Filed under: Car Buying , Government/Legal , Technology A study by the University of Michigan shows that auto manufacturers could meet tougher fuel economy standards simply by increasing the size of the vehicles they sell. A “footprint-based” formula for calculating mileage targets was adopted when Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards were revised in 2007 . Researchers now think this could lead to bigger vehicles on the road rather than increases in fuel economy for our nation’s fleet. “It’s cheaper to make large vehicles, and meeting fuel-economy standards costs [manufacturers] money in implementing and looking at what consumers will purchase,” one of the researchers told Automotive News
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Study: Why CAFE changes could lead to larger cars, not smaller ones
