Automotive fuel efficiency standards by country

Submitted by David on Mon, 2009-07-06 17:58

It's amazing how much noise American manufacturers put out about fuel efficiency standards and how impossible they are to meet. Also interesting to see how this compares to the rest of the world.

China: 43 mpg.
Canada: 27 mpg
(current average, no standard)
TBA (starting in 2011)
United States: 25 mpg.
(current average)
35 mpg. (proposed, 2030
California: 25 mpg. (current)
36 mpg. (proposed, 2016)
Europe: 40 mpg. (current)
48.9 mpg. (proposed 2012)
Japan: 40 mpg. (current)
48.9 mpg. (proposed, 2015)

Source: Toronto Star