JPVLeaf
Well-known member
Being bold, and shooting for the moon ....
http://www.hybridcars.com/news/white-house-may-seek-set-2025-cafe-standard-high-62-mpg-28660.html
This is the kind of push that would be needed to make EVs ubiquitous.
These poll results were surprising to me. But, if this is true and the CAFE standards can be raised, me thinks we may be at the beginning of the S-curve. Let's see what happens.
http://www.hybridcars.com/news/white-house-may-seek-set-2025-cafe-standard-high-62-mpg-28660.html
This is the kind of push that would be needed to make EVs ubiquitous.
The Obama administration is reportedly considering taking the Natural Resources Defense Council up on its push to hike CAFE standards to 60 mpg by 2025. In fact, according to White House officials in a briefing conducted this morning, the EPA and Department of Transportation have set the range of numbers that they might recommend for the next adjustment in fuel economy standards at between 47 mpg and 62 mpg. Next year, the government will issue a draft of the proposed rule, specifying for the first time the number that it will seek.
These poll results were surprising to me. But, if this is true and the CAFE standards can be raised, me thinks we may be at the beginning of the S-curve. Let's see what happens.
" .... according to a poll released several weeks ago by the Mellman Group, a new 60 mpg standard also has the support of the American public. Seventy-four percent of respondents said they were in favor, with 83 percent saying that they'd be willing to pay and extra $3,000 per vehicle to meet the standard if it meant that they could expect to save at least as much money on fuel costs within four years of purchasing that vehicle."