Green Car Congress

APRIL 28, 2015

In a policy update, the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) reports that Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) and Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI) have finalized new proposed fuel economy standards for light- and medium-duty commercial vehicles with gross vehicle weights less than 3.5

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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. federal government has worked on two programs in particular: EPA’s Light Duty Vehicle Emissions (LDV) Standards and NHTSA’s Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) Standards.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 30, 2018

After announcing its intention last month to roll back emissions standards that require cars to get higher fuel economy, the EPA is now circulating a proposal in Washington to freeze the standards at 2020 levels through 2026. The story was first reported by the Los Angeles Times, and confirmed by Reuters.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 1, 2016

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has decided to maintain existing Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards through 2025. Enacted by the Obama Administration in 2012, the standards call for automakers to achieve a fleet average of 54.5 mpg (equivalent to about 38 mpg in the real world) by that year.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2011

India plans to introduce new fuel efficiency standards; the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards will give auto manufacturers time until 2015 to increase fuel economy from the current average of 14.1 mpg US, 7.1 mpg US, 5.8 Hindustan Times. km/liter (33.2 L/100km) of gasoline to 17.3

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Standards India Fuel Fuel Economy 247

Green Car Congress

JUNE 14, 2011

Plug-in hybrids dominate market penetration in 2025 under CAR scenario IV (62 mpg CAFE standard). Power and Associates to project the technology segmentation necessary to achieve anticipated fuel economy mandates in 2025. CAR researchers used the four fuel economy scenarios developed by. Source: CAR. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2014

Comparison of global passenger vehicle fuel consumption standards normalized to NEDC L/100km. A team from the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) has provided an update on China’s proposed Phase 4 fuel consumption standard for passenger cars. 100km (34 mpg US) in 2015. Source: ICCT. Click to enlarge.

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Fuel Economy China Economy Fuel 239

Green Car Congress

JULY 26, 2017

In March, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt and Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao announced that EPA intends to reconsider its final determination issued on 12 January 2017 which recommended no change to the greenhouse gas standards for light duty vehicles for model years 2022- 2025. mpg in MY 2021. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 22, 2014

In the three years since the new CAFE standard for fuel economy has been in effect, automakers have surpassed it each year, improving new-vehicle fuel economy by about a mile per gallon annually, according to an analysis by Brandon Schoettle and Dr. Michael Sivak of the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI).

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 1, 2012

Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) will launch the all-new Mirage global compact car at dealerships throughout Japan on 31 August at an MSRP ranging from ¥998,000 to ¥1,288,000 (US$12,800 to $16,500). With AS&G (Auto Stop & Go, i.e., a stop-start system) and other technologies applied, the M and G trim levels achieve fuel economy of 27.2

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Japan Mitsubishi MPG Gasoline 287

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 7, 2011

The current vehicle footprint-based Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards create a financial incentive for automakers to increase vehicle size, except under certain limited conditions of consumer preference for vehicle size, according to a study by University of Michigan researchers Kate Whitefoot and Steven Skerlos.

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Standards Fuel Economy Vehicles Economy 240

Green Car Congress

MARCH 26, 2015

The Cummins team not only surpassed all fuel-economy targets, but also achieved criteria emissions lower than the stringent Tier 2/Bin 2 levels. Test cycle fuel economy (mpg). The Highway Fuel Economy Test (HFET) and FTP-75 Test (city) cycles demonstrated fuel economy above 35 mpg (6.72 mpg (12.45

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Fuel Economy Economy Diesel Light 150

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 31, 2020

Toyota Motor Corporation has released the Yaris Cross, a new-model compact SUV. Furthermore, the hybrid variant achieves world-class, top-level fuel economy for its class (2WD, 30.8 mpg US) that surpasses what is the typical performance of an SUV. As with the Yaris, the all-new Yaris Cross adopts the TNGA platform (GA-B).

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Toyota SUV Japan Fuel Economy 221

Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

Right now, the debate over the future of Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards is in full swing. mpg (or about 38 mpg on window stickers) by 2025 for vehicles sold in the U.S. But many within the auto industry—and those sympathetic to it—would like to see those standards rolled.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 14, 2012

Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) launched the Pixis Epoch—the second passenger minivehicle to be sold under the Toyota brand—in Japan. For a starting price of ¥795,000 (US$9,370), the gasoline-fueled Pixis Epoch offers fuel economy of 30.0

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MPG Japan Toyota Tax 218

Green Car Reports

APRIL 29, 2015

Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards require carmakers to achieve a fleet average of 54.5 mpg by 2025, but the current average for new vehicles isn't even close to that. The latest estimates put the average fuel economy of new cars closer to 25 mpg.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 24, 2016

Last month, regulators released a "Technical Assessment Report" on how well automakers have done thus far in meeting Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards. mpg (or about 38 mpg on window stickers) for vehicles sold in the U.S. It found that.

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Standards Fuel Economy MPG Corporation 60

Green Car Reports

AUGUST 28, 2012

Department of Energy and the Obama administration have confirmed new Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards for all cars made between 2017 and 2025. After a long, political battle, both on Capitol Hill and in Detroit, the U.S.

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Standards MPG Obama EPA 125

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 28, 2012

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) issued the final rule for greenhouse gas emissions and fuel economy standards for MYs 2017-2025 for passenger cars, light-duty trucks, and medium-duty passenger vehicles. mpg US (5.84 Earlier post.) Earlier post.).

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MPG 2017 EPA Miles 210

Green Car Reports

JULY 29, 2016

Two weeks ago today, three federal and state agencies jointly released a "Technical Assessment Report" on how well automakers have done thus far in meeting corporate average fuel economy standards. mpg (or about 38 mpg on window stickers) for vehicles sold.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 3, 2015

Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards require carmakers to achieve a fleet average of 54.5 mpg by 2025. That's equivalent to roughly 40 mpg on the window sticker. emissions regulations are forcing carmakers to make their products more efficient over the next decade. DON'T MISS: Miles Driven In U.S.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 3, 2013

Achieved Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) fuel economy performance has exceeded the anticipated levels for 2012 and 2013 model years—the two years that the current standard has been in effect—according to a new analysis by Michael Sivak and Brandon Schoettle at the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI).

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 5, 2016

Current Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards require U.S. mpg (equivalent to roughly 40 mpg on the window sticker) by 2025. As automakers work to meet stricter emissions standards, the little-known staff of regulatory. automakers to achieve a fleet average of 54.5

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Emissions Fuel Economy EPA MPG 115

Green Car Reports

MARCH 11, 2015

As corporate average fuel economy standards continue to tighten each year, car companies have so far kept pace with the rising gas-mileage rules. mpg in 2025 (roughly equivalent to 42 mpg on a new-car window sticker). adaptive cruise control CAFE Fuel Economy lane departure braking Corporate Average Fuel Economy'

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MPG Fuel Economy Corporation Economy 60

Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2010

The footprint-based standard CO 2 curves for cars (left) and trucks (right). mpg if all improvements came from fuel economy) and 34.1 mpg US (6.9 L/100km) fuel economy level, respectively. Each manufacturer will have its own fleet-wide standard which reflects the vehicles it chooses it produce. mpg US (EPA).

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 29, 2013

mpg Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards set for 2025 have caused much wailing and gnashing of teeth from some quarters, but automakers haven''t been among them. It''s easy.'

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MPG Fuel Economy Vehicles Corporation 122

National Green Transportation

AUGUST 28, 2012

Today the Obama Administration announced the long-awaited new Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standard for cars and light-duty trucks, raising the standard to the equivalent of 54.5 The CAFE standards are regulations. miles/gallon, by 2025.

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Obama Standards MPG Fuel Economy 89

Green Car Reports

APRIL 30, 2015

Carmakers are pursuing continual fuel-economy gains to meet the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standard of 54.5 mpg set for 2025. Some efficiency-focused upgrades to standard gasoline engines.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 29, 2012

The US has set tough new fuel economy standards which will require carmakers to reach a corporate fleet average of 54.5 mpg by 2025.

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Fuel Economy Economy Standards Fuel 52

Green Car Reports

AUGUST 29, 2016

The recent release of a "Technical Assessment Report" on automakers' efforts to meet Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards has kicked off a debate over whether those standards should be lowered. mpg (or about 38 mpg on window stickers) for.

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Fuel Economy MPG Corporation Economy 93

Green Car Congress

JULY 20, 2021

Toyota Motor Corporation launched its all-new Aqua. km/L (84 mpg US) with the comfortable, high-quality ride of an electrified vehicle. liter Dynamic Force Engine and an optimized HEV system, the all-new Aqua not only achieves compact class-leading fuel economy of 35.8 Thanks to a highly efficient 1.5-liter

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 28, 2011

The two Federal agencies that set gas mileage and emissions standards for future cars may propose rules that require corporate average fuel economy to reach 56 miles per gallon by 2025. News reports out of Washington, D.C.,

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Fuel Economy Economy Obama MPG 117

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

In response to federal policies to boost gas mileage, manufacturers have changed vehicle weights, improved tire-rolling resistance and added aerodynamic features to push fuel-economy rates past government-mandated thresholds. Car notches are the small trigger points in the numerical values of fuel economy (say, the difference between 22.5

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Fuel Economy Economy Fuel MPG 186

Green Car Congress

JULY 7, 2015

Honda has set a new Guinness World Records title for “Lowest fuel consumption – all 24 contiguous EU countries (all cars)”, recording an average 83 mpg US (2.82 They returned to their start point on Thursday 25 June, recording the fuel economy figures which exceed the Tourer’s quoted efficiency of 61.9 Earlier post.)

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Honda MPG Miles Diesel 150

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 9, 2014

To make driving less energy intensive than flying, the fuel economy of the entire US fleet of light-duty vehicles would have to improve from the current 21.5 Without any improvement in vehicle fuel economy, an average vehicle load of more than 2.3 l/100 km) to at least 33.8 persons to at least 2.3 For example, the 14.5 in 1970 to 1.38

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Energy Fuel Economy Personal Economy 344

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 27, 2013

Through this testing period, performed under a range of temperatures and under abusive electrical and environmental conditions, Tianjin Automotive Test Center found NiZn batteries met or exceeded all safety, product performance, mechanical integrity and storage standards. l/100 km) by 2015, and 47 mpg (5.0 l/100 km)by 2020.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 17, 2014

Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards was expected to be tough work for carmakers, but so far Ford doesn''t seem worried. mpg (equivalent to about 42 mpg on the window sticker) by 2025, it says. Meeting U.S. The carmaker is on track to achieve the required fleet average of 54.5

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