New U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy signed an order on Tuesday directing U.S. regulators to rescind landmark fuel economy standards issued under President Joe Biden that aimed to drastically ...

to reset the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards for automakers. The DOT said in a statement that the new standards will lower the price of new cars for consumers while eliminating a ...

A news release posted on the website of the Federal Highway Administration said that Duffy’s “first act” was issuing a directive that will reset the Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards.

Specifically, the memo targets the Corporate Average Fuel Economy standard (CAFE), which was just improved last year by President Biden’s DOT, saving American drivers $23 billion in fuel costs ...

A group representing automakers and electric vehicle charging companies on Friday urged the U.S. Transportation Department to ...

CAFE, or Corporate Average Fuel Economy, rules date back to oil shocks Americans suffered in 1974 and 1980. The first ones went into effect in 1978. They are intended to help drivers use less fuel ...

His first order of business after being sworn in was signing a memorandum directing staff to start the process of resetting Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards. USDOT says it will ...

Shortly after the Senate confirmed Duffy on Tuesday, he signed a memo to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, asking the agency to review its corporate average fuel economy ...

Duffy signed a memo directing the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to start a rulemaking to rescind or replace current and future Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards ...