In mid February, FIAT Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) released a statement that they had paid $77m in penalties for 2016 model vehicles that did not meet the CAFE requirements for that year. Apparently they were not the only manufacturer to pay a penalty, however they took up the biggest portion of the penalties incurred in the US. Despite agreeing to the gradual increase in fuel … [Read more...]
SAFE CAFE Chaos
Motoring Weekly has written a number of articles about the CAFE regulations:CAFE - Corporate Average Fuel Economy from September 2017CAFE Rules Adjusted from October 2017Update on CAFE Standards from May 2018 Now the current Administration is set to cause chaos with this set of rules. The idea of the standards was to ensure that cars got progressively more fuel efficient … [Read more...]
Revised CAFE Standards Being Considered
The current Administration in Washington has been busy trying to change everything that the previous Democratic Government had put in place. The latest decision has upset quite a few people because the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced it will review the CAFE Standards and will pressure California to toe the party line rather than do their own thing. What … [Read more...]
Corporate Average Fuel Economy Targets Adjusted
A few weeks ago I described what the CAFE figures meant. Now I read that these targets are going to get adjusted - because people in the US are buying too many SUVs and trucks! The plan was for the fleet average to be 54.5 miles per gallon split across cars, SUVs and trucks. However because the price of oil has been relatively low of late, more buyers are trading up to an … [Read more...]
Corporate Average Fuel Economy Goals
This is going to be an abridged view of the policy known as CAFE. It is abridged simply because like many Government sourced policies, it can twist and turn based on where the votes are - and get changed through its life! The policy was born out of the 1973 Fuel Crisis when OPEC (the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries) announced an embargo on countries who … [Read more...]