# Automobile fuel economy — Federal civil penalty maximums — current inflation-adjusted amounts across agencies

For Automobile fuel economy, agency is National Highway Traffic Safety Administration; statutory authority is 49 U.S.C. 32911(a); maximum penalty is $52,468 for each violation, recorded from its source on 2026-08-10.

- **Agency:** National Highway Traffic Safety Administration _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Violation:** Automobile fuel economy _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Statutory authority:** 49 U.S.C. 32911(a) _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Maximum penalty:** $52,468 for each violation _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> ( h ) Automobile fuel economy. ( 1 ) A person that violates <https://www.govinfo.gov/link/uscode/49/32911> 49 U.S.C. 32911(a) is liable to the United States Government for a civil penalty of not more than $52,468 for each violation. A separate violation occurs for each day the violation continues.

## Source

- https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-49/subtitle-B/chapter-V/part-578/section-578.6

Last verified: 2026-08-10. Review by: 2027-02-26.
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