Department of Transportation

New Fuel Economy Standards For 2025 Coming Today

While much of the auto industry is focused on the 2011 Los Angeles Auto Show, a handful of folks are looking in the opposite direction, toward Washington, D.C. There, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Transportation are expected to announce new fuel economy regulations that...

November 16, 2011 by Richard Read 3

New Gas-Mileage Window Stickers: DoT Head Ray LaHood Explains Them For You (Video)

August 29, 2011

New Fuel Economy Label Highlights Electric Cars, Plug-Ins

May 28, 2011 1

California, EPA, DoT Make Nice On Timing Of Higher MPG Rules

January 25, 2011 1

EPA Proposes 10-to-20-Percent Gas Mileage Rise for Big Trucks

Well, now we know the numbers. And there are a lot of them. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Transportation jointly proposed cutting greenhouse-gas... October 25, 2010 by John Voelcker 4

Long-Haul Truckers Beg For Rescue From Nasty Gas-Saving EPA

It's pretty rare when a group of drivers begs a government agency to regulate them. But when it could avert what they think would be even worse regulations from another... May 4, 2010 by John Voelcker 4

Obama and EPA Launch 34.1-MPG Fuel-Economy Rules for 2016

The other shoe has dropped: Yesterday, two U.S. government agencies jointly announced the final fuel-economy rules for model year 2012 through 2016 vehicles, giving... April 2, 2010 by John Voelcker 17

Wrecked Toyota Prius owned by Elizabeth James, photo by Ted James, from Houston Press

U.S. DoT Asks Scientists, NASA To Probe Toyota Acceleration

In the face of continuing suggestions that random electronic interference may be causing unintended acceleration in the Toyota Prius and other vehicles, the U.S. Department... March 30, 2010 by John Voelcker

Loose all-weather floor mat jams accelerator pedal. Photo: NHTSA

ALERT: Largest Ever Toyota Recall of 3.8M Cars To Check Floor Mats

As reported earlier this afternoon on our sister site TheCarConnection.com, Toyota may will recall up to 3.8 million cars and pickup trucks to ensure that the floor mats on... September 29, 2009 by John Voelcker

ALERT: Toyota Recalls 2004-2009 Prius, DoT Urges Removing Floor Mat

Toyota may will recall all models of the 2004-2009 Toyota Prius to ensure that the driver' side floor mat cannot interfere with the accelerator and brake pedals, possibly... September 29, 2009 by John Voelcker 3

2010 Toyota Prius Price-Gouging Pops Up

We've just read some nice investigative reporting by DailyTech's Jason Mick on a well-known but infuriating phenomenon: auto dealer price gouging, in this case on the... August 25, 2009 by John Voelcker 7