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By: Jake | October 05, 2009 | Category: Money

Gasoline pumpWe have talked a lot about the Car Allowance Rebate System, more popularly known as the "Cash for Clunkers" program but we really haven't talked about fuel economy since Colleen posted about President Obama's proposal for stricter fuel economy standards.

Today, cars must average 27.5 miles per gallon and light trucks must average 23.1 miles per gallon. A couple of weeks ago, the President formally proposed that manufacturers increase fuel economy 5 percent each year, and in 2016 new cars and trucks would have to achieve an average rating of 35.5 miles per gallon. The new national standard aims at both increasing gas mileage and decreasing greenhouse-gas pollution. As Colleen mentioned in her original post, there are many pros and cons to this plan.

Fueleconomy.gov just released the mileage estimates for 2010 vehicles. I thought it would be interesting for us to see if the average gas mileage has gone up for cars since 2009. The best overall vehicle last year was the Toyota Prius with an average of 46 overall miles per gallon. The 2010 Toyota Prius averages 50 overall miles per gallon.

My 2009 Toyota Matrix has the same overall miles per gallon for 2010. Does the 2010 version of your car get more miles per gallon overall than your current model?

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blue comment bubble Posted by More Data on October 05, 2009 at 07:10 AM EDT

what about passenger-miles per gallon? A minivan carrying 7 passengers averaging 15 miles per gallon (105 PM/g) is more efficient than a commuter car carrying a single person averaging 45 mpg (45 pm/g).

the downside to fuel efficiency, taxes are collected based on consumption, 18.4 cents per gallon Federal Excise tax on gasoline plus state and local taxes (24.4 cents per gallon Diesel) which is used for highway maintenance. With less consumption there will ahve to be a change in the tax regime, either increased rate or new tax structure, or both.

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blue comment bubble Posted by Maxxell James on November 20, 2009 at 05:48 AM EST

I also have read about car allowance rebate system, this is really great idea. In this case consumers will be able to verify advantage of this information and receive a $3,500 or $4,500 discount from the car dealer when they trade in their old cars and purchase or engage a new one.

http://www.oldclassiccarsforsale.com

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blue comment bubble Posted by Jake on November 20, 2009 at 08:51 AM EST

Maxxell,

The CARS program which you speak of is over. See below:

http://answers.usa.gov/cgi-bin/gsa_ict.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=8567

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