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With strict CAFE standards set at 34.1 miles per gallon by 2016, automakers have a long, tough road ahead of them. If you compare recent fuel economy increases over the past five years, the task that lies ahead is downright daunting. Edmunds.com analysts compiled a list of fuel economy numbers ...

It's my equity firm and I'll cry if I want to. Cerberus Chairman John Snow has hopefully for the time being satiated his craving for whine after his address to the Detroit Economic Club. Apparently he thinks he knows all since he helped design the first CAFE standards 31 years ago. Impressive. He ...

If you think that the Detroit 3 are the only ones worried about the new CAFE standards, think again. As it turns out, Honda and Toyota execs are supporting a fuel economy bill, but not all parts of the ones proposed. In fact, it almost seems as though they don't want to see their American ...

In about ten days, US Senators will start to debate raising fuel economy standards. Last month, a Senate panel approved the idea of raising the CAFE standards to 35 mpg by 2020. But not everyone is enthralled with this idea. In fact, Automotive News has got more details on the plan that some ...

The leaders of the three US based automakers along with the CEO of Toyota's North American operations and the president of the United Auto Workers union faced off in an occasionally contentious hearing with a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee. The auto industry leaders acknowledged that fossil ...

James Hamilton of EconBrowser takes issue with the Bush administration's proposed increases to the CAFE standards. He basically says a stronger motivation would be a gas tax. Such a move would encourage more fuel conservation but allow allow consumers flexibility."When you force consumers to buy ...