2022 : Energy
Cost per Mile Driven Unchanged for Cars
Gas at $9 gallon But Average Fuel Efficiency at 55MPH
Influenced Scenarios
Evidence
First Electric Car Charging Station Arrives
The Wild Center becomes is the site of the first electric car charging station in the Park. Charge your Telsa, Volt or Prius here.
Read the news story here.
Read the news story here.
Domestic Oil Production Set to Exceed Imports
For the first time since the mid-1990's the US is expect to produce more oil than it imports, due to new shale oil extraction techniques. Also, fuel efficiency is decreasing demand. More use of natural gas also lowers demand for oil in some cases. It does not look like US gas prices should rise significantly in the next 5 to 10 years.
Lots of data in this report.
Automakers agree to new 2025 fleet fuel efficiency CAFE goals
In 2011 the avg was 30.2mpg. By 2016 it will hit 35.5 and by 2025, 54.5mpg
The whole story is complicated and you can read about it here.For Cost per Mile Driven Unchanged for Cars
For Cost per Mile Driven Unchanged for Cars