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The battle over which technologies will catapult automakers into reaching ever-stringent Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards wages on. This week, former U.S. Secretary of Transportation and Commerce, Norman Mineta, released a white paper in conjunction with the U.S. Coalition for Advanced Diesel Technologies – whose members include automotive suppliers Honeywell and Bosch, among others. [...]

  Friday morning, President Obama came together with automakers and industry representatives to announce the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards for model years 2017 through 2025. In a private ceremony, the President delivered his remarks on the move that will require 20 miles per gallon more than the current vehicle requirements. While there, Obama [...]

Updated 7/28/2011 at 2:00pm Wednesday evening, Reuters reported that the Obama Administration and automakers reached a deal on the new CAFE standards. The rumors began circulating a few weeks back that OEMs could be forced to reach 56.2 miles per gallon fleet-wide between the 2017 and 2025 model years – more than 20 miles per [...]

Like fireworks exploding in the night sky, the news spread on Independence Day that the federal government may soon require auto manufacturers to meet 56.2 miles per gallon fleet-wide by 2025. While it may have taken (admittedly) too long for most car makers to hop onto the fuel-efficiency-is-cool bandwagon (it took 18 years to legislate higher [...]