Energy Department Docket EERE-2021-VT-0033 Proposed Rule

2023-06869: Petroleum-Equivalent Fuel Economy Calculation

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Summary

The U.S. Department of Energy ("DOE") proposes to revise its regulations regarding procedures for calculating a value for the petroleum-equivalent fuel economy of electric vehicles (or "EVs") for use in the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) program administered by the Department of Transportation (DOT). This Notice of proposed rulemaking ("NOPR") also grants a petition for rulemaking submitted by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and Sierra Club and responds to comments submitted on that petition.

The agency’s own summary, as published.

What this changes

Amends 1 part of the Code of Federal Regulations — the standing rules this notice rewrites.

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