Two recent regulations for the Auto Industry have been in the news. The first is the Department of Transportation's announcement today that Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards will rise by 8% by 2010. A more detailed description of this can be found here: http://wot.motortrend.com/6498170/government/new-cafe-regs-finally-released-fleet-wide-avg-of-273-mpg-by-2011/index.html
The second regulation is a proposal by the California Air Resources Board (CARB) to require all car paints to meet a 20% reflectivity requirement by 2016. The idea behind this is that darker colors like black absorb more sunlight, thereby requiring more use of the air conditioning, which in turn uses more fuel. However, some people are upset about this proposal since it could effectively ban colors like black and navy blue. More info can be found here: http://wot.motortrend.com/6500391/government/no-black-cars-california-air-resources-board-proposes-shake-up-of-color-palette/index.html
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