Obama wants to set 2025 mpg standards for cars, light trucks now - Drive On: A conversation about the cars and trucks we drive - USATODAY.com.Obama wants to set 2025 mpg standards for cars, light trucks now - Drive On: A conversation about the cars and trucks we drive - USATODAY.com Home News Travel Money Sports Life Tech Weather USA TODAY Drive On: A conversation about the cars and trucks we drive by Chris Woodyard Home Archives Related topics Talk Cars About Obama wants first fuel economy rules for medium-duty and big-rig trucksChrysler gives Detroit good news: Will hire 1,100 more to build JeepMay 21, 2010Obama wants to set 2025 mpg standards for cars, light trucks now04:55 PMShareE-mailSavePrintCommentRecommendIn an unusual move that would let the current administration control fuel economy standards even after one or two more occupants have cycled through the White House, President Obama ordered work to begin immediately on 2017-2025 fuel mileage standards for cars an d light trucks. The executive effort would also limit Congress' role.Obama wants first big-rig mpg rules in 2014. See below.Key for carmakers, the federal process should head off California's effort to set its own mileage and emissions rules for after 2016. The current federal regs expire in 2011 and pre-empting California's "do its own thing" was got automaker's to back the 2012-16 rules the Obama folks set last year. Federal preemptive regulation "achieved success once before, so we are optimistic that we can do it again," Dave McCurdy, president of the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, says.Obama says he wants the new rules to put the U.S. on a path to cut vehicle fuel use and emissions in half by 2030 and encourage alternatives, such as more electrics. More details:The current regulations dictate an industry-wide average of 35.5 miles per gallon. But that includes credits that car companies can accumulate for low-emission air conditioning and other cl ean-air technology. Our colleague Justin Hyde at the Detroit! Free Pr ess notes (as most o...
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