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US set to introduce new fuel standards for SUVs & trucks
Published in The Saudi Gazette on 22 - 05 - 2010

President Barack Obama directed the government Friday to set the first-ever mileage and pollution limits for big trucks and to tighten rules for future cars and SUVs, setting US sights on vehicles that run on half the fuel they now use and give off half the pollution.
“The nation that leads in the clean energy economy will lead the global economy. And I want America to be that nation,” Obama declared at the White House as he signed a presidential memorandum.
Obama gave federal agencies just over a year to come up with fuel efficiency and greenhouse gas emission standards for commercial trucks and buses.
Such vehicles are big polluters and fuel consumers even though they're far outnumbered by passenger cars.
The Union of Concerned Scientists, an environmental advocacy group, said large trucks represent about 4 percent of all vehicles on US highways but devour more than 20 percent of fuel.
According to the Environmental Protection Agency, commercial trucks account for 21 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in the transportation sector - compared with 33 percent for passenger cars and 29 percent for SUVs, pickups and minivans.
The new standards, to be issued in July of next year, would apply to big trucks and buses for model years 2014-2018.
At the same time, the EPA and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration will get to work on stricter standards for cars and light trucks like SUVs to kick in with the 2017 model year and carry through 2025.
A year ago, Obama announced plans for the first federal regulations of fuel efficiency and greenhouse gas emissions in cars and light trucks, for the 2012-2016 model years.
Those standards, rolled out last month, aim at reaching a fleet average of 35.5 miles per gallon (15 kilometers per liter) by 2016, nearly 10 miles per gallon 4.25 kilometers per liter) better than the current average.
“The disaster in the Gulf only underscores that even as we pursue domestic production to reduce our reliance on imported oil, our long-term security depends on the development of alternative sources of fuel and new transportation technologies,” the president said. “I believe that it's possible in the next 20 years for vehicles to use half the fuel and produce half the pollution that they do today.”
Obama also asked the Department of Energy to work with carmakers and others to promote the development of advanced vehicles including plug-in hybrids and electric cars, and to give technical help to cities preparing for them.
The big truck industry has known for years that fuel efficiency regulations were coming.


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