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Current fuel economy standards are 27.5 mpg for new cars and 23.5 mpg for new light pickups. There is no existing requirement for a combined fuel economy average. Although the sticker price may be higher when you purchase your next work truck, you?EUR??,,????'?????<

The agencies estimate the new rules, which begin to affect new vehicles in the 2012 model year, could save the average buyer of a 2016 model year car $3,000 over the life of the vehicle. That savings does include an estimated $900-per-vehicle additional cost to the automakers to meet the regulations. They estimate the rules will conserve about 1.8 billion barrels of oil (equal to about how much oil the country burns in 86 days) and reduce nearly a billion tons of greenhouse gas emissions over the lives of the vehicles covered. ?EUR??,,????'?????<