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U.S. fuel economy posts biggest gain since 1975

Automakers must double fuel economy of new vehicles by model year 2025 and lower their greenhouse-gas emissions by half. (BLOOMBERG)
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Mark Drajem Angela Greiling Keane
March 15, 2013 05:00 AM

WASHINGTON (Bloomberg) -- The fuel economy of vehicles sold in the United States last year had the sharpest gains in almost four decades, with Honda Motor Co. Ltd., Volkswagen AG and Mazda Motor Corp. producing the most efficient fleets.

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