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NHTSA and White House work on defining CAFE's yearly fuel economy increases

35 mpg by 2020. Sounds simple, right? Well, it sounds simple unless you're an auto industry engineer who needs to help build a bunch of cars that achieve that number. But to the rest of us, those are some pretty easy-to-remember numbers. Still, how do we get from where we are today (a corporate average fleet economy of 27.5 mpg for cars) and that magical 35-by-2020 number? This is a problem that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the White House need to resolve, for now anyway. Last week, NHTSA sent a proposal for ... Read more →

Canada wants to join the 35mpg by 2020 club Sam Abuelsamid

Now that the energy bill and its attendant fuel economy standards has been passed here in the U.S., it looks like the Canadian government wants to officially adopt the same standards. Canada has never ...

Now it's pen-on-paper official: President Bush signs 35 mpg CAFE into law Sebastian Blanco

Not that there was any real question, but the 35 mpg CAFE deed is now done. President Bush signed the huge new energy bill into law this morning, and that means that automakers will need to have the ...

It's official: Congress passes 35 mpg CAFE standard Sebastian Blanco

This afternoon, the energy bill that requires 35 mpg by 2020 CAFE handily passed Congress. After passing in the Senate last week, the first increase in average fleet fuel economy in 32 years sailed ...

Import automakers tell Congress 35 mpg CAFE is A-OK, just not in 2020 Sebastian Blanco

Forget MPG, just pull into a gas station with your Tesla Roadster and smile.... (Photo by Jurvetson. CC 2.) Hm. While Toyota has been pushing for less stringent CAFE standards (and taking a beating ...

How to raise your ZENN NEV's speed limit to 35 - but check the caveats 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Almost all NEVs in the U.S. are limited by law (and thus by a setting in the car) to 25 mph. In some areas - Montana, for example - the laws are being changed so that these little commuter cars can go 35 mph. But, just because the law changes doesn't mean that the car magically upgrades its top ...

Toyota calls for Congress to pass Hill-Terry CAFE bill 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Over on the Toyota Open Road blog, VP Communications Irv Miller has put a post calling on Congress to pass a comprehensive energy bill this session. In particular, Toyota wants the US Congress to pass the Hill-Terry fuel economy standards. That's the same proposal favored by the domestic automakers ...


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