CAFE, or Corporate Average Fuel Economy, rules date back to oil shocks Americans suffered in 1974 and 1980. The first ones went into effect in 1978.

They are intended to help drivers use less fuel by requiring automakers’ fleets to meet average mile-per-gallon targets that initially increased with each model year, until progress stalled in ...

When he came into office the first time, rules from the Obama administration were going to require miles per gallon increase 5% each year, but by 2020, the DOT under Trump was able to loosen that ...

The latest standards set under the Biden administration required automakers to average about 38 miles per gallon of gas by 2031. That's in real-world driving. The current average is around 28 ...

When he came into office the first time, rules from the Obama administration were going to require miles per gallon increase 5% each year, but by 2020, the DOT under Trump was able to loosen that ...