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2018 rollback proposal[edit]
The proposal issues a withdraw of the waiver that granted California for setting its own GHG and ZEV (Zero Emission Vehicle) standards and that allow other States to adopt the standard instead of the Federal standard. The goal of the withdraw is to address national regulatory efficiency.

Corporate average fuel economy Page Editng

The new ruling proposed by the EPA and NHTSA is named the Safer Affordable Fuel-Efficient (SAFE) Vehicle Rules that would replace the original CAFE standard regulations set for MY 2022-2025 passenger car and light trucks, while the 2021 MY vehicles will maintain the CAFE rules. The SAFE standard is estimated to save 500 billion dollars from social costs. The safety reason provided by the government is to mode shift people to buy new MY vehicles once the vehicles become more affordable under SAFE standards, with a government study conducted to show new model year vehicles result in lower fatality rates. After releasing the proposal on Aug. 2 2018, NHTSA and EPA hold a comment hearing period for 60 days.

Current discussions
Consequences of the new SAFE standard is pending for evaluation.

According to the TRB committee, the weakening of 2022-2025 CAFE standards would make it harder for the U.S. to meet the two-degree-Celsius global warming scenario, meaning more effort would have to be met in 2050 if if the SAFE standard is administrated to halt the original CAFE regulations.

A study has found that the adoption of CAFE standards, if supported together by government incentives, would accelerate the Electric Vehicle Market. The U.S. could be less dependent on fossil fuels from the shift to EV market adoption. Economic research in 2015 concludes that firms are shown to be more incentivized toward innovations on fuel economy while the expenses of other safety considerations are undetermined.