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CAFE standards: 54.5 mpg cars exist, but public prefers gas-guzzling SUVs and trucks
[Passenger vehicles sold in 2025 in the United States are supposed to get 54.5 miles per gallon on average. But they won’t. It will be closer to 35.4 miles per gallon, as the Union of Concerned Scientists explains in Translating … Continue reading
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