Honda says Fed could require 50mpg by 2030

Manager of the environmental and energy analysis at Honda Motor Co., John German has said that the fed regulators will require at least 50mpg by 2030. German has said that since the Fed require atleast a minimum fleet wide average of 35mpg by 2020, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) will set the ‘maximum feasible’ requirements for automakers through 2030, which could force them to have an average of 50mpg by 2030.

German has said that, “NHTSA is on a path already to go way beyond 35 (mpg) by 2020, It’s going to go much, much higher than that. It’s going to be much more dramatic than we thought.”

The NHTSA isn’t easy going. They are proposing a 5 years annual 4.5 percent increase through 2015. This means that the automakers would need to average 36mpg for their passenger cars and 39mpg for light trucks, which is 3.3 percent above what is required by Congress annually.

Toyota and the Big 3 have spoken out to the NHTSA asking them to ease back on their proposal. The NHTSA said that its requirements would cost the industry $47 billion through 2015.

- Source: eGMCarTech -

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