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EPA annual trends report finds new vehicle fuel economy at record 24.1 mpg; new powertrain technologies rapidly gaining share

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 10, 2014

mpg increase over the previous year and an increase of nearly 5 mpg since 2004. The detailed data supporting the report were obtained directly from automobile manufacturers. Based on the final data through MY 2013, CO 2 emissions have decreased by 92 g/mi, or 20%, since MY 2004, and fuel economy has increased by 4.8

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Several dozen prototypes on 15-passenger van since 2004; now in second generation development; no production plans. Ford Escape PHEV-40 around 2012. Several after-market companies have done PHEV conversions of the Ford Escape hybrid and one has done a retrofit of the F-150 pickup -- see Where PHEVs Are and ICE-Conversions.)

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EV Driven

EPA annual trends report finds new vehicle fuel economy at record 24.1 mpg; new powertrain technologies rapidly gaining share

How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

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