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WASHINGTON — The Obama administration and major auto manufacturers have reached a deal to raise fuel-efficiency standards for cars and light trucks between 2017 and 2025, resolving a contentious negotiation over how to cut vehicles’ greenhouse-gas emissions.
The agreement would require U.S. vehicle fleets to average 54.5 miles per gallon, or 163 grams per mile of carbon dioxide equivalent, by 2025, which represents a 50 percent cut in greenhouse gases and a 40 percent reduction in fuel consumption compared with today’s vehicles, according to sources briefed on the matter.
The plan is short of the 62-mpg level sought by environmental and public-health groups.
