04-24-2012, 05:26 PM | #1 |
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Fuel economy standards 2016
So a few days ago i read the 6th Gen Camaro should come out around 2015 and i remembered that by 2016 the mpgs of every car in the U.S should be 35.5 mpg and over.
Will the 6 Gen camaro pull high mpgs on V8's or will camaros have turbo V6? Didn't see a thread about this, and made me think a little.
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04-24-2012, 05:33 PM | #2 |
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I could be wrong but I think it might be average across the manufactures fleet. Basically take every car they have and get the average. That was my understanding of it.
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04-24-2012, 05:37 PM | #3 |
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I'd be willing to bet that time-frame gets extended.
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04-24-2012, 05:50 PM | #4 | |
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Yes this is the way it's figured. It's called CAFE standards, or Corporate Average Fuel Economy. So they can have massive gas guzzlers so long as they have super efficient cars to balance it out. |
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Here are a few basic highlights...............CAFE standards are law and contary to some finger pointing inferences, the current Whitehouse administration isn't to fault.
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ummmm, not quite. Bush never made a decision on final implementation of the 35 MPG goal. and it was just a goal. how it was actually accomplished, (basically how the average was figured) was never implemented by bush. what Obama did was greatly accelerate and expand it. originally that 35MPG goal wasn't to be in force until 2020. now, we get it 4 years early, and by 2025 cars will need to reach in excess of 50 mpg. I believe it also huts because of the way the average is figured. I don't think it factors sales volume, or foreign and domestic fleets like it previously did. kiss muscle cars goodbye if this bean bag gets reelected. |
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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) regulates CAFE standards promlugated by the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 under the careful watch and direction of the U.S Congress. Last edited by Caspers2SSRS; 04-24-2012 at 07:31 PM. |
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04-24-2012, 07:58 PM | #13 |
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One must also realize that the 35.5 mpg and 54.5 mpg figures used in CAFE requirements are not the same as the EPA estimates which you see on the stickers of new cars. They are both calculated using different methodologies and formulas with the EPA estimate being lower than the CAFE estimate.
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On the positive side, I wouldn't lose any sleep over what may or may not happen in the future. Auto-makers have survived all rules and regulations to this point and continue to make great cars. At least we have now the ability, and hopefully will have in the future, to work around and by-pass the "mileage" features of these cars and make them perform to our satisfaction. |
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