Figure 7-7 Car and Truck Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) and Miles per Gallon (MPG): Model Years 1975–2014
KEY: MPG = Miles per Gallon; EPA = U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
NOTES: Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards, which must be met at the manufacturer level were established by the U.S. Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975 (PL 94-163).
SOURCES: All Car and All Truck CAFE Stds: Davis, S.C., S.W. Diegel and R.G.Boundy. Transportation Energy Data Book, Edition 34 (September 2015), Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN. Tables 4-20 and 4-21. Available at cta.ornl.gov/data as of April 2016. Car and All Truck EPA MPG: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Light-Duty Automotive Technology, Carbon Dioxide Emissions, and Fuel Economy Trends: 1975 - 2015. Table 9.1. Available at http://epa.gov/otaq/fetrends.htm as of April 2016.