The Science Fiction Future of Fuel Efficient Cars

The Takeaway

Later today, President Obama plans to announce a major agreement between the White House and the nation’s top automakers. By 2025, cars sold domestically will have to drive  54.5 miles to the gallon. The president hopes this move will dramatically decrease the country’s need for foreign oil,   but this agreement   may also dramatically change the face of the American highway as we know it. Paul Eisenstein,  editor of The Detroit Bureau, and  Ian Pearson,  a futurist with the British consulting firm Futurizon, take a look at the future of driving with cleaner vehicles.

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