Green Car Congress

JUNE 29, 2015

Average fuel efficiency in the US is 22 miles per gallon (mpg). New cars in 2015 get 25 mpg.) An acre of corn that provides 500 gallons of ethanol, at 22 mpg, gives you 11,000 miles, or would, if such gallons had the same energy content as a gallon of gasoline. Unfortunately, they don’t.

Solar 150

Solar Miles Gasoline-Electric MPG 150

Plugs and Cars

JUNE 4, 2009

The plan calls for 39 mpg for cars and 30 mpg for light trucks and SUVs by 2016; no automaker lawsuits; and California subscribes to the national program through 2016. As high officials of CalEPA and CARB got wind of Chu’s analysis of H2 and FCVs, they reportedly went to DC and lobbied furiously if unsuccessfully to pull him back.

Plug-in 100

Plug-in Plug Cars Obama 100

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 28, 2009

Id like to be a fly on the wall when an H2 franchisee asks to put in a hydrogen pump at Chevron. A car that gets 60 mpg still burns 17 gallons of gas every 1,000 miles versus a car that gets 21 mpg using E85 (my Chevy Impala) that burns 7.1 forgot.water and electricity dont mix well. The transplant car companies….aren’t

Manufacturer 34

Manufacturer Electric Cars Cars i-MiEV 34