New vehicles sold in the U.S. will have to average 38 miles per gallon in 2031 in real-world driving, up from about 29 mpg this year, under new federal rules unveiled Friday
https://apnews.com/article/gas-mileage-transportation-electric-vehicle-nhtsa-4aaefb855ff7c449c6e4e9e4c69a9847
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From the article: The final rule will increase fuel economy by 2% per year for model years 2027 to 2031 for passenger cars, while SUVs and other light trucks will increase by 2% per year for model years 2029 to 2031, according to requirements released by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
The final figures are below a proposal released last year. Administration officials said the less stringent requirements will allow the auto industry flexibility to focus on electric vehicles, adding that higher gas-mileage requirements would have imposed significant costs on consumers without sufficient fuel savings to offset them.
President Joe Biden has set a [goal](https://apnews.com/article/biden-politics-united-states-government-business-climate-and-environment-f145b24414ff245f491fd68257b3db60 ) that half all of new vehicles sold in the U.S. in 2030 are electric, part of his push to fight climate change. Gasoline-powered vehicles make up the largest single source of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions.
The 50% sales figure would be a huge increase over current EV sales, which accounted for 7.6% of new vehicle sales last year.
It’s a travesty that we’re not doing better than this.
Look at this merged graph.
https://i.imgur.com/llKvs2G.png
The blue is [the number of cars in the USA](https://www.statista.com/statistics/183505/number-of-vehicles-in-the-united-states-since-1990/), which nearly increased 50% over 30 years.
The pink is [USA’s oil consumption](https://www.ceicdata.com/en/indicator/united-states/oil-consumption) over the same period.
It used to increase in lock step with the number of cars, but over the last 20 years has been heading down, and the rise of EVs and fuel efficiency rules will ensure this trend continues.
Yeah, this is weak. That’s 6.19L/100km, currently active equivalent EU regulation demands for 4.1 l/100km or 57.6 mpg.
Could be much much better if Gregg just let legacy auto die and allow Chinese EVs in.
“Land of the free” and globalisation not so hot when you’re the one behind the eight ball..