Current Cars, New Standards

Winding Road asks a good question: Are we there yet?

Do Any Current Cars Meet the New CAFE Standard?
By Evan McCausland
Yes, we know CAFE standards measure the average fuel economy of all cars sold by a manufacturer in a given year. And yes, we’re also aware that the new magic 35 mpg figure is still two steps and about 12 years away.

Still, we started wondering - are there any cars currently on the market that could actually reach a combined EPA average of 35 mpg today? We hopped onto the EPA’s website to see what we could find.

Fuel Standards

yes, of course, it's all Nancy Pelosi's fault. Morons. H/t TPM

Court’s Fuel-Economy Ruling May Prod Congress to Set Even Higher Requirements

By MICHELINE MAYNARD
The New York Times
DETROIT, Nov. 16 — A ruling by a federal appeals court this week to throw out proposed fuel-economy standards is likely to accelerate efforts in Congress to set higher requirements for all vehicles, industry analysts said Friday.

Detroit auto companies had been lobbying to soften proposals for higher fuel economy, and the court ruling, which voided the Bush administration’s year-old standard for light trucks because it did not take pollution issues into account, represents an unexpected setback to that effort.