A U.S. regulation requiring auto companies to meet certain sales-weighted average fuel economy levels for passenger cars and light trucks and report these numbers annually.
Corporate Average Fuel Economy. regulation enacted in 1975 which requires a motor vehicle manufacturer to classify its U.S. vehicle fleet sales as either domestic or import for the purpose of fuel economy averaging.
Corporate Average Fuel Economy. Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) is the sales weighted average fuel economy, expressed in mpg, of a manufacturer's fleet of passenger cars or light trucks with a gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR-see below) of 8,500 lbs. or less, manufactured for sale in the United States, for any given model year. For more information see: http://www.citizen.org/autosafety/fuelecon
Corporate Average Fuel Economy (USA)
Corporate Average Fuel Economy, the US system used to measure overall fleet efficiency
The Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA) of 1975 established Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards in order to conserve oil. (Source: Congressional Research Service) CAFE rules require the average fuel economy of all vehicles of a given class that a manufacturer sells in each model year to be equal to or greater than the standard. (Source: Environmental Media Services)
Corporate Average Fuel Economy. Originally established by Congress for new automobiles, and later for light trucks. CAFE standards require automobile manufacturers to produce vehicle fleets with a composite sales-weighted fuel economy that meets or exceeds the CAFE standards in a given year. For every vehicle that does not meet the standard, a fine is paid for every one-tenth of a mpg below the standard.
Corporate Average Fuel Economy. (P.L. 94-163) Law passed in 1975 that set federal fuel economy standards. The CAFE values are an average of city and highway fuel economy test results weighted by a manufacturer for either its car or truck fleet.
Corporate Average Fuel Economy (Consommation moyenne de carburant de l'entreprise)
Corporate average fuel economy. USEPA measure of the fuel economy of OEM vehicles when they leave the factory.
Corporate Average Fuel Economy; requires motor vehicle manufacturers to ensure that their new-vehicle fleets meet a specified average level of fuel economy in each model year
The acronym for Corporate Average Fuel Economy. This single mileage figure is determined by taking a sales weighted average of the fuel consumption for all models produced by a manufacturer. The minimum required figure is an established U. S. government standard. Manufacturers which do not meet the minimum standard are fined.