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Good news for American families: cars of the future will go much farther on every gallon of gas and consumers will have more money to spend on other things because the cost of driving will go down.
 
The good news comes from the Obama Administration’s decision to boost average fuel economy to 54.5 mpg by 2025, which was formally issued as a proposed rule, yesterday.   At the Consumer Federation of America, we see this not only as a win for consumers, but as a win for the U.S economy and national security too, because we will spend less on oil imports and be less vulnerable to manipulation of oil prices, caused by unfriendly governments in the Mid-East or speculators on Wall Street.
 
CFA’s polling consistently shows that Americans support strong fuel economy standards for automobiles, both for pocketbook reasons and for reasons of national security. Consumers want cleaner, more fuel-efficient cars because they cost less to run. And they want ! to help curb our nation’s reliance on oil-- oil that too often comes from countries whose values we do not share.

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