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Annual Energy Outlook 2012

Release Date: June 25, 2012   |  Next Early Release Date: December 5, 2012  |   Report Number: DOE/EIA-0383(2012)

Issues in focus

Table 8. Estimateda average fuel economy and greenhouse gas emissions standards proposed
for light-duty vehicles, model years 2017-2025
  2016 (base) 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Fuel economy only (miles per gallon)
Passenger cars 37.8 40.0 41.4 43.0 44.7 46.6 48.8 51.0 53.5 56.0
Light-duty 28.8 29.4 30.0 30.6 31.2 33.3 34.9 36.6 38.5 40.3
All light-duty vehicles 34.1 35.3 36.4 37.5 38.8 40.9 42.9 45.0 47.3 49.6
Carbon dioxide emissions (grams per mile)
Passenger cars 225 213 202 192 182 173 165 158 151 144
Light-duty trucks 298 295 285 277 270 250 237 225 214 203
All light-duty vehicles 250 243 232 223 213 200 190 181 172 163
aBased on projected mix of LDV sales.

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