Green Car Congress

MARCH 18, 2013

Projected rates of fuel consumption improvement under different scenarios relative to past experience and the 2016 and 2025 CAFE standards. In addition, alternative fuels to petroleum must be readily available, cost-effective and produced with low emissions of greenhouse gases. Source: NRC. Click to enlarge.

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Hydrogen Oil Plug-in Fuel Economy 244

Clean Fleet Report

DECEMBER 12, 2021

In a world where SUVs and crossovers are the rage, the number of minivans sold each year have dropped to where they are about two percent of all light vehicles sold. For Kia, it meant replacing its light-selling Sedona minivan with the attractive 2022 Carnival. The EPA rates the fuel economy at 19 mpg city/26 highway/22 combined.

Kia 73

Kia Minivan Fuel Economy MPG 73

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 23, 2011

In our scenarios, transportation subsectors were shifted to electrified (plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) and fuel cell vehicles (FCVs)) vehicles as much as deemed realistic. And the remaining non-electrified transport was made as efficient as possible to reduce the amount of liquid fuels needed. —Yang et al.

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2005 Transportation California Energy 250

Green Car Congress

MAY 19, 2009

The resulting new standards will cover model years 2012-2016, and will require an average fuel economy standard of 35.5 However, there will not be an exact one-to-one correspondence between the two standards—GHG and fuel economy—which will be the foundation of the national program.

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2016 Obama Standards MPG 150

Clean Fleet Report

DECEMBER 1, 2021

The EPA rates the 2021 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray fuel economy at 15 city/27 highway/19 combined. So while most owners will not be trying to eke-out every last mile from a drop of fuel, it is possible, when on a long road trip and with an easy right foot, to crack 30 mpg. Your numbers may differ. Road Manners. Very satisfying.

Chevrolet 86

Chevrolet MPG Clean Cleaning 86

Clean Fleet Report

JUNE 16, 2021

Using 87 octane fuel, there is a total system of 260 horsepower combined. The Environmental Protection Agency rates fuel economy at 30 mpg highway and combined in hybrid mode, with an impressive 84 MPGe (miles per gallon equivalent) that measures the pure electric mode. mpg based on the dashboard computer.

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Chrysler Plug-in Hybrid Plug 92

Clean Fleet Report

APRIL 8, 2022

We tried it and it works, but needing this technology is another conversation for another day. The vertical dash air vents mimic the tail light design, while the instrument cluster, infotainment screen and dash section, in front of the passenger, are all horizontal, as are the door inserts.

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Hummer GMC All-Electric F-150 96

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 10, 2009

In addition to demonstrating better fuel consumption results than current advanced gasoline engines, the Omnivore engine has successfully demonstrated homogeneous charge compression ignition (HCCI) down to extremely light loads. Jamie Turner, Chief Engineer of Powertrain Research at Lotus Engineering.

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Fuel Economy Engine Light Fuel 218

Plug In Partners

JUNE 14, 2007

clip Unfortunately, the streets of North America may never see the Air Car, though; it's light-weight, glued-together fiberglass construction might not do so well in our crash tests. 18% Alternative fuel hybrid. 37% Higher fuel economy. So, in a sense, this is an electric car. 39% Plug-in hybrids.

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New York City New York Alternative Fuels Plug-in 100

Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2015

The alternative-fuel car evolved to reduce exhaust emissions and other problems derived from burning fossil fuels. The PHEV (Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle), a subset of the electric car, combines a primary electric motor with a much smaller back-up engine fueled with a hydrocarbon/biofuel mix. Or their UF=10% to 15%.

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PHEV Plug-in Renewable Energy 150