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[Autoblog] NHTSA announces new CAFE standards through 2015: Now that we have an actual CAFE target for the auto industry to hit in the near term, expect to see a flurry of activity from automakers. Lithium-ion plug-in hybrids, series hybrids, diesels and all-electric cars will likely be the new technologies that help the industry meet these new interim CAFE standards by 2015, and the first change set for 2011 is not far away at all.

 [PUMP N' GO!] 31.6 MPG Is The Next Fuel Economy Standard?: But shortly after the NHTSA published the report in the early 1980’s, the big gipper Republican Ronald Reagan and his Administration rolled the CAFE standards back in 1986 to 26 mpg which was one point shorter than the 27 mpg that Congress mandated in 1985. The reason for Reagan’s decision was due to a declining American Oil Industry.

[GO on the ROAD] Ambitious. Achievable? Interim CAFE 32 mpg by 2015: Even Honda and Volkswagen, traditionally the automakers with the highest fleet averages, will have to show technology improvements to get better fuel mileage from Fits and Golfs. Because of their mix of vehicles, Ford Motor Company will have to reach higher numbers than Toyota/Lexus/Scion.

 [Everyone's Blog Posts - Alternative Energy dot Com] [Video] Gas prices are painful and changing behaviors plus tips ...: economy standards (35 mpg by 2020) might help ameliorate the situation if NHTSA is vigilant in setting strong incremental rules and doesn’t bow to industry pressure, according to CFA. The first NHTSA ruling is expected to be released .

 [The Transportationist] Government to release proposed fuel economy rules: Historically CAFE standards seem to correlate with progress in fuel efficiency, rising from 12.9 MPG for new cars in 1974, though the present standard has been unchanged since the early 1980s and as a consequence, with the shift from passenger cars to light trucks, the combined fleet fuel economy has dropped slightly from a peak in 1987 of 26 mpg to about 25 mpg presently.

[Automotive News & Auto Blog | Car Industry News & Blogs - Wide Open Throttle] NHTSA rule will raise CAFE to 32 mpg by 2015, report says: Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards will increase from 2011 to 2015, the long-awaited "interim standards" anticipating the 35 mpg 2020 CAFE. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is expected to release...

 [Untitled] Brace For Impact: First Step to 35 MPG Announced: Automakers were generally silent on the new rules, though GM did issue a press release. The world’s biggest automaker for now said that “GM intends to meet the tough, new national CAFE standards of 35 mpg for cars and trucks combined by 2020, a dramatic increase of 40 percent.

[Warming Law] For Earth Day, Bush Buys California a Trojan Horse: Today’s regulations purport to preempt "any state regulation regulating tailpipe carbon dioxide emissions from automobiles...” This violates legal precedent which clearly established that pollution emissions from cars, including greenhouse gases, are regulated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the State of California, not NHTSA.

[Men's Blog] NHTSA announces new CAFE standards through 2015: Now that we have an actual CAFE target for the auto industry to hit in the near term, expect to see a flurry of activity from automakers. Lithium-ion plug-in hybrids, series hybrids, diesels and all-electric cars will likely be the new technologies that help the industry meet these new interim CAFE standards by 2015, and the first change set for 2011 is not far away at all.

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