Apr 22, 2021 · The proposed action would establish a clean slate, enabling the Department to further the Administration’s important fuel economy, equity, and climate change priorities — which include reversing unnecessary and potentially unlawful efforts to prevent state action.

NHTSA has proposed these new Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) and FE standards under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975, as amended by the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007. Environmental impacts analyzed in this Final EIS include those related to fuel and energy use, air quality, and climate change.

Dec 21, 2021 · NHTSA withdraws rule that sought to preempt States from setting their own greenhouse gas emissions standards and zero-emissions vehicle mandates.

Jun 14, 2024 · NHTSA announced its final rule—the “Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standards for Passenger Cars and Light Trucks for Model Years 2027 and Beyond and Fuel Efficiency Standards for Heavy-Duty Pickup Trucks and Vans for Model Years 2030 and Beyond”—on June 7, 2024 (pre-publication).

1 day ago · Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Cars ride in traffic along the I5 freeway is shown in Los Angeles, California, U.S., July 12, 2023. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo

Jul 28, 2023 · Federal transportation regulators announced a proposal Friday to boost fuel economy standards to an average of 58 miles per gallon for cars and light-duty trucks by 2032, a step likely to...

Our country has two intertwined and critically important needs - to reduce oil consumption and to address global climate change. NHTSA and EPA have adopted the HD National Program to meet these needs by reducing fuel use and GHG emissions from on-highway transportation sources.

3 days ago · Some automakers have criticized the rule as a costly distortion of the market. “Artificially high fuel economy standards,” the transportation secretary’s memo said, “impose large costs ...

Dec 20, 2021 · On April 1, 2022, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, on behalf of the Department of Transportation, finalized revised corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards for passenger cars and light trucks for model years (MY) 2024–2026.

On December 21, 2021, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) published its Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) Preemption rule, which finalizes its repeal of 2019’s “ The Safer Affordable Fuel-Efficient (SAFE) Vehicles Rule Part One: One National Program.”