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

America now effectively has no fuel economy rules. The standards were both an economic measure and an environmental one.

US regulators have waived fines for automakers failing to meet fuel efficiency standards dating back to the 2022 model year.

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

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

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

Automakers face no fines for failures to meet fuel efficiency rules dating back to the 2022 model year under a law signed by President Donald Trump this month, U.S. regulators said.

Duffy confidently declared that the current CAFE standards, in which fuel economy would increase 2 percent per year for passenger car model years 2027–2031 and 2 percent per year for light-duty ...

That’s partly because they’re so torquey, but it certainly doesn’t hurt that they also generally get better fuel economy — not gas mileage since technically, diesels don’t use gasoline.