Corporate Average Fuel Economy

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Corporate Average Fuel Economy is a term from the American US legislation to motor vehicles .

It is the fleet consumption of a manufacturer's vehicles, weighted according to market share , calculated in " miles per gallon " (mpg), of all vehicles ( cars and small trucks ) with a mass ("gross vehicle weight rating", GVWR) of less than 8,500 lbs. (Pounds, approximately 4,000 kg) and were sourced for sale in the USA for each model year.

The term "fuel economy" (economy in fuel consumption) is defined as the average mile route that an automobile per gallon gasoline travels (or equivalent amounts of other fuels), in accordance with the test regulations of the Environmental Protection Agency EPA (Environmental Protection Agency).

In 1975 the US Congress first set consumption limits for cars and small trucks in response to the 1973 oil embargo. In 2007, the Bush administration refused to allow the state of California and 13 other US states to set stricter consumption limits. Automakers like GM and Ford took the view at the time that they could not be expected to follow two different standards. In March 2009, the Obama administration tightened the limit values ​​that had remained unchanged since 1985 and announced in May 2009 that the limit values ​​proposed by California would be implemented by 2016. These are around 30% below the current limit values.

The list of automobile manufacturers that had to pay fines under the CAFE legislation in 2010 for excessively high fleet consumption includes Mercedes-Benz , Jaguar , Porsche , Fiat , and Volvo .

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  1. ↑ Fuel Efficiency . New York Times. May 18, 2009. Retrieved June 3, 2009.
  2. ↑ Summary of CAFE Fines Collected (PDF) National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. January 11, 2012. Retrieved April 3, 2012.