2011 Automobile Manufacturer EPA Standards 
Green Car Congress
MARCH 27, 2009
The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has set the model year 2011 CAFE standards, which it estimates will raise the industry-wide combined light-duty vehicle fuel economy average to 27.3 mpg, save 887 million gallons of fuel over the lifetime of the MY 2011 cars and light trucks, and reduce CO 2 emissions by 8.3
Green Car Congress
APRIL 1, 2010
Final MY 2011 and MY 2012-2016 passenger car fuel economy targets, based on vehicle footprint. The CAFE standards are expressed as mathematical functions depending on vehicle footprint. The EPA standard would be equivalent to 35.5 The EPA standard would be equivalent to 35.5 Source: NHTSA. Click to enlarge.
Green Car Congress
MAY 10, 2012
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has determined that the systems used at gas station pumps to capture harmful gasoline vapors while refueling cars can be phased out. Since 1994, gas stations in areas that do not meet certain air quality standards have been required to use gasoline vapor recovery systems.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 1, 2010
The US Department of Transportation’s (DOT) National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a Notice of Intent (NOI) to begin developing new standards for greenhouse gases and fuel economy for light-duty vehicles for the 2017-2025 model years. Technologies.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 17, 2012
particulate matter (PM) emissions set by the US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Tier 2 standards or the EU’s Euro 5 standards. Each of these standards mandated a. million diesel passenger cars sold in 2011, according to the European Automobile Manufacturers Association. Top 10 Vendors.
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 17, 2010
The front-wheel drive B-Class F-CELL offers an operating range of around 240 miles (386 km) (Euro driving cycle, 190 miles (306 km) estimated EPA)—more than twice the range of the 2004 A-Class F-CELL—and short refueling times. The tanks can refilled in less than 3 minutes, using a standardized refueling system.
Green Car Congress
JULY 11, 2012
grams in 2011 and a mandatory target of 130 grams in 2015. By way of trans-Atlantic comparison, 95 g/km is equivalent to 152 g/mile; the current US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) greenhouse gas emissions standard (part of the joint national standard with NHSTA) calls for 250 g/mile in MY 2016. Earlier post.).
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