June 06, 2025 Press Release

Automaker Statement on CAFE Interpretive Rule

WASHINGTON, DC – Alliance for Automotive Innovation released the following statement on the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration rule (Resetting the Corporate Average Fuel Economy Program):

“This is a positive development and important clarity from the Department of Transportation. In multiple comments to NHTSA during the Biden administration, automakers said NHTSA’s standards were ‘improperly predicated’ on alternative fuel vehicles.”

 

Additional Resources:

Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standards for Model Years 2027-2032 and Fuel Efficiency for Model Years 2030-2035

October 16, 2023

 

Excerpt (page 6):

NHTSA’s proposed standards are improperly predicated on alternative fuel vehicles.

Despite clear prohibitions, NHTSA improperly includes the fuel economy of BEVs, a type of dedicated alternative fuel vehicle, in its consideration of CAFE standards. It does so under the guise of including them in its baseline assessment (i.e., a view of what NHTSA projects would happen absent further regulation) through a variety of pathways. However, the law makes no such exception...