DIESEL WORLD MAGAZINE COMPILED BY DW STAFF
While you were out (or, stuck inside), the EPA and NHTSA fi nalized the revised CAFE and GHG emission standards for 2021-2026 model year light duty diesel trucks and passenger cars. The fi nal Safer Affordable Fuel-Effi cient (SAFE) Vehicles Rule relaxes GHG and fuel economy standards for 2017-2025 model year vehicles, which were adopted in 2012, and will call for a 1.5-percent tightening of CAFE and CO2 emissions standards each year through model year 2026. This will require vehicle manufacturers to reach a fl eet average of 40.4-mpg by 2026, rather than the previous requirement of reaching 46.8-mpg by 2025.