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GABE NELSON

Will CAFE push carmakers to eBay?

12:01 am U.S. ET | April 15, 2013
Imagine that one car company is struggling with new fuel economy standards and another car company could help, for the right price. Could they strike a deal? At first blush, probably not. But auto executives will be thinking about going to the negotiating table over the next few years Gabe Nelson is an Automotive News staff reporter.... Read More »

 

Startup company envisions auctions for CAFE credits

11:36 am U.S. ET | April 9, 2013
Dale Kardos' startup company wants to help car companies buy and sell CAFE credits, which have the potential to tilt the competitive balance of the auto industry toward companies that sell more fuel-efficient cars. Experts say companies with large stockpiles of credits, such as Toyota and Honda, could use them to sell fuel-thirstier vehicles than would otherwise be allowed or simply save them for a rainy day. But they could also sell credits to rivals.... Read More »

 

THERE'S AN APP FOR THAT?

Ford wants to see if smartphones can boost fuel economy

12:01 am U.S. ET | April 8, 2013
Ford Motor Co. wants consumers to see how their driving habits affect fuel economy and is offering big bucks to find an entertaining way to do that.... Read More »

 

TONS OF CREDITS

As Obama's CO2 regulations get tough, automakers -- especially Japanese -- have already earned a big cushion

12:01 am U.S. ET | April 8, 2013
As automakers ratchet down the fuel consumption of their cars to meet tougher federal standards, the top Japanese automakers already have an enormous head start from credits they earned since the 2009 model year.... Read More »

 

For Tesla's EVs, credits turn into dollars

12:01 am U.S. ET | April 8, 2013
Based on Tesla's fuel economy during the 2010 and 2011 model years, the company earned 49,772 EPA credits. The company says it is selling those credits to other automakers.... Read More »

 

How new CO2 credits differ from NHTSA's

12:01 am U.S. ET | April 8, 2013
The new EPA credits differ from credits that automakers accumulated under the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's long-standing CAFE standards.... Read More »

 

California's clean car goal

12:01 am U.S. ET | Jan. 7, 2013
California's zero-emission vehicle mandate will require large automakers to sell plug-in hybrid, hydrogen fuel cell and electric vehicles in increasing quantities. By the 2025 model year, 15% of new-vehicle sales in the state must be zero-emission vehicles.... Read More »

 

CAFE plan unlikely to change despite EPA chief's departure

12:01 am U.S. ET | Dec. 31, 2012
EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson's departure is unlikely to affect the strict fuel economy deal she helped broker, says a spokeswoman for auto manufacturers.... Read More »

 

Jackson to step down as Obama's EPA chief

11:37 am U.S. ET | Dec. 27, 2012
Environmental Protection Agency chief Lisa Jackson, one of the key players in raising federal fuel-efficiency standards to 54.5 mpg by 2025, is stepping down from her post after a tenure of almost four years marked by battles with Republicans who fought her proposed environmental regulations.... Read More »

 

EDITORIAL

CAFE is enough; ZEV rules defy logic, buyer choice

12:01 am U.S. ET | Dec. 3, 2012
California and the 10 states that typically follow its tailpipe emissions and fuel economy policies must rethink the mandates that would require automakers to deliver a specified number of electric, plug-in hybrid and fuel cell vehicles.... Read More »

 

Automakers challenge Mexico's mpg proposal

12:01 am U.S. ET | Nov. 26, 2012
Mexico's first fuel economy standard, nearly three years in the making, is stalled because of legal challenges from Toyota Motor Corp., Ford Motor Co., Chrysler Group and other automakers. The proposed standard, Nom-163, would set Mexico's required fleet fuel economy average for new cars and light trucks to 35 mpg by the 2016 model year, nearly identical to the 35.5 mpg standard in the United States.... Read More »

 

Chrysler, Ford join Toyota in opposing Mexico's fuel economy, emissions proposal

6:58 pm U.S. ET | Nov. 14, 2012
Mexico's first fuel economy standard, nearly three years in the making, is stalled because of challenges from Toyota, Ford, Chrysler Group and other automakers. Nom-163, aligned with the U.S. corporate average fuel economy standard, would raise Mexico's required fleet fuel economy average for new cars and light trucks to 35 mpg by 2016. It also would align Mexico's emission standard for new light vehicles with that of Canada, harmonizing regulations in North America.... Read More »

 

CAFE guide: A map through the mpg maze

12:01 am U.S. ET | Oct. 15, 2012
The federal government has a screaming deal for automakers that have struggled to find a market for electric vehicles: Two for the price of one. In the 2017 through 2019 model years, regulators will count each EV produced as two when calculating whether automakers are meeting new fuel-economy standards for light vehicles.... Read More »

 

Midterm review could alter fuel-economy rules

12:01 am U.S. ET | Oct. 15, 2012
Nobody knew in 1999 what the auto industry would look like today. That's the thinking behind including a midterm review in the government's fuel-economy standards for the 2017-25 model years.... Read More »

 

1 study says feds' cost estimate is low

12:01 am U.S. ET | Oct. 15, 2012
According to one estimate, the average U.S. vehicle could cost consumers about $5,000 more as a result of changes made to meet fuel-economy standards that go into effect in 2025 -- twice the cost estimated by the federal agencies that wrote the rules.... Read More »

 

Average fuel economy of new models sold rose in August

5:51 pm U.S. ET | Sept. 6, 2012
The average fuel economy of new vehicles sold in the United States in August rose for the first time in five months, University of Michigan researchers say. Vehicles sold in August had an average fuel economy of 23.8 mpg, according to a report by the university's Transportation Research Institute.... Read More »

 

EDITORIAL

CAFE rules are set, so it's time to stop whining, get busy

12:01 am U.S. ET | Sept. 3, 2012
The Obama administration's corporate average fuel economy standards for the 2017-25 model years are official. As expected, they will require automakers to meet the equivalent of 54.5 mpg by the 2025 model year. The standards are the law of the land, which means the industry needs to get on with finding ways to comply.... Read More »

 

U.S. fuel-economy rule gives sweeteners to Honda, Tesla

9:52 pm U.S. ET | Aug. 28, 2012
Honda, which last year complained that a proposed fuel-economy rule was unfair to automakers not based in the United States, got a boost when the final version added extra credits for sellers of natural gas-powered vehicles.... Read More »

 

EDITORIAL

Fuel economy push gives pickup buyers options

12:01 am U.S. ET | July 9, 2012
There's a persistent fear among some in the auto industry that fuel economy regulations will result in a limited selection of undersized, underperforming pickups that buyers won't want. So far, the results are the exact opposite.... Read More »