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What is CAFE?

It was big news when the Obama Administration updated CAFE requirements in May to a new and higher national MPG standard of 42 mpg for cars (26 mpg for light trucks) by 2016. The higher standards will start increasing with 2011 model year vehicles. But what is CAFE? And how do these new numbers – before the raise, cars needed to average 27.5 mpg and trucks 24 mpg – change what will be available in dealerships in the coming decade? Let's start with the official government wording. The National Highway Traffic Safety ... Read more →

Cars.com calculates the real CAFE numbers with True Mileage Index! Jeremy Korzeniewski

What is CAFE? 2 months ago on Autoblog Green

Cars.com calculates the real CAFE numbers with True Mileage Index! 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

TMI. What does that mean? Well, it usually means 'Too Much Information,' but in the case of fuel mileage, there is truly no such thing. Everybody and their brother wants to know what kind of mileage they are likely to get out of their next new car purchase, so we'll take any information we can get. ...

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CAFE – Corporate Average Fuel Economy. A system used in the U.S. to define mileage requirements of new vehicles.

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