Corporate Average Fuel Economy program

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The Corporate Average Fuel Economy program is a U.S. regulatory scheme that sets mandatory fuel-efficiency standards for automakers’ vehicle fleets to reduce energy consumption and emissions.

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instanceOf United States federal program ⓘ
fuel economy regulation ⓘ
vehicle efficiency standard ⓘ
administeredBy National Highway Traffic Safety Administration ⓘ
U.S. Department of Transportation ⓘ
affects automobile manufacturers ⓘ
domestically produced vehicles ⓘ
imported vehicles ⓘ
appliesTo manufacturers selling more than a minimum number of vehicles per year ⓘ
new vehicles sold in the United States ⓘ
complianceMethod calculation of sales-weighted fleet average ⓘ
laboratory fuel economy testing ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
encourages advanced powertrains ⓘ
electric vehicles ⓘ
hybrid vehicles ⓘ
enforcedBy National Highway Traffic Safety Administration ⓘ
goal encourage development of fuel-efficient technologies ⓘ
increase average fuel economy over time ⓘ
hasComponent civil penalties for noncompliance ⓘ
compliance testing ⓘ
fleet-wide average fuel economy standard ⓘ
separate standards for cars and light trucks ⓘ
hasProcess rulemaking to set future model year standards ⓘ
implementedFromModelYear 1978 ⓘ
legalBasis Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 ⓘ
Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975 ⓘ
measurementUnit MPG ⓘ
miles per gallon ⓘ
penaltyType civil monetary penalties ⓘ
policyArea energy policy ⓘ
environmental policy ⓘ
transportation policy ⓘ
purpose improve fuel efficiency ⓘ
reduce energy consumption ⓘ
reduce greenhouse gas emissions ⓘ
reduce oil consumption ⓘ
regulates automakers ⓘ
light trucks ⓘ
light-duty vehicles ⓘ
passenger cars ⓘ
vehicle fleets ⓘ
relatedTo EPA tailpipe CO2 standards ⓘ
Environmental Protection Agency ⓘ
greenhouse gas emissions standards for vehicles ⓘ
shortName CAFE ⓘ
startTime 1975 ⓘ
usesConcept corporate fleet average ⓘ
footprint-based standards ⓘ

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Energy Policy and Conservation Act → hasComponent → Corporate Average Fuel Economy program ⓘ
Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 → containsTitle → Title I – Energy Security Through Improved Vehicle Fuel Economy ⓘ
linked to: Corporate Average Fuel Economy program
EPCA → establishes → Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards ⓘ
linked to: Corporate Average Fuel Economy program
Public Law 94-163 → establishes → Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards ⓘ
linked to: Corporate Average Fuel Economy program
Advanced Clean Cars program → influencedBy → federal Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards ⓘ
linked to: Corporate Average Fuel Economy program
US EPA light-duty standards → relatedTo → Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards ⓘ
linked to: Corporate Average Fuel Economy program
United States automotive market → hasStandard → Corporate Average Fuel Economy ⓘ
linked to: Corporate Average Fuel Economy program