CEI: Proposed Changes to CAFE Standards Are Good News for Consumers | Competitive Enterprise Institute"...the Department of Transportation and the Environmental Protection Agency released proposed revisions to future fuel economy standards set under the Obama Administration.
Director of CEI’s Center for Energy and Environment Myron Ebell said:
“The administration’s announcement that it will relax future fuel economy (CAFE) standards is good news for consumers.
It means that the federal government will have slightly less control over the kinds of cars and trucks people can buy.
It might even cause car prices to stop increasing so rapidly.
It means that the federal government will have slightly less control over the kinds of cars and trucks people can buy.
It might even cause car prices to stop increasing so rapidly.
- Even better news is the decision to take California out of the driver’s seat for setting CAFE standards for the entire country. Letting one state make decisions for people in other states makes a bad program even worse, especially since the state is California, which has been pursuing an anti-car agenda for decades.”
CEI General Counsel Sam Kazman said:
“CAFE was recognized long ago as a threat to highway safety.
That recognition came from analysts, consumer advocates, and even a federal court..."
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That recognition came from analysts, consumer advocates, and even a federal court..."
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