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Yes, the most recent poll results from the Consumer Federation of America (CFA) were about as predictable as asking Americans whether they wanted more sunlight or to lose a few pounds. Indeed, when one asks John Q. Public whether he's in favor of better fuel economy for semi trucks, well, the result's likely to be affirmative. To us, it's the 26 percent who were not in favor of more fuel-efficient trucks that have some explaining to do.

So, yes, 74 percent of the roughly 1,000 American adults the CFA polled last month voted in favor of more fuel-efficient trucks. CFA estimates that increasing fuel-efficiency of trucks by 50 percent would save the average household $250 a year in the form of cheaper goods and services. As fuel prices continue to rise, so will that potential savings number.

This past February, President Obama laid out details of the first-ever truck fuel-efficiency mandate that was first disclosed in August 2011. In part, those standards mandated a 20-percent boost in fuel efficiency by 2018 for semi trucks and a 15-percent fuel-efficiency improvement during the same time period from heavy-duty pickup trucks and vans. These standards would save an estimated 530 million barrels of oil and $50 billion in fuel costs and during the life of new trucks built between 2014 and 2018. Read more in CFA's press release below.Continue reading Public in favor of higher truck fuel efficiency standards

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