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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- abbreviation corporate average fuel economy
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Examples
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Ford even utilized a provision in CAFE to expedite transfer of production to Mexico prior to NAFTA.
Wonk Room » Rising Oil Prices Threaten Billions In Worldwide Stimulus 2009
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CAFE is a non-tariff trade barrier in conception and execution -- protection for domestic carmakers against cherry-picking importers (if you try to sell nice cars without "offsetting" sales of sardine cans, you must pay stiff CAFE fines).
Greg Mankiw Pumps for a Higher Gas Tax, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Well, I think the difference is that pushing for improvements in CAFE standards can and will have a major environmental benefit.
Waldo Jaquith - How not to unseat Virgil Goode: The Hummer story. 2008
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Well, I think the difference is that pushing for improvements in CAFE standards can and will have a major environmental benefit.
Waldo Jaquith - How not to unseat Virgil Goode: The Hummer story. 2008
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Say, $1B for every additional MPG/year in CAFE standards.
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Obama’s increase in CAFE standards is not tied to a cap and trade regime.
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CAFE is doomed to failure because it avoids the harsh political truth: you can’t fight the dreaded Global Warming/Climate Change without sticking it to the average American via higher energy costs.
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CAFE is doomed to failure because it avoids the harsh political truth: you can’t fight the dreaded Global Warming/Climate Change without sticking it to the average American via higher energy costs.
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Well, so does pushing for improvements in CAFE standards (well, it does if you’ve got a semi-competent campaign running against you).
Waldo Jaquith - How not to unseat Virgil Goode: The Hummer story. 2008
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That may be what's in store for drivers under the federal government's spiraling fuel economy mandates known as CAFE, for Corporate Average Fuel Economy.
Why Your New Car Doesn't Have a Spare Tire Sam Kazman 2011
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