden this week, which aims for up to 50 percent of all new vehicle sales to consist of hybrid, fuel cell or battery-electric products by 2030. General Motors has said in the past that it is slowly transitioning to an all-electric portfolio and will not have any internal combustion engine passenger cars on sale by 2035. Several other automakers have also said they will have a majority EV portfolio within a similar timeframe, including Honda, Ford and Mercedes-Benz.
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So once they kill the ICE, everything will be fine right?No?
EV range mileage fleet average will be next?
Then that will be it then?
No?
Average household energy consumption will be after that?
Then that will be it right?
No?
Average person energy consumption?
Let me guess, not the last?
Right, we’ll tell you when you can move.
For Evs they will demand they shed weight because they are way to heavy and unsafe in a collision, they will demand governors limiting acceleration because they are super fast from the line.
The good news is that these standards can and probably be changed and Commie Joe and his minions won’t last beyond 2024.
If you listen to the progressive Democrats carefully . Not what the major news media reports but what they actually say in long form interviews , social media , campaign speeches , etc . They want everyone to ride public transit (big union money jobs , cough kickbacks to politicians ) , live only in cities with killer car free streets . . This means no private cars or plane travel.
In nyc they are banning cars in the meat packing district after a successful trial during covid . They have implemented vision zero initiative to create zero pedestrian deaths , this reduced the size of lanes on roads , extended size of medians . Pedestrian deaths are way up thus they are reducing roadway size further
democrats are not capable of thinking logically.
they want to make driving so expensive that people will have to move into the cities where they work and pay taxes there to cover the underfunded union pensions.
Yes. Once they get us all into EVs they will have already decided how many kids we can have…how many can you fit in an old used “SMART” car?
The Green New Deal is meant to keep you in the Dark and at home. EV’s are the perfect answer to rob you of your life! When everyone realizes this, the awakening to this Garbage might begin.
First off since the Dems have taken over, the price of a wholesale gallon of Gasoline has gone from $1.07/gal to $2.30/gal an increase of 110%. Premium fuel is now an extra 80 cents a gallon and averages $3.85 pump price in the upper Midwest.
Unless there is as many Charging stations as fuel pumps and you can charge your EV in 5 minutes it will be a disaster. EV’s won’t have half the mileage as do gasoline powered vehicles today. (Another problem Car Companies)
Winter time will cut the distance of an EV another 45% at 0 degrees Fahrenheit. Don’t turn on the heater, it will even be less. Remember your battery powered toy at Christmas dying out in 30 minutes and you want nothing to do with it!
Also, ever notice we never see the testing of these EV’s in Minnesota or Wisconsin during a snow storm and it’s near zero! It s always somewhere in the South West and a sunny 75 degree day.
On top of all this, our Electric Grid would never support the simultaneous charging of millions of EV’s at one time!!! Millions of vehicles are parked outside in parking lots and in alleys and not in a convenient garage either, for charging.
What a mess and a true disaster. You won’t be able to move around the country and that my friends is what they are after! Oh and yes your Electric bill will go “through the roof”.
I hope the Executives at General Motors know these facts.
Amen
the auto companies are just hoping to get 40/50% of the vehicles EVs because that will help them meet their goal and claim success.
At the rate that king EPA is ruling, and given the current state of the country, and that multiple Midwest congressman want the EPA abolished, I doubt this will be an issue after 2025. EPA, a little tip, don’t bite the hands that feed you, or more eloquently, “let them drive EVs” said jo Antoinette.
I hope your statement works out
What this really will do will get us more efficient V8’s as EV’s don’t sell and the “big three” as much as that’s a misnomer these days, mostly sell gas guzzling V8’s, and they will need to meet these standards for the next 3 years just to have cheep gas again after 2024 which we all know isn’t going to go well for the Green new deal lovers.
May I point out as well, ram still uses port injection on the hemi, so lots of room to upgrade.
GM has 3 new engine patents in the last 4 years they have not used that can be applied
Yeah, in 2025, I’ll be getting 30mpg in a V8 and filling up to the tune of 1:75/gallon
Democrats have not thought this thru. They keep pushing EV’s but are not pushing the charging stations needed across the country to support this. All the “green” people forget how electric is made. Most of the process is NOT green. It is laughable how the Democrats think.
We can only hope!!
This is all a joke, it wont’ happen, next republican will wipe it away. Also in the so called infrastructure bill is a user fee for driving your car. Some politiicians want all your money. Please people vote not by how well you like the person put there policies. Otherwise taxes and fees are going to be at the point we won’t be able to drive our beloved cars.
While yes, the proposal is a new tax on driving your car, it also solves the problem where EV drivers are free-loading off the rest of us since they don’t pay gas taxes.
there will not be another Republican in charge ever again as I see it. If the Democrats were able to fraud the system when they did not have full power, and make it stick… Don’t you think they will continue to fraud the system and brainwash the sheep now that they have full power? I just do not see it happening. Next election will tell the tale.
You might be right, but after O’Bummer got re-elected for the second term, I thought then that there would never be another Republican president. Thank God for Hillary!
What a joke…
Any idea what their current average mpg? Also, I have a sneaking suspicion 2021-2024 car models might be in high demand come 2027+. By the end of this decade, it seems it will either be an ev or a light 4cyl ice car will be sold.
You mean 3 cylinder at this rate.
How about that 3 banger Silverado of the future.
Everyone associated with the EPA is smoking way too much pot….
You are right. How can they think that they are driving anything forward when their policies make cars way too expensive for the average person to drive? Forcing a 1.5% improvement is at least possible and that pressure pushes the industry to improve.
But 5%/year is not possible with a real car. The majority of GM motor issues these days are related to parts required to get that last MPG or 2. And the majority of carbon build-up on half of the cylinders is also related to semi-functional AFM systems. Torque converter damage and vibration related to the same… Annoying drone in the cabin related to the same…. Some improvements are not worth it!
Tell an Olympic athlete to eat 5% less each year!
Or tell the EPA to drive SMART cars and see how dumb their special new reality turns out. The SMART ED…well they named that one right:) Buy that $25,000 mistake 2 years old for $8,000 then get told by Mercedes that it needs a new $25,000 battery! That happened to a very high percent of “SMART” second owners. Not a joke! Pushing to progress too fast makes a huge wasteful mess. In the case of SMART cars a huge landfill needed for special battery disposal.
Tell the EPA to make 5% better decisions each year! Compounded annually there is a tiny chance that they will not have completely killed the automotive industry before I have Grandkids.
How is it that we pay them to destroy one of the best parts of America?
EPA needs to be disappeared. That might focus on illegal immigration. That is the number one source of pollution in modern times.
The only way to meet these standards is huge sales of EVs. Since the public is not ready for this huge increase in EV sales, the manufacturers will be selling large numbers of EVs at a loss. Government subsidies will need to be record highs.
Welcome to the nanny state.
Even paranoid people have enemies.
So why did Chevy do away with the 1.6 TD it can get 60 mpg’s on the road
Good question.
The Cruze Diesel didn’t need fancy new drivetrain engineering, nor charging infrastructure nor digging up a bunch of rare earth metals that can’t be recycled.
Plus it can run on 20% biodiesel which is great for the environment.
Funny my 2017 Chevy Cruze Diesel already meets these CAFE requirements.
But GM in the corrupt infinite wisdom decided to discontinue it in 2019 instead of promoting it as a practical green option.
Enjoy the financial pain of your short sighted stupidity GM.
diesel engines cost a lot more to produce because of the exhaust cleanup needed.
Trump WON–the election was stolen and as a consequence we get this BS from a rogue govt agency
More trick engines to meet epa= less dependability and will drive up the cost even more on theses trucks. it’s total BS