Mercedes-Benz Will Suspend Sales Of Nearly All 2022 AMG V8 Models In The US
09-01-2021, 06:03 PM
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To give some insight to the severity of the problem Mercedes is facing with the new CAFE targets and increased penalties, here are some statistics from the “Congressional Research Service Vehicle Fuel Economy And Greenhouse Standards: Frequently Asked Questions…Updated June 1, 2021”. The following are the CAFE Requirements (MPG) and actual performance for Daimler/Mercedes, BMW and Volkswagen for model year 2019, the latest year available: Daimler/Mercedes CAFE 39.8 Perf. 32.5; BMW CAFE 40.7 Perf. 36.1; Volkswagen CAFE 42.7 Perf. 40.7 (Note that CAFE requirements are slightly different for each manufacturer due to a complicated formula based on air conditioner refrigerants, etc.). The credits each manufacturer was carrying into 2020 are as follows: Daimler/Mercedes 304,262, BMW 6,013,161, Volkswagen 2,629,693. The bottom line is that Mercedes is not meeting the CAFE requirement and is most likely out of credits. The increase in fines from $5.50 to $14.00 for each 1/10 mpg shortfall will be huge. And the CAFE target will go up 8% annually. I do not think it is coincidence that Mercedes is dropping most V8 models in the US, while continuing to provide V8’s to other countries and to Austin Martin and Jaguar.
Consistent with the President’s Day One Executive Order, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) will announce how they are addressing the previous administration’s harmful rollbacks of near-term fuel efficiency and emissions standards. The two agencies’ standards work in a compatible fashion through model year 2026, with the NHTSA proposed rule starting in model year 2024 and the EPA proposed rule taking effect a year sooner with model year 2023.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-...rs-and-trucks/
09-02-2021, 10:06 PM
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There are a number of rules under review on how the fuel efficiency and emission standards will be calculated. The EPA and NHTSA as you pointed out, are not in agreement on the model year (2023 or 2024) for the new standards to begin. (Note that the emission standards are different than the mileage standards). The President’s Day One Executive Order instructed that the Trump emission and mileage standards be rolled back up immediately, which would have an affect on model year 2022. Some of the more stringent standards are likely to be delayed for a year. In any case, the CAFE fine is being increased from $5.50 to $14.00 for each 1/10 mile under the standard for model year 2022 and it is still in place. And Mercedes is far from meeting either the old or the proposed new mileage standard, they are also having difficulties meeting exhaust emission standards with their high horsepower engines. My new 2021 S Class has an average Mileage of 20 MPG, half of the current requirement. Mercedes needs to do something now or they will be paying tens of millions more in fines in model year 2022 than what they are paying this year.
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09-03-2021, 08:44 AM
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Here is some more information on CAFE requirements: https://www.nhtsa.gov/laws-regulatio...-economy#40466
The chart contained in the article (you can click on it for an expanded view and also click on each orange dot for more details) shows light car CAFE jumps from 38 mpg in 2021 to 42 mpg in 2022 as it now stands. The average cost to manufactures for compliance with this standard is shown to be $2400. Add in the fines for non compliance and you are talking big money. Many of us wondered why Mercedes did not make our new S Class a 2022 model…the increased standards and fines for model year 2022 go a long way in explaining why.
The chart contained in the article (you can click on it for an expanded view and also click on each orange dot for more details) shows light car CAFE jumps from 38 mpg in 2021 to 42 mpg in 2022 as it now stands. The average cost to manufactures for compliance with this standard is shown to be $2400. Add in the fines for non compliance and you are talking big money. Many of us wondered why Mercedes did not make our new S Class a 2022 model…the increased standards and fines for model year 2022 go a long way in explaining why.
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