According to a letter seen by Reuters, sent to automakers by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the federal ...

The action, contained in a letter to automakers, comes after passage of a Trump-backed bill that ends penalties for companies ...

A key driver of Tesla's profit is disappearing fast as the U.S. government changes policies on an environmental asset known ...

Automakers will not face fines for failing to fuel efficiency targets set by federal emissions rules dating back to the 2022 ...

U.S. automakers are exempt from fines related to non-compliance with Corporate Average Fuel Economy rules for the 2022 model ...

American automotive policy, the U.S. government has quietly dismantled the enforcement of its long-standing Corporate Average ...

Automakers face no fines for failures to meet fuel efficiency rules dating back to the 2022 model year under a law signed by ...

With past fines forgiven and the penalty for future infractions set at $0, the CAFE standards are effectively dead.

The rules, known as the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards, set a 2025 target of a 54.5 mpg fleetwide average. That includes a 5 percent mpg increase every year from 2017 to 2025.

CARS.COM — Each year the EPA calculates corporate average fuel economy based on gas mileage estimates for each car in an automaker’s lineup, and the number of those cars produced that year.