# The new fuel economy standards congress passed

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**Created:** [December 18, 2007, 12:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-new-fuel-economy-standards-congress-passed/40451 "2007-12-18T12:02:46Z")\
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How does the average work, is it by number of cars sold or number cars offered?  
Could a car company offer a car that gets 70mpg and a car that gets 1mpg?

I think this just prompted OPEC to raise their prices even more.

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