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Summary

Sets a limit on how much a carmaker’s average miles‑per‑gallon can be raised because of cars that can run on two fuels (dual‑fuel). It does not apply to electric cars, and starting with 2016 it also excludes certain other alternative‑fuel cars that use a specific fuel listed elsewhere. The cap is 1.2 mpg for model years 1993–2014, 1.0 mpg for 2015, 0.8 mpg for 2016, 0.6 mpg for 2017, 0.4 mpg for 2018, 0.2 mpg for 2019, and 0 mpg after 2019. The EPA figures the increase by taking the maker’s normal average fuel economy and subtracting what that average would be if each dual‑fuel model were counted using its gasoline or diesel fuel economy. The difference is the increase attributable to dual‑fuel cars and is limited by the numbers above.

Title 49, §32906

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(a)In General.—

For each of model years 1993 through 2019 for each category of automobile (except an electric automobile or, beginning with model year 2016, an alternative fueled automobile that uses a fuel described in subparagraph (E) of section 32901(a)(1)), the maximum increase in average fuel economy for a manufacturer attributable to dual fueled automobiles is—

(1)1.2 miles a gallon for each of model years 1993 through 2014;

(2)1.0 miles per gallon for model year 2015;

(3)0.8 miles per gallon for model year 2016;

(4)0.6 miles per gallon for model year 2017;

(5)0.4 miles per gallon for model year 2018;

(6)0.2 miles per gallon for model year 2019; and

(7)0 miles per gallon for model years after 2019.

(b)Calculation.—

In applying subsection (a), the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall determine the increase in a manufacturer’s average fuel economy attributable to dual fueled automobiles by subtracting from the manufacturer’s average fuel economy calculated under section 32905(f) the number equal to what the manufacturer’s average fuel economy would be if it were calculated by the formula under section 32904(a)(1) by including as the denominator for each model of dual fueled automobiles the fuel economy when the automobiles are operated on gasoline or diesel fuel.

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Historical and Revision Notes

Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 32906(a)15:2013(g)(1).Oct. 20, 1972, Pub. L. 92–513, 86 Stat. 947, § 513(g)(1), (2)(A); added Oct. 14, 1988, Pub. L. 100–494, § 6(a), 102 Stat. 2449; Oct. 24, 1992, Pub. L. 102–486, § 403(5) (G)(i), (ii)(I), 106 Stat. 2877. 32906(b)15:2013(g)(2)(A).

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Amendments

2014—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 113–291, § 318(a), substituted “(except an electric automobile or, beginning with model year 2016, an alternative fueled automobile that uses a fuel described in subparagraph (E) of section 32901(a)(1))” for “(except an electric automobile)” in introductory provisions. Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 113–291, § 318(d), substituted “section 32905(f)” for “section 32905(e)”. 2007—Pub. L. 110–140 amended section generally, substituting provisions relating to maximum increase in average fuel economy for each of model years 1993 through 2019 and calculation of each such increase for provisions relating to maximum increase for each of model years 1993 through 2010 and authorizing offsets if the Secretary of Transportation reduced the average fuel economy standard for passenger automobiles for any model year below 27.5 miles per gallon. 2005—Subsec. (a)(1)(A). Pub. L. 109–58, § 772(b)(1), substituted “model years 1993–2010” for “the model years 1993–2004”. Subsec. (a)(1)(B). Pub. L. 109–58, § 772(b)(2), substituted “model years 2011–2014” for “the model years 2005–2008”.

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Effective Date

of 2007 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 110–140 effective on the date that is 1 day after Dec. 19, 2007, see section 1601 of Pub. L. 110–140, set out as an

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note under section 1824 of Title 2, The Congress.

§32906 Maximum Fuel Economy Increase for Alternative Fuel Automobiles

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Title 49, §32906

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