Corporate average fuel economy

<p>Corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards are regulations in the United States, first enacted by the <a href="/facts/United_States_Congress/mJlU46K7">United States Congress</a> in 1975, after the 1973–74 <a href="/facts/Arab_Oil_Embargo/fpuVQF2T">Arab Oil Embargo</a>, to improve the average <a href="/facts/Fuel_economy_in_automobiles/Nslwm6vu">fuel economy</a> of cars and <a href="/facts/Light_truck/eHWSEeo2">light trucks</a> (trucks, vans and <a href="/facts/Sport_utility_vehicle/qAeED6XM">sport utility vehicles</a>) produced for sale in the United States. More recently, efficiency standards were developed and implemented for heavy-duty pickup trucks and commercial medium-duty and heavy-duty vehicles. CAFE neither directly offers incentives for customers to choose fuel efficient vehicles nor directly affects fuel prices. Rather, it attempts to accomplish the goals indirectly, by making it more expensive for automakers to build inefficient vehicles by introducing penalties.
</p><p>CAFE standards are administered by the <a href="/facts/United_States_Secretary_of_Transportation/8vLNGJ5U">secretary of transportation</a> via the <a href="/facts/National_Highway_Traffic_Safety_Administration/hz6QB8SN">National Highway Traffic Safety Administration</a>. The original CAFE standards sought to drive automotive innovation to curtail fuel consumption, and now the aim is also to create domestic jobs and cut <a href="/facts/Climate_change/rEN4BDE7">global warming</a>.
Stringent CAFE standards together with <a href="/facts/Government_incentives_for_fuel_efficient_vehicles_in_the_United_States/uepQf39X">government incentives for fuel efficient vehicles in the United States</a> should accelerate the demand for <a href="/facts/Electric_vehicle/jhCbx5ur">electric vehicles</a>.
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Corporate average fuel economy