Feds: Automakers may not meet fuel economy target
Federal regulators say automakers may not reach a fleet-wide average of 54.5 miles per gallon by 2025, as specified in a 2012 fuel economy rule adopted by President Barack Obama’s administration.
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U.S. regulators say automakers can meet 2025 fuel efficiency standards
U.S. regulators say in a draft technical assessment report to be released on Monday that automakers can meet aggressive mandates to dramatically hike fuel efficiency standards by 2025, according to a document reviewed by Reuters.
Agencies release Technical Assessment Report for 2022-25 fuel-economy standards
The release of the TAR delivers on a commitment that EPA made in 2012 as part of the rulemaking establishing a National Program for the 2017-2025 period. The draft TAR covers model years 2022-2025.
Consumer Reports: Tesla should deactivate Autopilot steering
Consumer Reports called on Tesla Motors to deactivate the automatic steering function of its partially self-driving system amid heightened scrutiny of the technology’s performance following a deadly accident in May.
Europe’s oil imports ‘dependent on unstable countries’
Europe is dependent on foreign and often geopolitically unstable regions such as Russia, Libya and Iraq for 80% of its imported oil, according to a report.
Editorial: It’s time to tap the brakes on self-driving cars
Carmakers and tech companies are in a race to put autonomous vehicles on the road, and it’s time for regulators to tap the brakes.
Oil and gas industry could hire 100,000 workers — if it can find them
The U.S. oil industry will need to hire tens of thousands of workers in the next two and a half years as oil prices recover and drillers stand up rigs, Goldman Sachs projected in a note this week.
Yes, energy companies lie about the safety of their pipelines
I think Pipeline Watchdog might be a new federal job we think about having down here. Canada has one, and he’s not happy with various extraction companies, many of whom seem to be buying their pipeline parts from the international pipeline parts firm of Shyster and Flywheel.
U.S. oil companies should join Exxon Mobil in push for carbon tax
Exxon Mobil Corp. is stepping up efforts to promote a tax on carbon to address man-made climate change, which is both a welcome move and a politically astute one.
It’s not how much oil, but how much influence
Saudi Arabia has a big advantage because its oil is cheap to produce and largely unregulated. The same cannot be said about the United States, where the shale oil industry is being slowly asphyxiated by the collapse in oil prices over the last two years.
