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

The EU has mandated average fuel economy across manufacturer’s fleets the equivalent of about 57 U.S. miles per gallon mpg in 2021, up from 41.9 miles per U.S. gallon in 2015, and 92 miles per U ...

President Biden is cracking down on automakers who fail to meet fuel economy standards by charging them more for violations. In a final rule released late last week, the National Highway Traffic ...

President Biden’s administration had previously replaced a Trump fuel economy rule that called for automakers to make a 1.5 percent increase in fuel economy annually.

California, New York and three other states are suing the Trump administration, saying it must put in place higher penalties for automakers that violate federal fuel economy standards.

Some companies have opted to simply pay the fines instead of improving the fuel economy of their cars. In 2015, in response to a Congressional mandate to raise fines for non-compliance across the ...

DETROIT (AP) - New York, California and three other states are suing the Trump administration, saying it must put in place higher penalties for automakers that violate federal fuel economy ...

For comparison, rival Stellantis – which was ranked as the least fuel-efficient automaker in the aforementioned EPA study – was fined $235.5 million for violations over the course of the 2018 ...

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The U.S. Department of Transportation more than doubled civil penalties for fuel economy violations last year after Congress ordered agencies to adjust their fines for inflation.