CAFE Fuel Economy Standards (NHTSA)
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Evidence log
- 2026-09-30 — The Safer Affordable Fuel-Efficient (SAFE) Vehicles Rule III for Model Years 2022 to 2031 Passenger Cars and Light Trucks: NHTSA issued SAFE Vehicles Rule III as a final rule rewriting CAFE standards for MY 2022–2031 passenger cars and light trucks and revising vehicle classification for compliance, which the agency frames as reversing prior CAFE rules it says distorted vehicle design. (novelty: 4)
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The Safer Affordable Fuel-Efficient (SAFE) Vehicles Rule III for Model Years 2022 to 2031 Passenger Cars and Light Trucks
30-sep-2026
novelty 4
per-area 4
introduces