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Automotive News publisher says that after 34 years CAFE still doesn't work

In the wake of last week's announcement by President Obama that the proposed California greenhouse gas emissions rules would be adopted on a national level, Keith Crain, the publisher of Automotive News has published an editorial calling CAFE a failure. The imposition of fuel economy rules certainly played a part in the tremendous technical innovation that has occurred over the last three decades. Cars today are significantly more fuel efficient than they were back in early 1970s while emitting only a tiny fraction of the noxious pollutants ... Read more →

Ricardo consults with federal government on establishing new CAFE rules Sam Abuelsamid

All too often, government policies are set by politicians and bureaucrats based solely on ideology rather than facts. With this week's announcement that the Obama administration will impose the ...

Auto Alliance comes out in favor of new federal fuel economy proposals Sam Abuelsamid

After fighting fuel economy and emissions rules at both the federal and state levels for many years, the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers is finally coming out in favor of the new regulatory ...

2011 Chrysler 300/Dodge Charger expected to exceed CAFE standards Sam Abuelsamid

One of the few relative successes that Chrysler has had in the past decade has been the Chrysler 300 and Dodge Charger. For a time, the big rear wheel drive sedans were some of the hottest cars ...

Motor Trend jumps on the demand side of the fuel efficiency push Sam Abuelsamid

I fully agree that we need more fuel efficient vehicles. But I also firmly believe that the vast majority of American drivers (and others around the world) will always buy the biggest, most powerful ...

EPA to NHTSA: Go higher on new CAFE standards! 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

After the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced its proposed new Corporate Average Fuel Economy rules last spring there was a public comment period to be followed by revisions before finalizing the regulations. There were certainly some negative comments related to the ...

Bill proposed in Congress would require NHTSA to use realistic gas prices to set CAFE 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The energy bill that was passed by Congress last December requiring corporate average fuel economy to be raised to 35 mpg by 2020 had some interesting little known elements in it. Among other things, the bill required NHTSA to set the standards at the maximum feasible level for any given years ...

GM tells NHTSA not to include plug-ins in setting CAFE standards 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

When the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration published an initial draft of the new fuel economy rules this spring, they gave automakers and other interested parties until July 1 to comment before finalizing the rules. That comment period is now over and GM and others have responded. ...

CAFE? Yeah right! says Porsche 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The way the draft rules have been defined for the new Corporate Average Fuel Economy standard, Porsche is at a distinct disadvantage. Because the standards for any given vehicle are based on the size of the vehicle, Porsche's relatively small cars have to meet a higher standard than other ...

Spy Photo: Is BMW 1-series mule affected by footprint-based CAFE regs? 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

When NHTSA recently released draft regulations to implement the fuel economy requirements from December's Energy Bill a controversial element of the proposal were the footprint-based thresholds. Rather than setting a single requirement that all manufacturers fleets would have to meet, the proposal ...

Now we know why the automakers weren't screaming over the CAFE rules 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/environment/Smoke_and_mirrors_in_the_new_CAFE_fuel_economy_rules'; When Transportation Secretary Mary Peters announced the first round of new CAFE rules last week, there was nary a peep from the automakers who had complained so vociferously about the the 35mpg standard ...


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