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UMTRI: fuel economy improvements are present throughout the sales-weighted distributions of same MY vehicles

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mpg between model years 2008 and 2014, University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI) researchers Michael Sivak and Brandon Schoettle have documented sales-weighted distributions for the same model year vehicles (cars, pickup trucks, vans and SUVs). mpg for model year 2008 to 25.3 Click to enlarge.

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2024 Subaru Crosstrek Review - For Those About To Flock, We Salute You

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It’s been well-documented how the company, decades ago, specifically targeted certain demographics, becoming wildly popular and inspiring serious owner loyalty. I’ve even taken a different ‘24 Crosstrek on a brief off-road journey and found it nearly as capable as larger, more powerful SUVs. With the optional 2.5-liter

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Kia EV3 debut, Silverado EV review, Bolt EV settlement, ID.7 delay: The Week in Reverse

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Which electric SUV was teased as quicker than the Tesla Model Y Performance? Kia EV3 Kia has revealed the production-bound EV3 electric SUV , and it closely follows both the EV3 concept and the much larger EV9 that’s already on sale. How much real-world range do Teslas lose over the first three years? 2025 Volkswagen ID.7

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2011 edition of EPA Fuel Economy Trends report shows several advanced powertrain technologies making significant gains

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While year-to-year changes often receive the most public attention, the report notes, the greatest value of the historical trends database is the identification and documentation of long-term trends. mpg (3%) higher. mpg higher than in MY 2009. MY 2010 adjusted composite fuel economy was 22.6

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Camry hybrid, Ioniq 5 N reviews; Prius and Cybertruck recalls; Highlander EV: The Week in Reverse

Baua Electric

Available all-wheel drive, its ratings of up to 51 mpg combined, and a comfortable, spacious interior make it one of the most appealing Camry sedans yet. Trapped” accelerator pedals are prompting a Tesla Cybertruck recall that, based on recall documents, may have been spurred by a production workaround on the assembly line.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

This is from "Commercializing Plug-In Hybrids" (pdf), the current CalCars 24-slide presentation about PHEVs available along with other documents at CalCars Downloads. Furia explained, "The SUVs that we just completed that were outfitted with the XHT drive train could have been any SUV made by anyone.

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Proposed Changes to the Federal EV Tax Credit Passed by the House of Representatives

EV Adoption

To try and understand and document all of the key proposed revisions, I combed through the Rules Committee text of H.R. Notes: SUVs are not defined, but presumably this category includes crossovers. With caps on vans, SUVs and pickups at $80,000 the proposed revisions fundamentally fails these two goals. More on this below.