2016

Shortly after the feds announced that stringent CAFE regulations would go into effect in 2016, reports poured in claiming that meeting these goals will add, on average, $985 to the price of each automobile. In addition, estimates have popped up suggesting that automakers will spend a staggering ...

California's lead in setting stricter mileage standards for automobiles helped President Obama's administration formulate the new 35.5 mpg requirement for 2016. Since California's voice is so strong in the debate, we can see what might possibly be coming to the whole country in the later half of ...

In President Obama's speech this afternoon about the new 35.5 mpg CAFE standard for 2016, he made sure to emphasize the broad support for the new national rule. From the responses we're seeing around the web following the announcement, it's clear that he wasn't just expressing a hope that a broad ...