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Facts on the ground may push NHTSA to toughen CAFE rules

When Transportation Secretary Mary Peters announced the first draft of new fuel economy standards last month, the increases actually appeared to exceed those mandated by recent energy bill. Of course a closer inspection of the rules indicated that they weren't all they appeared to be. Because the rules mandated fuel economy based on the footprint of an individual vehicle, there existed an incentive for carmakers to stretch the wheelbase and track of vehicles so that they wouldn't have to achieve the same efficiency as a smaller vehicle. ... Read more →

Hyundai to get half of MPG improvement from powertrains Sam Abuelsamid

Hyundai is already far closer to meeting the new corporate average fuel economy standards than most automakers thanks to their current fleet averages of 32.4mpg for cars and 25.5 for trucks. Under ...

Ford's Mark Fields wants more flex-fuel, less California regulations Sam Abuelsamid

Ford's President of the Americas, Mark Fields, wants the company to build more E85 capable flex-fuel vehicles but he doesn't want to have to deal with state level fuel economy or carbon dioxide ...

Now we know why the automakers weren't screaming over the CAFE rules Sam Abuelsamid

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 ...

GM comments on NHTSA proposal for fuel economy rules Sam Abuelsamid

We just spoke to GM's Greg Martin, Director, Policy and Washington Communications, about the fuel economy regulations that are being proposed by NHTSA today. Martin reiterated that although the new ...

Oh no!, Bob's not going to like this! NHTSA to propose 36mpg by 2015! 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Bob Lutz's worst nightmare appears to be on the horizon. Transportation Secretary Mary Peters is expected to unveil proposed regulations for fuel economy today that go beyond what Congress mandated in last December's Energy Bill. NHTSA appears set to require cars to achieve a fleet average of ...

Slow sales and new fuel economy regs kill Nissan Titan 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

When Nissan introduced the Titan pickup truck earlier this decade, they became the first Japanese Automaker to directly challenge the U.S. manufacturers in the full-size truck segment. Unfortunately for Nissan, the gamble didn't pay off, but the company knows when to stop throwing good money after ...


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