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Meeting new CAFE regs will cost Detroit double what it costs the Japanese

The average cost for Detroit's Big Three automakers to meet the proposed fuel efficiency targets of 31.6 miles per gallon by 2015 has been pegged at $30.6 billion. In contrast, the average cost for the Japanese automakers sits at less than half that amount at "only" $14.85 billion. These numbers come courtesy of a recent study by Global Insight. In a real shocker, General Motors alone is expected to pay out $15 billion alone. Why the disparity? Simple: the Japanese brands already offer more fuel efficient models. With that reasoning, it seems ... Read more →

Pelosi commends Bush on 31.6 mpg by 2015 step Sebastian Blanco

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) has been involved with the ins and outs of the CAFE standards for a long while. This week, following the NHTSA's call for a 31.6 mpg average (35.7 for cars and ...

Dingell might get the final say on state-based fuel economy laws Sebastian Blanco

We all know that the Democratic Representative from the Automakers Michigan, John Dingell, is a foe of state-based regulations over the auto industry. Back in February, he tried to revive an excised ...

NADA Chairwoman says flexibile CAFE standards are the right move Sebastian Blanco

At the National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) meeting last weekend, GM CEO Rick Wagoner asked car dealers to lobby their state and local governments to not regulate tailpipe emissions. 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 ...

Bad idea: Porsche wants a pass on fuel economy rules 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

You might make a case that a car company that only sells a few hundred or even a few thousand vehicles in a 16-million-vehicle-a-year market doesn't really make much of a dent in emissions or fuel consumption. This is particularly true if the cars they sell are high-performance models that ...

Import automakers tell Congress 35 mpg CAFE is A-OK, just not in 2020 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

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 for it), a group that Toyota is part of, the Association of International Automobile Manufacturers, ...

NADA chair says fuel-efficient vehicles are the way to built market share 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Automotive News says (subs req'd) that a Buick, Pontiac, GMC and Cadillac dealer in Lawrence, Kan. told the National Automobile Dealers Association this week that the way the Detroit 3 can turn their troubles to triumph is by designing and building more fuel-efficient vehicles. For proof, he pointed ...


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