2012 - 2016 Corporate Average Fuel Economy compliance and effects modeling system documentation

PDFTech ReportDOT-HS-811 301HS38A3/HVP95StandardsFuel consumptionMotor vehiclesAutomobilesCostsBenefitsTechnological innovationsUnited StatesUnited States. National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationVan Schalkwyk, JohnGreen, KevinPickrell, DonHarrington, RyanShaulov, MarkJohn A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)United States. National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationNTL-ECONOMICS AND FINANCE-Economic ImpactsNTL-LAWS AND REGULATIONS-LAWS AND REGULATIONSNTL-PLANNING AND POLICY-PLANNING AND POLICYVolpe National Transportation Systems Center, Technical Reference CenterThe Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (Volpe Center) of the United States Department of Transportation's Research and Innovative Technology Administration has developed a modeling system to assist the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) in the evaluation of potential new Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards. Based on externally-developed inputs, the modeling system estimates how manufacturers could apply additional fuel-saving technologies in response to new CAFE standards, and estimates how doing so would increase vehicle costs, reduce national fuel consumption and carbon dioxide emissions, and result in other effects and benefits to society. The modeling system can also be used to estimate the stringency at which an attribute-based CAFE standard satisfies various criteria. For example, the system can estimate the stringency that produces a specified average required fuel economy level, or that maximizes net benefits to society