The Truth About Cars
MARCH 18, 2024
That car was the 2007 Saturn Vue Green Line, and I managed to find one in a Denver-area car graveyard recently. If we look at the fine print, GM actually introduced a sort-of-a-hybrid vehicle as a 2004 model , though the 2004 Chevrolet Silverado Hybrid/GMC Sierra Hybrid didn't have regenerative braking.
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 14, 2020
People might be bored reading about the Prius but a review on four Priuses (2004, 2005, two 2006s) that my family owns that ran a total of 913k km (570k miles) should be interesting, right? I found a a 2004 with 247k km (154k miles) on the clock. l/100 km (51 mpg US) in the summer, and 5.3 l/100 km (44 mpg US) in winter.
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 14, 2011
In Japan for example, the government introduced regulations in 2007 that require OEMs to improve the fuel efficiency of their new vehicles by more than 23% over 2004 levels by 2015— – an average of 39 mpg. These fuel economy regulations challenge Japanese automakers to achieve a gain of roughly 10% by 2015.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 15, 2012
mpg US, 2.86 Toyota hit the 1-million mark for cumulative global hybrid sales at the end of May 2007 ( earlier post ), and has since rocketed past 4 million cumulative units. L/100k m) on the 10?15 15 mode with a 5-speed MT vehicle—at the time the world’s highest fuel economy among all mass-production gasoline-powered vehicles.
Green Car Congress
MARCH 11, 2012
Since 1975, overall new light-duty vehicle CO 2 emissions have moved through four phases: 1) a rapid decrease from MY 1975 through MY 1981; 2) a slower decrease until reaching a valley in MY 1987; 3) a gradual increase until MY 2004; and 4) a decrease for the seven years beginning in MY 2005, with the largest decrease in MY 2009.
Green Car Congress
MAY 29, 2013
The increase in the gap was especially pronounced after 2007–2008, when a number of European Union member states switched to a CO 2 -based vehicle taxation system and a mandatory EU CO 2 regulation for new cars was introduced. US “My MPG” real-world vs. official (100%) CO 2 emissions by vehicle model year. Source: ICCT.
Green Car Congress
JUNE 30, 2009
In September 2004 the California Air Resources Board (ARB) passed regulations to reduce greenhouse gases (GHG) from new passenger vehicles starting in 2009. The request was subsequently denied in December 2007. mpg in 2016 (39 mpg for cars, 30 mpg for trucks), or approximately 250 grams CO 2 /mile.
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