Deepak Rajagopal for The Hindu Businessline — CAFE norms are too lenient

Deepak Rajagopal for The Hindu Businessline — CAFE norms are too lenient Deepak Rajagopal, professor at UCLA’s Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, discusses India’s proposed fuel-economy rules — Phase III Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards — in his op-ed for The Hindu Businessline, explaining how the design of these standards shape what kinds of cars end up on the road. He explains that setting emissions targets based on vehicle weight makes larger, heavier cars...