FICHA INFORMATIVA ASPECTOS DESTACADOS

The document advocates for the preservation of US federal fuel efficiency and emissions standards, asserting that these regulations save consumers money on gasoline and reduce pollution. It emphasizes that low- and middle-income households benefit most from these savings, as they spend a larger proportion of their income on transportation. The text challenges industry claims that efficiency standards increase vehicle costs, noting that price increases are driven by the shift toward luxury SUVs and pickups. It also highlights strong public support for these standards across political lines and warns that reversing them would increase spending on expensive, dirty petroleum products.

• Federal fuel efficiency standards are projected to save the average buyer of a new 2025 model vehicle approximately $6,000 in fuel costs over the vehicle's lifetime, even after accounting for the cost of the efficiency technology.
• Between 1980 and 2014, improvements in fuel efficiency saved low- and middle-income families an average of up to 2 percent of their income, while higher-income earners saved an average of 0.5 percent.
• Total savings for all Americans resulting from improved fuel efficiency are projected to reach approximately $50 billion by the year 2030.
• Low-income families are disproportionately affected by transportation costs, spending around 30 percent of their total income on transport, compared to nearly 20 percent for average middle-income families.
• The increase in new vehicle purchase prices is largely attributed to manufacturer focus on high-profit luxury vehicles like SUVs and pick-up trucks rather than efficiency standards; for example, the price of the cheapest new vehicles in 2015 remained nearly the same as those in 2005 (adjusted for inflation).
• Public support for fuel efficiency standards is broad, with 75 percent or more of Americans across demographic and political spectrums supporting them, including two-thirds of Trump voters and four-fifths of Clinton voters in a December 2016 survey.
• Reversing federal fuel efficiency and emissions standards could lead to the United States spending nearly $2 billion per day on dirtier and harder-to-extract petroleum products.

APA

Union of Concerned Scientists (2017). FICHA INFORMATIVA ASPECTOS DESTACADOS. https://www.ucs.org/sites/default/files/images/reports/vehicles/cv-factsheet-fuel-economy-income-sp.pdf

Chicago

Union of Concerned Scientists. FICHA INFORMATIVA ASPECTOS DESTACADOS. 2017. https://www.ucs.org/sites/default/files/images/reports/vehicles/cv-factsheet-fuel-economy-income-sp.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{unionofconcernedscientists2017ficha, author = {{Union of Concerned Scientists}}, title = {{FICHA INFORMATIVA ASPECTOS DESTACADOS}}, institution = {Union of Concerned Scientists}, year = {2017}, month = aug, url = {https://www.ucs.org/sites/default/files/images/reports/vehicles/cv-factsheet-fuel-economy-income-sp.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }