Biden Administration Tightens Mileage Standards to Buoy E.V.s
www.nytimes.com
The new rule requires automakers to achieve an average of 65 miles per gallon across all models by 2031.

The new standards require American automakers to increase fuel economy so that, across their product lines, their passenger vehicles would average 65 miles per gallon by 2031, up from 48.7 miles today. The average mileage for light trucks, including pickup trucks and sport utility vehicles, would have to reach 45 miles per gallon, up from 35.1 miles per gallon. Selling electric vehicles and hybrids would help bring up the average mileage per gallon across their product lines.

  • TwiddleTwaddle
    16·
    6 months ago

    It’s also supposed to make up for lost tax revenue on fuel, which would (theoretically) go to road maintenance.

    • Voytrekk@lemmy.world
      6·
      6 months ago

      That’s the real reason. They collect plenty of tax from the gas pumps, so they needed another way. The other option would be toll roads, which I haven’t seen here in Ohio.