Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards regulate how far vehicles must travel on a gallon of fuel. Learn more about CAFE & vehicle miles per gallon.

Corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards are regulations in the United States, first enacted by the United States Congress in 1975, [1] after the 1973–74 Arab Oil Embargo, to improve the average fuel economy of cars and light trucks (trucks, vans and sport utility vehicles) produced for sale in the United States. More recently ...

First enacted by Congress in 1975, the purpose of CAFE is to reduce energy consumption by increasing the fuel economy of cars and light trucks. The CAFE standards are fleet-wide averages that must be achieved by each automaker for its car and truck fleet, each year, since 1978.

Jun 24, 2024 · NHTSA, on behalf of the Department of Transportation (DOT), is finalizing Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards for passenger cars and light trucks that increase at a rate of 2 percent per year for passenger cars in model years (MYs) 2027-31, 0 percent per year for light trucks in model years 2027-28, and 2 percent per year for light ...

The Data Visualization Tool has been updated to include visualizations of fuel consumed over time (by fuel type, alternative, and vehicle regulatory class) and greenhouse gas emissions over time (by upstream and tailpipe sources, fuel type, alternative, and regulatory class).

NHTSA’s Corporate Average Fuel Economy Public Information Center (CAFE PIC) is a resource for the public and automobile manufacturers to obtain information on the Light-Duty CAFE and Medium- and Heavy-Duty Vehicle and Engine Fuel Consumption programs.

Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE), standards designed to improve the fuel economy of cars, light trucks, and sport-utility vehicles (SUVs) sold in the United States.

Jan 27, 2025 · The U.S. DOT Volpe Center's Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) Program Office develops and executes analyses to assess the costs and benefits of national fuel economy standards—part of NHTSA’s safety mandate.

Apr 1, 2022 · The new Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards require an industry-wide fleet average of approximately 49 mpg for passenger cars and light trucks in model year 2026, the strongest cost savings and fuel efficiency standards to date.

Jul 27, 2018 · Fuel economy roughly doubled from a fleetwide average of 13.4 mpg in 1973 to 27.5 mpg ten years later. However, as American consumers developed a taste for larger vehicles, the standards were relaxed to 26 mpg for passenger vehicles, and stagnated for a full two decades (Figure 1).