Automobile and Light Truck Fuel Economy: The CAFE Standards

[摘要] This report discusses energy legislation pertaining to fuel standards. The current corporate average fuel economy standard (CAFE) is 27.5 miles per gallon (mpg) for passenger automobiles and 20.7 mpg for light trucks (scheduled to increase to 22.2 mpg in model year [MY] 2007), a classification that also includes sport utility vehicles (SUVs). Congress had included language in the FY1996-FY2001 Transportation Appropriations prohibiting the use of appropriated funds for any rulemaking on CAFE, effectively freezing the standards.

[发布日期] 2004-11-04 [发布机构] Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

[关键词] Energy;Fuel consumption -- standards;Science policy