EV weirdness looms large
People are not excited about buying electric vehicles, so the Biden administration is gearing up to force us to do it. The trick is to use the so-called Fuel Economy Standards to do it.
CFACT joins coalition opposing regression from SAFE to CAFE fuel standards
Joint letter opposes Biden Administration proposals to enable Califorinia to resume bullying the rest of the nation on energy and emissions. Read the letter now.
Cars and consumer choice
There are many factors people employ when choosing a vehicle. Fuel efficiency is important. So are safety, range, passenger capacity, cargo capacity, weather handling, towing, style, comfort and the rest.
Finally! Some fuel economy common sense
But Greens go apoplectic over a rule change that would have no climate or other benefits.
Trump to California fuel standards: “You’re fired!”
Crafting smarter fuel efficiency standards is a needed reform. Standing up to California's heavy-handed eco-bullying is courageous. CFACT applauds both wise moves.
Trump is rolling back Obama’s vehicle emissions standards
“We need to find the place where we are demanding as much efficiency, as much environmental control as makes sense, but not so much that it begins to have a detrimental affect to highway safety."
Freeze, reduce or eliminate CAFÉ fuel standards
As Ralph Nader might say, CAFÉ standards make cars unsafe at any speed – not by faulty car design, but by government decree.
Court deals blow to Trump’s delay of Obama’s fuel efficiency fines
The Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit overturned a 2017 Department of Transportation (DOT) action delaying higher fees under the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) program. The court did not explain its rationale.
Mileage standards and tariffs help some – while penalizing countless others, often severely
Politicians must consider unintended consequences.
Misnamed “auto efficiency” is actually rationing
That a lot of people need and would happily buy larger, stronger and more powerful vehicles is simply not allowed under the Cafe scheme.