Carmakers ask Trump to revisit fuel efficiency rules
They don't want to be held to tougher environmental standards through 2025.
They don't want to be held to tougher environmental standards through 2025.
Happy holidays from NHTSA to automakers.
The agency could wait until 2018, but it won't.
What will President Trump do? We don't know, but we have some ideas.
Industry is investing $200 billion to boost fleetwide fuel efficiency, and will cut jobs if that investment isn't returned.
Just keep your ears open.
The debate over 2025 Corporate Average Fuel Economy requirements continues.
Don't tell the EPA it can't be done.
The EPA and the auto industry have agreed that the 54.5 mpg target was simply too high. So, they moved the goalposts.
A jump from $5.50 to $14 for each missed 1/10th of an MPG really adds up.
New-vehicle fuel economy has stayed about the same for the past two years.
Autoline's John McElroy suggests how to fix fuel-economy and emissions issues in the United States.
VW boycotted Obama's 2011 announcement of CAFE greenhouse-gas emissions standards.
Contrary to perception, the EPA hasn't ruled on mandating a 54.5-mpg fleet average for 2025. The EPA won't make a decision on it until 2018.
Tesla thinks that automakers should have no problem meeting the EPA's 54.5-mile-per-gallon CAFE standard for 2025. In fact the EV company, wants the regulation to be even tougher, if possible.
Automakers may need to invest another $1,500 or so in midsize sedans in order to meet 2025 fuel-economy standards.
Consumer Federation says 2025 CAFE standards are "achievable" and that automakers are making progress.
For the 2013 model year (and the second year in a row), the auto industry is making cars that are 1.4 mpg cleaner than the regulations say they need to be right now.
The US federal government might think about loosening the CAFE fuel-efficiency requirements for 2025.
Automakers lobby to get federal government to offer fuel-economy credits for safety features.