Big Three Auto has 32 mpg target for 2020 not the 35 mpg in the Energy Act

A study by the Michigan’s Transportation Research Institute concluded that the Big Three automakers in Detroit would only have to reach an average of 33.2 miles per gallon across their fleets, not the 35 mpg standard in the EISA Act of 2007, owing to the manner in which targets for automakers are calculated. The study said that manufacturers with a large installed base of truck and SUV drivers would have lower targets than small-car makers such as Honda that would need to reach a corporate average of 39 mpg by 2020, according to the report’s authors. The study did not calculate credits earned by automakers for flex-fuel cars,. which could bring the target as low as 31 mpg.

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