The U.S. federal government made it official Wednesday - the NHTSA/EPA Corporate Average Fuel Economy, or CAFE,program is getting tougher on light trucks. Automakers will have to increase average fuel economy ratings for lighttrucks to about 24 mpg by the 2011 model year, a more than 10-percent increase from today's standard. The standard forcars remains unchanged at 27.5 mpg.
The automakers get a break, though. For the first time, the CAFE rulesinclude standards that vary by vehicle size, meaning that the standards for bigger trucks will be lower than forsmaller trucks. This helps out Ford, GM and Chrysler, where big trucks mean big profits.
Full details areavailable at the NHTSA website, here.
[Source: NHTSA]
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