California’s Fuel Economy Standard Will be 44 mpg by 2020

According to new federal regulations by 2020 the average vehicle fuel economy standards should be adjusted to 35 mpg. However the state California decided to set its own rules long before the new standards were passed by the Federal Government. To individualize the regulations, California as well as 15 other states needed a waiver from EPA. Never before the Golden State had been denied but now EPA was delaying to issue the approval. After all that the state has not got the waiver. Immediately after the new federal standards were signed by the President into law, Stephen Johnson, EPA Administrator, shot down the request.

Currently politicians struggle is over and California legislators are obviously going to get their controls over greenhouse effect.
The plan is made for adjustments from 2009 to 2016. Afterwards it will be developed and prolonged up to 2020. So as we can see the period coincides with the period stated be the Federal Government. The major difference between these two plans is that in California legislators want to close the standard to 44 mpg by 2020 (50.8 mpg for cars and small trucks and 33,5 mpg for cars tipping the scales.) Taking into account variations across the USA it will make about 40 mpg for the whole of the country.