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§ 531.5 - Fuel economy standards.
(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 (
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 |
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(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)

Table 2 to paragraph (
Model year | Parameters | a
(mpg) | b
(mpg) | c
(gal/mi/ft2) | d
(gal/mi) | 2011 | 31.20 | 24.00 | 51.41 | 1.91 |
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(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)

Table 3 to Paragraph (
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 |
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(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 (
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 |
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(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(
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 |
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(2) Rolls-Royce Motors, Inc.
Table 6 to § 531.5(
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 |
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(3) Checker Motors Corporation.
Table 7 to § 531.5(
Model year | Miles per gallon | 1978 | 17.6 | 1979 | 16.5 | 1980 | 18.5 | 1981 | 18.3 | 1982 | 18.4 |
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(4) Aston Martin Lagonda Limited.
Table 8 to § 531.5(
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 |
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(5) Excalibur Automobile Corporation.
Table 9 to § 531.5(
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 |
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(6) Lotus Cars Ltd.
Table 10 to § 531.5(
Model year | Miles per
gallon | 1994 | 24.2 | 1995 | 23.3 |
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(7) Officine Alfieri Maserati, S.p.A.
Table 11 to § 531.5(
Model year | Miles per
gallon | 1978 | 12.5 | 1979 | 12.5 | 1980 | 9.5 | 1984 | 17.9 | 1985 | 16.8 |
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(8) Lamborghini of North America.
Table 12 to § 531.5(
Model year | Miles per
gallon | 1983 | 13.7 | 1984 | 13.7 |
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(9) LondonCoach Co., Inc.
Table 13 to § 531.5(
Model year | Miles per
gallon | 1985 | 21.0 | 1986 | 21.0 | 1987 | 21.0 |
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(10) Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A./Vector Aeromotive Corporation.
Table 14 § 531.5(
Model year | Miles per
gallon | 1995 | 12.8 | 1996 | 12.6 | 1997 | 12.5 |
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(11) Dutcher Motors, Inc.
Table 15 to § 531.5(
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 |
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(12) MedNet, Inc.
Table 16 to § 531.5(
Model year | Average
fuel economy standard (miles per gallon) | 1996 | 17.0 | 1997 | 17.0 | 1998 | 17.0 |
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(13) Vector Aeromotive Corporation.
Table 17 to § 531.5(
Model year | Miles per
gallon | 1998 | 12.1 |
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(14) Qvale Automotive Group Srl.
Table 18 to § 531.5(
Model year | Miles per
gallon | 2000 | 22.0 | 2001 | 22.0 |
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(15) Spyker Automobielen B.V.
Table 19 to § 531.5(
Model year | (Miles per
gallon) | 2006 | 18.9 | 2007 | 18.9 | 2008 | 19.6 | 2009 | 19.6 | 2010 | 20.7 |
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(16) Ferrari.
Table 20 to § 531.5(
Model year | (Miles per
gallon) | 2016 | 21.7 | 2017 | 21.5 | 2018 | 21.6 | 2020 | 21.1 |
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(17) Koenigsegg.
Table 21 to § 531.5(
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 |
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(18) McLaren.
Table 22 to § 531.5(
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 |
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(19) Mobility Ventures.
Table 23 to § 531.5(
Model year | (Miles per
gallon) | 2014 | 19.6 | 2015 | 20.1 | 2016 | 20.1 |
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(20) Pagani.
Table 24 to § 531.5(
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 |
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