Environment Maine
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Bangor Daily News
Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Olympia Snowe, environmentalists welcome new fuel standards

By
Bill Trotter for the BDN and Wire reports

WASHINGTON — The average gas mileage of new cars and trucks will have to nearly double by 2025 under regulations that were finalized Tuesday by the Obama administration.

The new rules will require the fleet of new cars and trucks to average 54.5 miles per gallon in 13 years, up from 28.6 mpg at the end of last year.

The regulations will bring dramatic changes to the cars and trucks in U.S. showrooms and drive automakers to introduce new technology to make vehicles cleaner and more efficient.