Green Car Congress

MAY 26, 2015

Hyundai began the US rollout of the 2016 Hyundai Sonata Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) ( earlier post ) and its conventional hybrid sibling (HEV) with a series of media drives in California—one of the main markets for the PHEV, which offers some 24 miles (38.6 Combined fuel economy (mpg). Engine power (kW). 40 93 MPGe.

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PHEV 2016 Hyundai Plug-in 150

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 7, 2011

Simulations of future vehicles under the footprint-based standards found that the sales-weighted average vehicle size increases by 2–32%, undermining gains in fuel economy by 1–4 mpg (0.6–1.7 Furthermore, their results suggest that the incentive is larger for light trucks than for passenger cars, which could increase traffic safety risks.

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Standards Fuel Economy Vehicles Economy 240

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 27, 2010

In addition to precluding future regulation of stationary sources of greenhouse gases by the EPA under the current framework, passage of a disapproval resolution would also nullify EPA’s soon to be introduced final ruling on greenhouse gases from light duty vehicles.

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EPA Congress Climate Change Automobile Manufacturer 191

Green Car Congress

MAY 27, 2014

TDI consumes, for example in the Passat sedan, just over 5 l/100 km (47 mpg). All instruments were implemented virtually by software; only safety-related indicator lights are executed in hardware. The brightness of the display is automatically adapted to the ambient light. Despite its output, the 2.0 Earlier post.)

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Plug-in Plug Hybrid Diesel 286

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

US mpg) in the New European Driving Cycle (NEDC), corresponding to 46 grams CO 2 per km (74.0 The Q7 PHEV will arrive in dealerships in Germany in 2016, and will likely come to the US, although perhaps with a gasoline-engine variant. The actual bursting pressure is much higher still and far exceeds the legal requirements.

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Audi PHEV Diesel Fuel 150

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 3, 2018

mpg and for light trucks of 31.3 mpg projected overall industry average required fuel economy in MYs 2021-2026, compared to 46.7 mpg projected requirement in MY 2025 under standards issued in 2012. But the evidence shows that freezing CAFE standards is hard to justify on economic, social, environmental, or legal grounds.

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EPA Fuel Economy California MPG 150