Numbers: • 2012: Year the new federal standard for fuel efficiency will take effect.
• 39: Miles per gallon that President Obama’s proposed new fuel economy plan will require cars to get by 2016.
• 30: Miles per gallon that the proposed new fuel economy plan will require trucks to get by 2016.
• 27.5 and 23.1: Current mpg fuel economy standards for cars and trucks,
respectively.
