Obama to announce new standards for car emissions and fuel consumption

Beijing time May 19 morning news, according to foreign media reports, U.S. President Barack Obama in Tuesday will announce stricter U.S. auto emissions and fuel consumption standards, the standard will come into effect in 2012.　　The standard is a federal standard for energy efficiency, as stringent as California's, and it is the first time the federal government has set emissions standards for cars and trucks.　　By 2016, U.S. cars and trucks will be reduced by 40% and will be more fuel-efficient, according to the new standard, with an average of 35.5 miles per gallon in U.S. car consumption. Environmentalists and auto industry executives welcomed the new standards, but for different reasons. Environmentalists think this is a belated rule.　　Auto industry executives say the standards are a national single standard they have long wanted. Obama will unveil the new standard at the White House in Tuesday. (Ning String)