US: Obama to set new fuel economy standards by 2016
President Obama will announce his administration's plans to introduce stricter automobile fuel economy standards for vehicles sold in the U.S.
Current standards mandate that regular cars should achieve an average fuel economy figure of 8.6 liters/100 km (27.5 miles per gallon), while light trucks must average 9.8 liters/100 km (24 miles per gallon).
Under the proposed new regulations, these figures could be revised to 5.6 liters/100 km (42 miles per gallon) for cars, and 9.0 liters/100 km (26 miles per gallon) for light trucks.
Another report however, claims that the economy figure for cars will be revised to 6 liters/100 km (39 miles per gallon) and 7.8 liters/100 km (30 miles per gallon) for light trucks.
With the new standards in place, the Obama administration estimates that the average price of a car will increase by US$1,300.
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