Fuel Economy: Going Along for the Ride
Biased polling has provided the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) with a “grassroots justification” powerful enough to effectively push through a doubling in the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) figure that motor manufacturers must soon achieve or face stiff penalties. This new proposal requires the fleet-average for new vehicles sold in America to rise from today’s 27mpg (8.7 litres/100km) to 54.5 miles per gallon by 2025. However, as a result of forgoing a holistic approach to this research, consideration for the cost of implementing such a standard has not been taken into account. What does this mean for the future of the motor industry and fuel economy in light 16of the new CAFE proposal?
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