These Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards require that each manufacturer's entire production of cars or trucks sold in the United States meet a minimum average fuel economy level. Domestic and import cars and trucks are segregated into separate fleets, and each must meet the standards individually.On August 28, 2012, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized the corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) for cars and light-duty trucks. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), a subagency of the Department of Transportation (DOT), unveiled the updated Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards, which would require cars and lighter trucks to improve their respective fuel efficiencies by 2% and 4% starting in 2027, according to a DOT press release announcing the proposal.
Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) Preemption AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Department of Transportation (DOT). ACTION: Notice of Proposed Rulemaking. SUMMARY: This notice proposes to repeal The Safer Affordable Fuel-Efficient (SAFE)
The Corporate Average Fuel Economy, or CAFE, standards require an automaker's fleet of passenger vehicles to average 54.5 mpg by 2025. That number extends existing CAFE rules,S6Sl1fD.