NEWS
RELEASE
Contact:
Sharyn
Stein, 202-572-3396, sstein@edf.org
Mark
MacLeod, 202-270-0798, mmacleod@edf.org
“Today’s
announcement is more good news for American consumers, auto manufacturers,
public health and the environment.
By
2025 we’ll have cars that on average get more than 54 miles to the gallon, save
their owners more than $8,000 in fuel costs, save our country more than two
million barrels of oil a day, and drastically reduce the carbon dioxide
pollution in our air.
American
cars and trucks are, once again, poised to lead the world in technological
advances that will benefit us all.”
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Environmental
Defense Fund
(edf.org), a leading national nonprofit
organization, creates transformational solutions to the most serious
environmental problems. EDF links science, economics, law and innovative
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