Innovative “Off Cycle” Credits Give Stop-Start Systems, Other New Technologies Big Boost in Marketplace
New provisions in the recently finalized model year 2017 to 2025 carbon and fuel efficiency rules are set to give a huge boost to Innovative fuel-efficiency technologies. These new so-called “off-cycle credits” provisions — buried amidst 3,000 pages of regulatory documents — are a new addition to the federal clean car programs standards that require the equivalent of 54.5 mpg by 2025. The big winner of the new credit system is stop-start ignition systems.