Your car will get more mpg

May 19th, 2009 at 06:58am Jennie Pollock

The Obama administration is expected to announce today the nation’s first emission limits and a higher requirement for an average miles per gallon — 35.5, up from 25.

Consumers should expect to pay an extra $1,300 per vehicle by the time the plan is complete in 2016. …

Obama’s plan couples for the first time pollution reduction from vehicle tailpipes with increased efficiency on the road. It would save 1.8 billion barrels of oil through 2016 and would be the environmental equivalent to taking 177 million cars off the road, senior administration officials said Monday night.

New vehicles would be 30 percent cleaner and more fuel-efficient by the end of the program.

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