President Bush has called for 4 percent average
annual fuel economy increases that automakers call «unattainable.»
Not exact matches
Federal law directing
increases in
fuel economy became necessary because oil consumption had been steadily escalating, in large part due to the relative stagnation in CAFE standards, the doubling of
annual vehicle miles traveled in the previous 25 years, and a sizable
increase in the market share of less efficient SUVs and light trucks.
The US Energy Information Administration's (EIA)
Annual Energy Outlook 2017 (AEO2017) Reference case projects a decline in light - duty vehicle energy use between 2018 and 2040 as improvements in
fuel economy more than offset
increases in light - duty vehicle (LDV) miles.
«With strong economic growth and continued heavy reliance on fossil
fuels expected for most of (the developing)
economies, much of the
increase in carbon dioxide emission is projected to occur among the developing... nations,» the EIA said in the report, its
annual International Energy Outlook.