Sentences with phrase «fuel economy standards intended»

In May 2009, U.S. President Barack Obama announced new fuel economy standards intended to compel manufacturers to achieve an average of 35.5 miles per gallon across their car and light truck models by 2016.

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So they did, and now — with the Environmental Protection Agency being pressed to set an automobile fuel - economy standard of 60 mpg by 2025 — Kuttner intends to create a consumer version.

Official fuel economy figures for the standard M4 stand at 32.1 mpg, with CO2 emissions coming in at 204g / km; the CS produces 33.6 mpg and 197g / km of CO2 and the high - performance M4 GTS emits 199g / km of CO2 and returns 34mpg, but it's unlikely you'll ever achieve if you're driving it in the way it was intended.

The new engine packs a big punch with slightly better fuel economy, but if you intend to tow anything our experts say you're better off sticking with the V6 engine, which comes in standard or turbo versions.

These standards were intended to roughly double the average fuel economy of the new car fleet to 27.5 mpg by model year (MY) 1985.