Code of Federal Regulations (Last Updated: November 8, 2024) |
Title 49 - Transportation |
Subtitle B - Other Regulations Relating to Transportation |
Chapter V - National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Department of Transportation |
Part 531 - Passenger Automobile Average Fuel Economy Standards |
§ 531.5 - Fuel economy standards.
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§ 531.5 Fuel economy standards.
(a) Except as provided in paragraph (e) of this section, each manufacturer of passenger automobiles shall comply with the fleet average fuel economy standards in Table table 1 to this paragraph (a), expressed in miles per gallon, in the model year specified as applicable:
Table 1 to § 531.5 Paragraph (a)
Model year Average fuel economy standard (miles per gallon) 1978 18.0 1979 19.0 1980 20.0 1981 22.0 1982 24.0 1983 26.0 1984 27.0 1985 27.5 1986 26.0 1987 26.0 1988 26.0 1989 26.5 1990-2010 27.5 (b) For Except as provided in paragraph (e) of this section, for model year 2011, a manufacturer's passenger automobile fleet shall comply with the fleet average fuel economy level calculated for that model year according to Figure 1 to this paragraph (b) figure 1 and the appropriate values in Table table 2 to this paragraph (b).
Figure 1 to Paragraph (b)
Where:
N is the total number (sum) of passenger automobiles produced by a manufacturer;
Ni is the number (sum) of the ith passenger automobile model produced by the manufacturer; and
Ti is the fuel economy target of the ith model passenger automobile, which is determined according to the following formula, rounded to the nearest hundredth:
Where:
Parameters a, b, c, and d are defined in Table table 2 to this paragraph (b);
e = 2.718; and
x = footprint (in square feet, rounded to the nearest tenth) of the vehicle model.
Table 2 to § 531.5paragraph (b)—Parameters — Parameters for the Passenger Automobile Fuel Economy Targets
Model year Parameters a
(mpg)b
(mpg)c
(gal/mi/ft2ft2)d
(gal/mi)2011 31.20 24.00 51.41 1.91 (c) For Except as provided in paragraph (e) of this section, for model years 2012-20262031, a manufacturer's passenger automobile fleet shall comply with the fleet average fuel economy level calculated for that model year (MY) according to Figure 2 to this paragraph (c) this figure 2 and the appropriate values in Table this table 3 to this paragraph (c).
Figure 2 to Paragraph (c)
Where:
CAFErequired is the fleet average fuel economy standard for a given fleet (domestic passenger automobiles or import passenger automobiles);
Subscript i is a designation of multiple groups of automobiles, where each group's designation, i.e., i = 1, 2, 3, etc., represents automobiles that share a unique model type and footprint within the applicable fleet, either domestic passenger automobiles or import passenger automobiles;
andProductioni is the number of passenger automobiles produced for sale in the United States within each ith designation, i.e., which share the same model type and footprint;
FigureTARGETi is the fuel economy target in miles per gallon (mpg) applicable to the footprint of passenger automobiles within each ith designation, i.e., which share the same model type and footprint, calculated according to
figure 3 to this paragraph (c) and rounded to the nearest hundredth of a mpg, i.e., 35.455 = 35.46 mpg, and the summations in the numerator and denominator are both performed over all models in the fleet in question.
TableFigure 3 to Paragraph (c)
Where:
TARGET is the fuel economy target (in mpg) applicable to vehicles of a given footprint (FOOTPRINT, in square feet);
Parameters a, b, c, and d are defined in
§ 531.5table 3 to this paragraph (c); and
The MIN and MAX functions take the minimum and maximum, respectively, of the included values.
Table 3 to
[Paragraph (c)—Parameters for the Passenger Automobile Fuel Economy Targets
2026], MYs 2012-
ft22031
Model year Parameters a
(mpg)b
(mpg)c
(gal/mi/ft2) d
(gal/mi)2012 35.95 27.95 0.0005308 0.006057 2013 36.80 28.46 0.0005308 0.005410 2014 37.75 29.03 0.0005308 0.004725 2015 39.24 29.90 0.0005308 0.003719 2016 41.09 30.96 0.0005308 0.002573 2017 43.61 32.65 0.0005131 0.001896 2018 45.21 33.84 0.0004954 0.001811 2019 46.87 35.07 0.0004783 0.001729 2020 48.74 36.47 0.0004603 0.001643 2021 49.48 37.02 0.000453 0.00162 2022 50.24 37.59 0.000447 0.00159 2023 51.00 38.16 0.000440 0.00157 2024 55.44 41.48 0.000405 0.00144 2025 60.26 45.08 0.000372 0.00133 2026 66.95 50.09 0.000335 0.00120 2027 68.32 51.12 0.00032841 0.00117220 2028 69.71 52.16 0.00032184 0.00114876 2029 71.14 53.22 0.00031541 0.00112579 2030 72.59 54.31 0.00030910 0.00110327 2031 74.07 55.42 0.00030292 0.00108120 (d) In addition to the requirements of paragraphs (b) and (c) of this section, each manufacturer, other than manufacturers subject to standards in paragraph (e) of this section, shall also meet the minimum fleet standard for domestically manufactured passenger automobiles expressed in Table table 4 to this paragraph (d):
Table 4 to § 531.5Paragraph (d)—Minimum Fuel Economy Standards for Domestically Manufactured Passenger Automobiles
[, MYs 2011-
2026]2031
Model year Minimum
standard2011 27.8 2012 30.7 2013 31.4 2014 32.1 2015 33.3 2016 34.7 2017 36.7 2018 38.0 2019 39.4 2020 40.9 2021 39.9 2022 40.6 2023 41.1 2024 44.3 2025 48.1 2026 53.5 2027 54.2 2028 55.2 2029 56.4 2030 57.5 2031 58.7 (e) The following manufacturers shall comply with the standards indicated in paragraphs (e)(1) through (15) of this section for the specified model years:
(1) Avanti Motor Corporation.
Table 5 to § 531.5(e)(1)—Average Fuel Economy Standards
Model year Miles per gallon 1978 16.1 1979 14.5 1980 15.8 1981 18.2 1982 18.2 1983 16.9 1984 16.9 1985 16.9 (2) Rolls-Royce Motors, Inc.
Table 6 to § 531.5(e)(2)—Average Fuel Economy Standards
Model year Miles per gallon 1978 10.7 1979 10.8 1980 11.1 1981 10.7 1982 10.6 1983 9.9 1984 10.0 1985 10.0 1986 11.0 1987 11.2 1988 11.2 1989 11.2 1990 12.7 1991 12.7 1992 13.8 1993 13.8 1994 13.8 1995 14.6 1996 14.6 1997 15.1 1998 16.3 1999 16.3 (3) Checker Motors Corporation.
Table 7 to § 531.5(e)(3)—Average Fuel Economy Standards
Model year Miles per gallon 1978 17.6 1979 16.5 1980 18.5 1981 18.3 1982 18.4 (4) Aston Martin Lagonda Limited.
Table 8 to § 531.5(e)(4)—Average Fuel Economy Standard
Model year (Miles per
gallon)1979 11.5 1980 12.1 1981 12.2 1982 12.2 1983 11.3 1984 11.3 1985 11.4 2008 19.0 2009 18.6 2010 19.2 2011 19.1 2012 19.2 2013 20.1 2014 19.7 2015 19.8 2016 20.2 2017 21.4 2018 22.9 2019 22.4 2020 22.6 2021 24.9 2022 24.9 2023 24.9 (5) Excalibur Automobile Corporation.
Table 9 to § 531.5(e)(5)—Average Fuel Economy Standards
Model year Miles per
gallon1978 11.5 1979 11.5 1980 16.2 1981 17.9 1982 17.9 1983 16.6 1984 16.6 1985 16.6 (6) Lotus Cars Ltd.
Table 10 to § 531.5(e)(6)—Average Fuel Economy Standards
Model year Miles per
gallon1994 24.2 1995 23.3 (7) Officine Alfieri Maserati, S.p.A.
Table 11 to § 531.5(e)(7)—Average Fuel Economy Standard
Model year Miles per
gallon1978 12.5 1979 12.5 1980 9.5 1984 17.9 1985 16.8 (8) Lamborghini of North America.
Table 12 to § 531.5(e)(8)—Average Fuel Economy Standard
Model year Miles per
gallon1983 13.7 1984 13.7 (9) LondonCoach Co., Inc.
Table 13 to § 531.5(e)(9)—Average Fuel Economy Standard
Model year Miles per
gallon1985 21.0 1986 21.0 1987 21.0 (10) Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A./Vector Aeromotive Corporation.
Table 14 § 531.5(e)(10)—Average Fuel Economy Standard
Model year Miles per
gallon1995 12.8 1996 12.6 1997 12.5 (11) Dutcher Motors, Inc.
Table 15 to § 531.5(e)(11)—Average Fuel Economy Standard
Model year Miles per
gallon1986 16.0 1987 16.0 1988 16.0 1992 17.0 1993 17.0 1994 17.0 1995 17.0 (12) MedNet, Inc.
Table 16 to § 531.5(e)(12)—Average Fuel Economy Standard
Model year Average
fuel
economy
standard
(miles per
gallon)1996 17.0 1997 17.0 1998 17.0 (13) Vector Aeromotive Corporation.
Table 17 to § 531.5(e)(13)—Average Fuel Economy Standard
Model year Miles per
gallon1998 12.1 (14) Qvale Automotive Group Srl.
Table 18 to § 531.5(e)(14)—Average Fuel Economy Standard
Model year Miles per
gallon2000 22.0 2001 22.0 (15) Spyker Automobielen B.V.
Table 19 to § 531.5(e)(15)—Average Fuel Economy Standard
Model year (Miles per
gallon)2006 18.9 2007 18.9 2008 19.6 2009 19.6 2010 20.7 (16) Ferrari.
Table 20 to § 531.5(e)(16)—Average Fuel Economy Standard
Model year (Miles per
gallon)2016 21.7 2017 21.5 2018 21.6 2020 21.1 (17) Koenigsegg.
Table 21 to § 531.5(e)(17)—Average Fuel Economy Standard
Model year (Miles per
gallon)2015 16.7 2018 16.7 2019 16.6 2020 16.6 2021 16.6 2022 16.9 2023 16.9 (18) McLaren.
Table 22 to § 531.5(e)(18)—Average Fuel Economy Standard
Model year (Miles per
gallon)2012 23.2 2013 24.0 2014 23.8 2015 22.9 2016 23.2 2017 24.3 2018 23.3 2019 22.5 2020 22.5 2021 21.5 2022 24.6 2023 25.7 (19) Mobility Ventures.
Table 23 to § 531.5(e)(19)—Average Fuel Economy Standard
Model year (Miles per
gallon)2014 19.6 2015 20.1 2016 20.1 (20) Pagani.
Table 24 to § 531.5(e)(20)—Average Fuel Economy Standard
Model year (Miles per
gallon)2014 15.6 2016 15.6 2017 15.6 2018 15.6 2019 15.5 2020 15.5 2021 15.5 2022 15.5 2023 15.5 [87 FR 26070, May 2, 2022, as amended at 89 FR 12756, Feb. 20, 2024; 89 FR 52945, June 24, 2024; 89 FR 60833, July 29, 2024]