Posted on 08/22/2018 10:25:29 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
The Trump administration recently proposed the Safer Affordable Fuel-Efficient (SAFE) Vehicles Rule. The proposed rule offers modifications to Obama-era Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards with a “preferred alternative” for model years 2021 through 2026.
Without a doubt, the Trump administration’s proposed revision is a welcome victory for consumers’ wallets and for consumer choice.
The Obama administration implemented fuel-efficiency mandates that would force auto manufacturers to have a fleetwide fuel-economy average of 54.5 miles per gallon by 2025. The new rule’s “preferred” change would maintain the existing fuel-economy mandate through 2020 (increasing to 37 mpg) and keep the level at 37 mpg through 2025.
New fuel-efficiency standards create a number of unintended consequences, including higher prices for new cars and costly retooling of existing auto plants.
A 2016 Heritage Foundation analysis estimates the Obama fuel-economy mandates increased new-car prices $6,800 more than the pre-2009 baseline trend, and that eliminating the more aggressive standards would save 2025 car buyers at least $7,200 per vehicle.
As my colleagues detail, “Economists and engineers accurately predicted that the [model year] 2016 standards would hurt consumers by at least $3,800 per car.”
Consumers—not government bureaucrats—should make decisions about what cars they drive.
If consumers value saving money on gasoline, they will simply choose to purchase more fuel-efficient cars, and automakers will meet that demand without a federal mandate. If consumers value other attributes—vehicle weight, engine power, safety—Washington shouldn’t force automakers to ignore consumers’ preferences.
In fact, a 2011 paper from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology found that if vehicle weight, horsepower, and torque were held constant at 1980 levels, fuel efficiency would have increased 60 percent from 1980 to 2006 instead of the 15 percent increase that did occur.
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In what sense? My late '05 Corolla routinely gave 35MPG highway, even after it started burning oil. My '15 Corolla gives 39MPG highway. So where's the BS?
There has been another side effect to the Obama CAFE standards.
Cars have to be built so light with so much plastic, etc., that when a car IS in an accident, it stands more than a 60% chance of being ‘totaled’ by the insurance company.
That is driving UP everybody’s insurance all over the country-—no matter your driving record.
I have owned my Chevy truck for over 32 years.
I have owned my Buick station wagon for over 37 years.
The addition of Ethanol into the fuel has caused me a drop of 10-12% in my MPG.
I have the records to prove it.
Get the Ethanol out of the fuel & see everyone’s MPG increase.
My vehicles meet MY needs.
They are transportation from point A to point B.
A new truck to haul my horses has a sticker price of over $65,000 and the taxes/registration/ insurance would make that even worse.
I paid $4000 for my used 1 ton truck over 32 years ago & have put more than 250,000 miles onto it. Very dependable. AND I have THE LAW OF GROSS TONNAGE in my favor if anyone wants to play traffic tag.
I paid $3500 for my used Buick station wagon 37 years ago, and AGAIN-—THE LAW OF GROSS TONNAGE applies. I have put 160,000 miles on it.
It also causes more serious injuries to the parties involved, cars today are built extremely light weight!!!
In what sense? My late ‘05 Corolla routinely gave 35MPG highway, even after it started burning oil. My ‘15 Corolla gives 39MPG highway. So where’s the BS?
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I’m thinking nice big 4 wheel drive pickup trucks and Suburban type vehicles.
OK. That makes sense. If you get them in the 20s, that’s about all that can be expected.
Doing our part as best as we can.
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