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Gas Prices & Fuel Efficiency

JULY 4th GAS PRICES & FUEL EFFICIENCY Proposed fuel efficiency standards-which would require cars and light trucks to get 54.5 miles per gallon by 2025- would save $73.2 million in fuel costs over travel weekend. EXIT 6 50 MILE TRIP COST 00 $5.27 (33.2 MPG) O0 O0 $3.21 Beach 00 NEXT EXIT 00 O0 O0 00 00 (54.5 MPG) 2012 2025 (projected) US FUEL COST IN MILLIONS OF DOLLARS (USD) 2 US CONSUMPTION IN MILLION OF GALLONS 2 (50 miles, 35.5 million trips) (50 miles, 35.5 million trips) BRDADDDAD $187.1 DEDDDD0D0 53.5 2012 2012 BADBD $113.9 2025 EEEE 32.6 2025 (projected) (projected) THE 1 AAA estimates that approximately 35.5 million Americans will travel at least 50 miles over 4th of July in 2012. Gas price for 2012 and 2025 is $3.50 per gallon and fuel efficiency numbers are based on current standard for model year 2012 and proposed standard for model year 2025 vehicles. PEW CHARITABLE TRUSTS 2 Pew calculations www.PewTrusts.org/CleanEnergy

Gas Prices & Fuel Efficiency

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July 4th marks one of the biggest travel holidays of the year, with Americans hitting the road to visit friends and family, go to the beach, or have a picnic and watch fireworks. If proposed fuel effi... ciency standards—which would require cars and light trucks to get 54.5 miles per gallon by 2025—were in place today, drivers would save at least $73.2 million this week. Increasing fuel efficiency standards will not only save consumers money at the pump, but they also will reduce U.S. dependence on foreign oil, decrease pollution, and promote investment in new clean transportation technologies.

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The Pew Charitable Trusts

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Alziro Braga