49 C.F.R. § 531.5
Fuel economy standards.
Cite as 49 C.F.R. § 531.5 (2026)
(a) Except as provided in paragraph (e) of this section, each manufacturer of passenger automobiles shall comply with the fleet average fuel economy standards in table 1 to this paragraph (a), expressed in miles per gallon, in the model year specified as applicable:
Table 1 to Paragraph (
a
)
Model year
Average fuel economy standard (miles per gallon)
1978
18.0
1979
19.0
1980
20.0
1981
22.0
1982
24.0
1983
26.0
1984
27.0
1985
27.5
1986
26.0
1987
26.0
1988
26.0
1989
26.5
1990-2010
27.5
(b) Except as provided in paragraph (e) of this section, for model year 2011, a manufacturer's passenger automobile fleet shall comply with the fleet average fuel economy level calculated for that model year according to figure 1 and the appropriate values in table 2 to this paragraph (b).
Figure 1 to Paragraph (b)
Where:
N
is the total number (sum) of passenger automobiles produced by a manufacturer;
N
i
is the number (sum) of the
ith
passenger automobile model produced by the manufacturer; and
T
i
is the fuel economy target of the
ith
model passenger automobile, which is determined according to the following formula, rounded to the nearest hundredth:
Where:
Parameters
a, b, c,
and
d
are defined in table 2 to this paragraph (b);
e
= 2.718; and
x
= footprint (in square feet, rounded to the nearest tenth) of the vehicle model.
Table 2 to paragraph (
b
)— Parameters for the Passenger Automobile Fuel Economy Targets
Model year
Parameters
a
(mpg)
b
(mpg)
c
(gal/mi/ft2)
d
(gal/mi)
2011
31.20
24.00
51.41
1.91
(c) Except as provided in paragraph (e) of this section, for model years 2012-2031, a manufacturer's passenger automobile fleet shall comply with the fleet average fuel economy level calculated for that model year according to this figure 2 and the appropriate values in this table 3 to this paragraph (c).
Figure 2 to Paragraph (c)
Where:
CAFE
required
is the fleet average fuel economy standard for a given fleet (domestic passenger automobiles or import passenger automobiles);
Subscript
i
is a designation of multiple groups of automobiles, where each group's designation,
i.e., i
= 1, 2, 3, etc., represents automobiles that share a unique model type and footprint within the applicable fleet, either domestic passenger automobiles or import passenger automobiles;
Production
i
is the number of passenger automobiles produced for sale in the United States within each
ith
designation,
i.e.,
which share the same model type and footprint;
TARGET
i
is the fuel economy target in miles per gallon (mpg) applicable to the footprint of passenger automobiles within each
ith
designation,
i.e.,
which share the same model type and footprint, calculated according to figure 3 to this paragraph (c) and rounded to the nearest hundredth of a mpg,
i.e.,
35.455 = 35.46 mpg, and the summations in the numerator and denominator are both performed over all models in the fleet in question.
Figure 3 to Paragraph (c)
Where:
TARGET
is the fuel economy target (in mpg) applicable to vehicles of a given footprint (
FOOTPRINT,
in square feet);
Parameters
a, b, c,
and
d
are defined in table 3 to this paragraph (c); and
The
MIN
and
MAX
functions take the minimum and maximum, respectively, of the included values.
Table 3 to Paragraph (
c
)—Parameters for the Passenger Automobile Fuel Economy Targets, MYs 2012-2031
Model year
Parameters
a
(mpg)
b
(mpg)
c
(gal/mi/ft2)
d
(gal/mi)
2012
35.95
27.95
0.0005308
0.006057
2013
36.80
28.46
0.0005308
0.005410
2014
37.75
29.03
0.0005308
0.004725
2015
39.24
29.90
0.0005308
0.003719
2016
41.09
30.96
0.0005308
0.002573
2017
43.61
32.65
0.0005131
0.001896
2018
45.21
33.84
0.0004954
0.001811
2019
46.87
35.07
0.0004783
0.001729
2020
48.74
36.47
0.0004603
0.001643
2021
49.48
37.02
0.000453
0.00162
2022
50.24
37.59
0.000447
0.00159
2023
51.00
38.16
0.000440
0.00157
2024
55.44
41.48
0.000405
0.00144
2025
60.26
45.08
0.000372
0.00133
2026
66.95
50.09
0.000335
0.00120
2027
68.32
51.12
0.00032841
0.00117220
2028
69.71
52.16
0.00032184
0.00114876
2029
71.14
53.22
0.00031541
0.00112579
2030
72.59
54.31
0.00030910
0.00110327
2031
74.07
55.42
0.00030292
0.00108120
(d) In addition to the requirements of paragraphs (b) and (c) of this section, each manufacturer, other than manufacturers subject to standards in paragraph (e) of this section, shall also meet the minimum fleet standard for domestically manufactured passenger automobiles expressed in table 4 to this paragraph (d):
Table 4 to Paragraph (
d
)—Minimum Fuel Economy Standards for Domestically Manufactured Passenger Automobiles, MYs 2011-2031
Model year
Minimum
standard
2011
27.8
2012
30.7
2013
31.4
2014
32.1
2015
33.3
2016
34.7
2017
36.7
2018
38.0
2019
39.4
2020
40.9
2021
39.9
2022
40.6
2023
41.1
2024
44.3
2025
48.1
2026
53.5
2027
54.2
2028
55.2
2029
56.4
2030
57.5
2031
58.7
(e) The following manufacturers shall comply with the standards indicated in paragraphs (e)(1) through (15) of this section for the specified model years:
(1)
Avanti Motor Corporation.
Table 5 to § 531.5(
e
)(1)—Average Fuel Economy Standards
Model year
Miles per gallon
1978
16.1
1979
14.5
1980
15.8
1981
18.2
1982
18.2
1983
16.9
1984
16.9
1985
16.9
(2)
Rolls-Royce Motors, Inc.
Table 6 to § 531.5(
e
)(2)—Average Fuel Economy Standards
Model year
Miles per gallon
1978
10.7
1979
10.8
1980
11.1
1981
10.7
1982
10.6
1983
9.9
1984
10.0
1985
10.0
1986
11.0
1987
11.2
1988
11.2
1989
11.2
1990
12.7
1991
12.7
1992
13.8
1993
13.8
1994
13.8
1995
14.6
1996
14.6
1997
15.1
1998
16.3
1999
16.3
(3)
Checker Motors Corporation.
Table 7 to § 531.5(
e
)(3)—Average Fuel Economy Standards
Model year
Miles per gallon
1978
17.6
1979
16.5
1980
18.5
1981
18.3
1982
18.4
(4)
Aston Martin Lagonda Limited.
Table 8 to § 531.5(
e
)(4)—Average Fuel Economy Standard
Model year
(Miles per
gallon)
1979
11.5
1980
12.1
1981
12.2
1982
12.2
1983
11.3
1984
11.3
1985
11.4
2008
19.0
2009
18.6
2010
19.2
2011
19.1
2012
19.2
2013
20.1
2014
19.7
2015
19.8
2016
20.2
2017
21.4
2018
22.9
2019
22.4
2020
22.6
2021
24.9
2022
24.9
2023
24.9
(5)
Excalibur Automobile Corporation.
Table 9 to § 531.5(
e
)(5)—Average Fuel Economy Standards
Model year
Miles per
gallon
1978
11.5
1979
11.5
1980
16.2
1981
17.9
1982
17.9
1983
16.6
1984
16.6
1985
16.6
(6)
Lotus Cars Ltd.
Table 10 to § 531.5(
e
)(6)—Average Fuel Economy Standards
Model year
Miles per
gallon
1994
24.2
1995
23.3
(7)
Officine Alfieri Maserati, S.p.A.
Table 11 to § 531.5(
e
)(7)—Average Fuel Economy Standard
Model year
Miles per
gallon
1978
12.5
1979
12.5
1980
9.5
1984
17.9
1985
16.8
(8)
Lamborghini of North America.
Table 12 to § 531.5(
e
)(8)—Average Fuel Economy Standard
Model year
Miles per
gallon
1983
13.7
1984
13.7
(9)
LondonCoach Co., Inc.
Table 13 to § 531.5(
e
)(9)—Average Fuel Economy Standard
Model year
Miles per
gallon
1985
21.0
1986
21.0
1987
21.0
(10)
Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A./Vector Aeromotive Corporation.
Table 14 § 531.5(
e
)(10)—Average Fuel Economy Standard
Model year
Miles per
gallon
1995
12.8
1996
12.6
1997
12.5
(11)
Dutcher Motors, Inc.
Table 15 to § 531.5(
e
)(11)—Average Fuel Economy Standard
Model year
Miles per
gallon
1986
16.0
1987
16.0
1988
16.0
1992
17.0
1993
17.0
1994
17.0
1995
17.0
(12)
MedNet, Inc.
Table 16 to § 531.5(
e
)(12)—Average Fuel Economy Standard
Model year
Average
fuel
economy
standard
(miles per
gallon)
1996
17.0
1997
17.0
1998
17.0
(13)
Vector Aeromotive Corporation.
Table 17 to § 531.5(
e
)(13)—Average Fuel Economy Standard
Model year
Miles per
gallon
1998
12.1
(14)
Qvale Automotive Group Srl.
Table 18 to § 531.5(
e
)(14)—Average Fuel Economy Standard
Model year
Miles per
gallon
2000
22.0
2001
22.0
(15)
Spyker Automobielen B.V.
Table 19 to § 531.5(
e
)(15)—Average Fuel Economy Standard
Model year
(Miles per
gallon)
2006
18.9
2007
18.9
2008
19.6
2009
19.6
2010
20.7
(16)
Ferrari.
Table 20 to § 531.5(
e
)(16)—Average Fuel Economy Standard
Model year
(Miles per
gallon)
2016
21.7
2017
21.5
2018
21.6
2020
21.1
(17)
Koenigsegg.
Table 21 to § 531.5(
e
)(17)—Average Fuel Economy Standard
Model year
(Miles per
gallon)
2015
16.7
2018
16.7
2019
16.6
2020
16.6
2021
16.6
2022
16.9
2023
16.9
(18)
McLaren.
Table 22 to § 531.5(
e
)(18)—Average Fuel Economy Standard
Model year
(Miles per
gallon)
2012
23.2
2013
24.0
2014
23.8
2015
22.9
2016
23.2
2017
24.3
2018
23.3
2019
22.5
2020
22.5
2021
21.5
2022
24.6
2023
25.7
(19)
Mobility Ventures.
Table 23 to § 531.5(
e
)(19)—Average Fuel Economy Standard
Model year
(Miles per
gallon)
2014
19.6
2015
20.1
2016
20.1
(20)
Pagani.
Table 24 to § 531.5(
e
)(20)—Average Fuel Economy Standard
Model year
(Miles per
gallon)
2014
15.6
2016
15.6
2017
15.6
2018
15.6
2019
15.5
2020
15.5
2021
15.5
2022
15.5
2023
15.5
[87 FR 26070, May 2, 2022, as amended at 89 FR 12756, Feb. 20, 2024; 89 FR 52945, June 24, 2024; 89 FR 60833, July 29, 2024]
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