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Corporate Average Fuel Economy

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The Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) regulations in the United States, first enacted by Congress in 1975, are federal regulations intended to improve the average fuel economy of cars and light trucks (trucks, vans and sport utility vehicles) sold in the US in the wake of the 1973 Arab Oil Embargo. Historically, it is the sales-weighted harmonic mean fuel economy, expressed in miles per... Read enhanced Wikipedia article

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National Highway Traffic Safety Administration NHTSA also administers the controversial Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE), which is intended to incentivize the production of fuel-efficient vehicles by dint of fuel economy requirements measured against the sales-weighted average of each manufacturer's range of vehicles.

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    Corporate Average Fuel Economy

    The Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) regulations in the United States, first enacted by Congress in 1975, are federal regulations intended to improve the average fuel economy of cars and light trucks (trucks, vans and sport utility vehicles) sold in the US in the wake of the 1973 Arab Oil Embargo.
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    Fuel economy in automobiles

    Fuel usage in automobiles refers to the relationship between distance traveled by an automobile and the amount of fuel consumed. ... Main article: Corporate Average Fuel Economy
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    Gross combined weight rating

    The gross combined weight rating (GCWR) is the maximum allowable combined mass of a towing road vehicle, passengers and cargo in the tow vehicle, plus the mass of the trailer and cargo in the trailer. ... Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE)
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    Fuel efficiency

    Fuel efficiency, is a form of thermal efficiency, meaning the efficiency of a process that converts chemical potential energy contained in a carrier fuel into kinetic energy or work. ... Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE)
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    Gross trailer weight rating

    In motor vehicles, the gross trailer weight rating (GTWR) is the total mass of a road trailer that is loaded to capacity, including the weight of the trailer itself, plus fluids, and cargo. ... Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE)
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    Flexible-fuel vehicle

    A flexible-fuel vehicle (FFV) or dual-fuel vehicle ... called a flex-fuel vehicle) is an alternative fuel vehicle with an... on more than one fuel, usually gasoline... or methanol fuel, and both fuels... ... Some critics have argued, including U.S. Representative Jay Inslee, that American automakers have been producing E85 flex models motivated by a loophole in the CAFE (Corporate Average Fuel Economy)... for a fuel economy credit for... flex-fuel vehicle...
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    List of energy abbreviations

    This is a list of abbreviations found in the context of energy issues. ... CAFE — Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards (US)
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    Cafe (disambiguation)

    A café or cafe is a small informal restaurant. ... Corporate Average Fuel Economy, a U.S. standard for minimum fuel efficiency in vehicles
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    Fuel saving devices

    Since the development of the internal combustion engine, people have looked for ways to increase its efficiency, in order to increase the fuel economy of the automobile. ... Corporate Average Fuel Economy
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    General Motors

    General Motors Company, also known as GM, is a United States based automaker with headquarters in Detroit, Michigan. ... Several critics have argued that GM and the other American automakers have been producing E85 flex models motivated by a loophole in the CAFE (Corporate Average Fuel Economy) requirements, that allows for a fuel economy credit for every flex-fuel vehicle sold, whether or not in practice these vehicles are fueled with E85.

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