Submitted by Jake Blumgart on June 19, 2003 - 12:05pm
Date Published:
Thu, 06/19/2003
Robert Bamberger. Congressional Research Service. June 19, 2003.
“Automobile and Light Truck Fuel Economy: The Café Standards”, includes a section entitled “Past Role of CAFE Standards”, which includes some relevant data on the policy.
“Since 1974, domestic new car fuel economy has roughly doubled: the fuel economy of imports has increased by roughly one-third….The fact that overall passenger car fleet fuel economy remained comparatively flat during a period of declining real prices for gasoline also suggested that the CAFE regulations have contributed to placing some sort of floor under new-car fuel economy.”
Issues:
