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New CAFE regulations could cut oil imports by 1.4 million barrels per day

This is no brainer: the new CAFE standards can save the U.S. a lot of oil. How much? That's a more difficult question to answer. Suistanable Business took the calculator out and came up with an impressive result: 1.4 million barrels of oil per day by 2020. Just for sake of comparison, that's about everything that gets imported from Saudi Arabia. The benefits of reducing fuel consumptions don't stop there. CO2 emissions can be reduced by 230 million tons (metric) - the equivalent of taking out 34 million cars from our roads. Translated into ... Read more →

Chrysler says alliance with Fiat will allow it to meet future CAFE requirements Jeremy Korzeniewski

Joining the chorus of supporters applauding the Obama Administration's new CAFE standards is bankrupt automaker Chrysler. After 'thanking the administration for their leadership' and for creating ...

Responses to higher CAFE standard from Plug In America, Auto Alliance, more Sebastian Blanco

In President Obama's speech this afternoon about the new 35.5 mpg CAFE standard for 2016, he made sure to emphasize the broad support for the new national rule. From the responses we're seeing around ...

Obama: CAFE increase is "an historic agreement to help American break its addiction to oil" Sebastian Blanco

Aside from the Daimler-Tesla announcement earlier today, the big green car news for May 19 is the increase in CAFE standards that President Obama made just a short while ago, joined by Governors ...

New CAFE regulations could cut oil imports by 1.4 million barrels per day 6 months ago on Autoblog Green

This is no brainer: the new CAFE standards can save the U.S. a lot of oil. How much? That's a more difficult question to answer. Suistanable Business took the calculator out and came up with an impressive result: 1.4 million barrels of oil per day by 2020. Just for sake of comparison, that's about ...

Chrysler says alliance with Fiat will allow it to meet future CAFE requirements 6 months ago on Autoblog Green

Joining the chorus of supporters applauding the Obama Administration's new CAFE standards is bankrupt automaker Chrysler. After 'thanking the administration for their leadership' and for creating a single nationwide standard, Chrysler points out that it's alliance with Italian automaker Fiat ...

Responses to higher CAFE standard from Plug In America, Auto Alliance, more 6 months ago on Autoblog Green

In President Obama's speech this afternoon about the new 35.5 mpg CAFE standard for 2016, he made sure to emphasize the broad support for the new national rule. From the responses we're seeing around the web following the announcement, it's clear that he wasn't just expressing a hope that a broad ...

Obama: CAFE increase is "an historic agreement to help American break its addiction to oil" 6 months ago on Autoblog Green

Aside from the Daimler-Tesla announcement earlier today, the big green car news for May 19 is the increase in CAFE standards that President Obama made just a short while ago, joined by Governors Jennifer Granholm (MI), Deval Patrick (MA) and Arnold Schwarzenegger (CA), members of Congress and Ron ...


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