The White House and automakers are expected to formally announce Friday a new agreement to raise auto mileage standards annually until they reach 54.5 miles per gallon by 2025, according to groups briefed on details of the changes.
In April, automakers and the Obama administration finalized the first increases in vehicle fuel economy standards in two decades – a rule that hiked fleet mileage to 35.5 miles per gallon by 2015. The next month, they agreed, in principle, to take the next step. That rule – expected to be finalized a year from now – would set standards to apply to vehicles built between 2016 and 2025.
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