Bush’s proposed fuel-economy standards are ambitious compared to previous efforts. At the very least, they could prompt lobbyists to address how the auto industry will reach a goal of 35 miles per gallon by 2020.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Against the backdrop of Earth Day, the Bush administration proposed vehicle fuel-economy standards more ambitious than the average annual increase needed to reach a goal set by Congress four months ago.
They’ll likely go nowhere for this lame duck administration. But they did sound the starting gun for an all-out effort by lobbyists to wrestle over how industry will reach Congress’ mandated fuel-efficiency goal of 35 miles per gallon by model year 2020 — a 40 percent increase over the current 25-mpg standard. Read more
According to Brian Wingfield
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