Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 13, 2013

mpg higher (+5.4%) than MY 2011. mpg fuel economy improvement from MY 2011 to MY 2012 is the second largest annual improvement in the last 30 years. mpg, or 22%. There are 15 MY 2013 pickup and minivan/van models for which at least one variant of the model has a combined city/highway label fuel economy rating of 20 mpg (11.8

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Fuel Economy 2012 Economy EPA 247

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 22, 2010

Tucson ix Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle. Hyundai Motor Company has completed development of its next-generation hydrogen fuel cell vehicle—the Tucson ix Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle (FCEV)—and will begin testing next year with an eye toward 2015 mass production. 73 mpg US, 3.23 Click to enlarge.

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Tucson Hyundai 2015 Fuel 231

Plug in America

OCTOBER 3, 2023

A normal vehicle releases several tons of pollutants each year, which depends on the vehicle’s fuel, fuel economy, and how far it is driven annually. Improving vehicle technology and electric vehicles saves consumers money through reduced maintenance and fuel costs and improves air quality and public health.

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Standards Clean Cleaning Fuel Economy 52

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

As a technology comparison, the 2006-2012 RAV4 offered an optional 269-hp, 3.5-liter seconds—a half-second slower than the RAV4 Prime—and a 21 combined MPG fuel economy rating. The RAV4 Prime also has a manufacturer-estimated 90 combined MPGe. The Toyota RAV4 Prime will come to market in summer 2020.

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Plug-in Miles Hybrid SUV 220

Green Car Congress

MAY 29, 2013

US “My MPG” real-world vs. official (100%) CO 2 emissions by vehicle model year. That website also offers a section called “My MPG” where users can register and input real-world fuel consumption data for their own vehicles. Source: ICCT. Click to enlarge. This correction factor was updated in 2008. Moving forward.

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Europe Fuel MPG United Kingdom 199

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

Washington, DC’s current focus is electric vehicles (EVs) and electric technology. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) continues to employ outdated mileage formulas (55 city 45 highway) that do not accurately represent consumers driving habits and dramatically tilts manufacturers into producing electric-vehicle solutions.

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Standards Transportation Fuel Economy MPG 247

Clean Fleet Report

MARCH 15, 2024

The fuel economy, which is best in Touring mode, is rated by the EPA at 24 mpg city/29 highway/26 combined mpg. mpg, same as the EPA. We were pleased to cross the 30 mpg mark and surpass the EPA 29 mpg rating by so much. In comparison, most flat screen televisions are 4K.

Cadillac 55

Cadillac Escalade SUV MPG 55

Green Car Congress

JULY 9, 2017

Under the current CAFE standards, the determination of a manufacturer’s compliance is based on the annual production volume-weighted average fuel economy of a manufacturer’s vehicle fleet. If the average mpg of manufactured vehicles cannot satisfy the standards, the manufacturer is fined for each 1 mpg that falls below the CAFE levels.

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Market Fuel Economy Standards 2016 150

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 24, 2011

In their study, they assess the benefits and drawbacks of the joint production in a sugar cane-based biorefinery—using technology that is currently available and cost-competitive—of ethanol and electricity for fueling privately-owned automobiles. km/liter (46 mpg US, or 5.1 l/100km) using gasoline as the fuel.

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Fleet Available Hybrid Power 230

Green Car Congress

APRIL 24, 2013

We expect to gain an additional 4-8 percent fuel economy improvement over the 1,450 kg kerb weight, 12-volt LC SuperHybrid, which already achieves 50 mpg imperial (42 mpg US and 5.6 Batteries Fuel Efficiency Hybrids Vehicle Systems' —Allan Cooper, European projects coordinator at the Advanced Lead-Acid Battery Consortium.

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Hybrid Motor Motors Motoring 210

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 14, 2015

ASG’s proprietary vehicle rating platform—the Automotive Performance Index—analyzes both performance areas for a comprehensive vehicle assessment. EcoBoost delivers 22 mpg (10.68 The Best Economic Performance Award is given to the vehicle with the lowest cost of ownership in its class.

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F-150 2015 Ford Colorado 150

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

The ORNL team analyzed two categories of vehicles: current vehicles as well as future technologies that are not currently in the market but are conceptually valid—for example, CNG hybrid electric concepts. The baseline for comparison is based on a 2012 2.4 Estimated WTW GHG emissions for future vehicle technologies.

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Gas-Electric Gas Fuel Economy PHEV 345

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 24, 2016

Described in a paper published in the RSC journal Energy & Environmental Science , the smart membrane separator could enable the design of a new category of rechargeable/refillable energy storage devices with high energy density and specific power that would overcome the contemporary limitations of electric vehicles.

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Energy Storage Energy Power Powered 150

Green Car Congress

JUNE 11, 2009

In the segment of the study presented, the Argonne team modeled four PHEV configurations: an input power split with a fixed ratio between the electric machine and the transmission (e.g., Camry hybrid) PHEV with a 4 kWh and an 8 kWh pack; and a series hybrid (extended-range electric vehicle, e.g., Volt) with a 12 kWh and a 16 kWh pack.

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PHEV Cost Of MPG Kansas City 150

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

km/L (143 mpg US, 1.64 The vehicle’s electric power consumption rate is 8.74 With the goal of accelerating the wide use of electric vehicles, TMC’s development of the new Prius PHV focused on three areas: 1) high environmental performance, 2) product value and ease of use and 3) affordability. mpg US, 3.16

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Prius Japan Plug-in Toyota 240

Green Car Congress

APRIL 19, 2015

miles) of all-electric range, and pairs with Cadillac’s 2.0-liter per 100 km (141 mpg US) based on China testing standards. CT6 PHEV will qualify for China new energy vehicle regulations and incentives, and is planned to be onsale in 2016. The new PHEV version of the CT6 will be capable of greater than 60 km (32.4

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Cadillac Plug-in Plug China 150

Clean Fleet Report

JULY 9, 2022

For electric-powered vehicles, the study found that low maintenance costs and charging affordability compared to traditional gas prices offset the higher upfront price tags. The motors that electric vehicles use have fewer moving parts than their gasoline-powered counterparts and don’t require oil changes.

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Nickel Metal Hydride Lithium Ion Cars Cost Of 85

Clean Fleet Report

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

stand when it comes to the transition to electric vehicles. When this publication began in 2006 commercially available electric vehicles were a novelty; the idea of a mainstream EV was part of a vision of a sustainable transportation system of the future. As far as I was concerned, they were at price parity.

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Audi Tahoe SUV Gas-Electric 90

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 19, 2016

seconds; delivers an all-electric range of more than 60 km (37 miles) and an all-electric top speed of 125 km/h (78 mph); and features combined fuel consumption of less than 2.0 As a comparison, the 3,543-lb Volt accelerates from 0-60 mpg in 8.4 L/100 km (117.7 L/100 km (117.7 —Tim Grewe. Lever diagram.

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Cadillac PHEV Volt Design 150

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 23, 2013

During his presentation at the TDI Efficiency Rally, UMTRI researcher Bruce Belzowski first presented a summary of his analysis of the total cost of ownership of diesels with a comparison to that of their gas vehicle counterparts. EPA estimated fuel economy (mpg) for US TDI models. denotes a model in the Rally **for comparison.

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Diesel Audi Sale Fuel Economy 366

Clean Fleet Report

AUGUST 6, 2023

Electric vehicles are most efficient when driven in town to take advantage of the regenerative braking, or on the open road at slower speeds. Electrify America’s charging network were the backbone of our trip Cost Comparison We charged 412.23 We set the cruise control to 72 mph when on the freeway. miles per kWh.

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Las Vegas Charging Utah Miles 84

Green Car Congress

MAY 15, 2014

To meet the cap by 2015 requires an “infeasible” 40% new vehicle fuel consumption (FC) reduction per year in 2011?2015 2015 ( 400 MPG by 2015) to overcome the inertia of the higher-emitting older vehicles in the fleet. The new vehicle FC reduction in the following years would be essentially zero.

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Light Global CO2 Ford 261

Green Car Congress

JULY 1, 2009

By 2015, we expect to see a sales volume of some 500,000 electric vehicles worldwide. To achieve higher volumes, we must first improve the performance of these vehicles considerably. —Dr. Comparison of drive concepts for diesel engines, with reductions in fuel consumption. liters of diesel [90 mpg US], can be achieved.

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Engine Li-ion Lithium Ion Gasoline-Electric 150

Green Car Congress

JUNE 29, 2011

The German federal government is targeting one million electric vehicles in Germany by 2020. These vehicles must be operated sustainably—i.e., L/100 km (112 mpg US) is attained (equivalent to 49 g/km CO2). As a comparison, the Golf blue-e-motion concept car with full electric drive has a battery capacity of 26.5

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Plug-in Fleet Plug Hybrid 210

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 20, 2011

The EPA has rated the 2012 Fisker Karma luxury extended range electric vehicle as consuming 65 kWh/100 miles (52 MPGequivalent) when running in all-electric mode, having a 32-mile all-electric range, and consuming 5.1 gallons US/100 miles (~20 mpg) when running the gasoline range-extending engine in hybrid mode.

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Karma Gasoline-Electric Fisker Miles 207

Clean Fleet Report

MAY 21, 2023

In the world of electric vehicles, this is very good efficiency. Clean, wide front Smile-inducing torque at any speed is what makes driving an electric car so special, and boy did the Air Touring deliver. 208 C d , both of which are all-electric sedan competitors to the Lucid Air Touring.

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All-Electric Miles Tahoe Charging 80

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 21, 2009

On 15 Sep, NHTSA and the US EPA proposed a joint rulemaking on fuel economy and greenhouse gas emissions for light duty vehicles: an average new car 34.1 mpg and 250 g CO 2 /km for model year 2016. mpg if the automotive industry were to meet this CO 2 level just through fuel economy improvements.) ( Earlier post.).

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2016 MPG Fuel Economy EPA 210

Clean Fleet Report

APRIL 12, 2024

The first Honda hydrogen vehicle–the FCX EV Plus 1997-99 Insight Hatchback Hybrid 1999-2006 Civic Hybrid 2003-* (offered intermittently in various generations of Civics starting with the 7 th generation in 2003; note: An all-new Civic Hybrid will be released in 2025.) This is a history, with an * next to models currently in production.

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Honda Hydrogen Plug-in Hybrid 70

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

At a media preview in Santa Barbara this week, Hyundai executives said the the hybrid will be moving into showrooms shortly, the battery-electric version in April (in California initially), and the plus-in hybrid in Q4. The end result for the Ioniq was an up to 58 mpg (4.05 —Dean Schlingmann. l/100 km) for the Niro.

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Hyundai Plug-in Hybrid Plug 186

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

Hyundai Motor America has introduced its next-generation hydrogen fuel cell vehicle, the Tucson ix Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle (FCEV). It achieves gasoline equivalent fuel efficiency of more than 70 mpg US (3.36 Comparison of new Tucson ix FCEV (3rd generation) and Tucson FCEV (2nd generation. Specifications.

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Tucson Hyundai Hydrogen Fuel 255

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

At a media preview in Santa Barbara this week, Hyundai executives said the the hybrid will be moving into showrooms shortly, the battery-electric version in April (in California initially), and the plus-in hybrid in Q4. The end result for the Ioniq was an up to 58 mpg (4.05 —Dean Schlingmann. l/100 km) for the Niro.

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Hyundai Plug-in Hybrid Plug 150

Teslarati

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

Postmaster General and USPS Chief Executive Officer Louis DeJoy stated that the Postal Service would be open to increasing its number of electric vehicle orders “should additional funding become available.” The Postmaster tried to elaborate on the USPS’ financial challenges of committing to operating a cleaner Postal vehicle fleet. .

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Fleet Las Vegas Congress Fuel Economy 98

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

The team found that using concentration rather than intake is suboptimal for health comparisons. Because electricity generation typically occurs farther from people than do tailpipe emissions, intake factors (iF) values are often lower for EVs than for CVs. L/100km (or 42 mpg US). For example, they noted, comparing PM 2.5

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Emissions China Gasoline-Electric Fleet 252

Green Car Congress

JUNE 10, 2013

In this paper, we investigate variation in life cycle cost and emission benefits of hybrid and plug-in vehicles under a range of driving conditions with a sensitivity analysis to critical factors such as gasoline prices, vehicle costs and electricity grid mix. All-electric range (AER). Base case cost and GHG comparison.

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Vehicles Plug-in PHEV Plug 199

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

How does this sound: 100+ MPG in a regular vehicle? But when you do, your car essentially becomes an electric vehicle with a gas-tank backup. California Air Resources Board studies show that battery electric vehicles emit at least 67% lower greenhouse gases than gasoline cars -- even more assuming renewables.

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Plug-in Plugin Plug Hybrid 61

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 7, 2009

The Toyota Highlander Fuel Cell Hybrid Vehicle – Advanced (FCHV-adv) ( earlier post ) achieved an estimated range of 431 miles on a single full tank of compressed hydrogen gas, and an average fuel economy of 68.3 miles/kg (approximate mpg equivalent) during a day-long trip down the southern California coast.

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Toyota Miles San Diego Hybrid 231

Green Car Congress

JULY 6, 2010

Nor does J1711 address the methods or equations necessary to calculate the adjusted US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) label miles per gallon (MPG) (sometimes referred to “EPA 5-Cycle” calculations). Earlier post.) The new version supersedes the J1711 standard originally published in March 1999.

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Fuel Economy Exhaust Plug-in Economy 186