The US government has announced that new vehicles sold in 2026 will have to average at least 40 mpg (17 km/l) in real-world driving, up from the current 28 mpg (11.9 km/l). This means automakers will have to spend tens of billions of dollars just to make new vehicles a lot more fuel efficient, and thus compliant with the new rules.
The move seeks to undo a rollback of standards previously enacted under the Trump administration (32 mpg or 13.6 km/l by 2026), which environmentalists have said was inadequate to limit greenhouse gas emissions that fuel climate change, the Associated Press reports.
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), the new requirements will reduce gasoline consumption by over 833 billion litres over the life of the vehicles compared with Trump’s standards. It will also apparently help strengthen national security by making the country less dependent on foreign oil, and thus less vulnerable to volatile gasoline prices.
Due to the Russia-Ukraine conflict, prices for gasoline has spiked to an average of more than US$4.22 (RM17.77) per gallon across the country. A year ago, a gallon of gasoline costs US$2.88 (RM12.13). The surge has also fuelled inflation to a 40-year high.
Transportation is the second-largest cost for American families, only behind housing. It is said that the new rules will help reduce consumer fuel costs by US$192 billion (RM808 billion) for new cars sold by 2030, and that consumers could save approximately US$1,387 (RM5.8k) in fuel costs over the life of a vehicles. However, the rule will also increase the average cost of a vehicle by just as much.
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About time. Now about Australia,…
A Toyota Prius used more fuel than a BMW M3 when driving full throttle…
You do know Topgear is a comedy show with cars rather than actual car review channel.. and you took it seriously..
On paper vs actual fuel consumption difference is too huge to project the impact. Use x70 as example.. Real life consumption is at least 50% of the rated. So.. Have a proper baseline first
Pickups, Crossovers, Muscle Cars, will definitely failed to average 17km/L
considering the number of trucks they sell….
This is calling Hybrid.
Toyota have alot hybrid there.
Ford Maverick also an acceptable small hybrid truck there, only $20k to begin.
Perodua! Time to export into USA! Axia Bezza Myvi will be best sellers there
The average American would find it supremely challenging to get into a Perodua much less drive it. You all saw how cramped I was sitting inside a Perodua Kelisa so nope, Caucasians will not see Perodua as a viable brand to choose.
PLEASE DREAM ON
ALL PERODUAs WILL BE REJECTED AND SEND BACK TO MALAYSIA SIMPLY PERODUA DOES NOT MEET THE USA VEHICLE SAFETY REGULATIONS
First of all, they can’t even fit into the car.
Perodua/Daihatsu is design with Asian body size in mind.
The only reason they would want a Perodua is when they are looking for metal coffins.
If the popular Ford F150 gets 40 mpg (17 km/l) , we probably can see the cow jump over the moon
There is already an F150 EV.. that will do the job