Full Title: Setting the Standard: How Cost-Effective Technology Can Increase Vehicle Fuel Economy
Author(s): Jim Kliesch
Publisher(s): Union of Concerned Scientists
Publication Date: September 1, 2008
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Description (excerpt):
The federal agency writing regulations for vehicle fuel economy standards could lay the groundwork for a new vehicle fleetwide average of more than 50 miles per gallon by 2030, according to a 2008 report from the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS). The regulations mark the first phase of implementing standards passed by Congress in the energy bill in December 2007.