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Manufacturers of autos and light trucks whose vehicles do not meet the CAFE standards are fined. Data from the
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration show that $32 million was collected from the manufacturers in
2000.
Table 7.20
Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) Fines Collected, 1983-2000 a
(thousands)
Model
year
Current
dollars
2000 constant
dollars b
1983 58 100
1984 5,958 9,875
1985 15,565 24,910
1986 29,872 46,934
1987 31,261 47,387
1988 44,519 64,803
1989 47,381 65,798
1990 48,449 63,833
1991 42,243 53,409
1992 38,287 46,992
1993 28,688 34,187
1994 31,478 36,576
1995 40,788 46,087
1996 19,302 21,184
1997 36,211 38,851
1998 21,740 22,967
1999 27,516 28,441
2000 32,064 32,064
Source:
U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration, Office of Vehicle Safety Compliance, Washington,
DC, January 2002.
(Additional resources: www.nhtsa.dot.gov)
a
These are fines which are actually collected. Fines which are assessed in certain year may not have been
collected in that year.
b
Adjusted using the Consumer Price Inflation Index.
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