NHTSA ANALYSIS SUGGESTS NEW CAFE FUEL REDUCTIONS MAY BE OVERSTATED

Analysis conducted by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) for its recent fuel economy rule suggests the agency may be overestimating projected fuel consumption reductions that would result from the regulation. Public Citizen says it will soon send a letter to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), asking the agency to revise its estimate that the new corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) rule for light trucks will save 10.7 billion gallons of fuel. NHTSA's analysis, buried deep in...