fuel economy

As the model starts quietly trickling onto dealer lots at a time when most Americans are scared to leave the house, the Environmental Protection Agency has gotten around to testing the model's full range. Two three-cylinder engines and two transmissions are on tap. Let's take a look. As we told...

The Chevrolet Corvette has always offered impressive fuel economy to go along with the impressive performance, though not if you decide to want them both at the same time. Will moving the engine to the rear and dropping the manual gearbox change that longstanding equation? That looks like a no...

Following Andrew Wheeler's appointment as acting head of the Environmental Protection Agency, he extended an invitation to the California Air Resources Board to discuss emission regulations - a matter which former EPA administrator Scott Pruitt seemed less inclined to discuss with the state...

In its pursuit of slacking fuel economy standards, the EPA has sent a proposal to the White House Office of Management and Budget seeking to hinder California's ability to set its own greenhouse gas emissions standards. California's size and its assertion that it will continue to require...

Despite pressuring Donald Trump to lower corporate fuel economy mandates since practically day one of his presidency, automakers are now urging caution. The U.S. Transportation Department has drafted a proposal that would freeze vehicle requirements at 2020 levels through 2026, the Environmental...

During the Trump administration's year-long quest to roll back Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) targets, it attempted to give automakers in violation of the current standards a break by delaying the scheduled increase of penalties. The logic here is that the federal government is...

Chevrolet says that changes to EPA rules won't change its fuel economy strategy. The EPA said earlier this month that it was going to roll back previous emissions rules that meant automakers needed to improve fuel economy significantly by 2025. There are new standards coming, but they are...

Rumors are flooding in that U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt will sign a declaration upending the Obama-era fuel economy regulations any day now. New details have emerged claiming Pruitt plans to visit a Chevrolet dealership in Virginia to publicly condemn the...