Downsizing International MPG Transportation 
Green Car Congress
JULY 28, 2014
In a new report ( Transportation Forecast: Global Fuel Consumption ), Navigant Research forecasts total road transportation energy consumption will grow from 81.1 The United States is currently the largest consumer of energy in the road transportation sector, with nearly 23.1 quadrillion Btu in 2014 to 101.7 Click to enlarge.
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 8, 2011
Former Transportation and Commerce Secretary Norman Mineta, who served under former Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. The quickest and most cost-effective way to achieve our energy usage goals is through faster adoption of fuel-efficient downsized gasoline and diesel engines. They determined that only 3.9 million hybrids and 1.3
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MARCH 5, 2013
mpg US mpg) in 2011—an improvement of 1.8% mpg US) global average by 2030 for new cars. —“International comparison of light-duty vehicle fuel economy”. The trend is toward smaller displacements (downsizing). l/100 km (32.7 per year from 2005 when the average was 8.0 l/100 km (29.4 Engine power.
Green Car Congress
JULY 11, 2017
The International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT), one of the organizations at the root of uncovering the Volkswagen diesel emission scandal ( earlier post ), has published a new analysis of developments and trends in advanced diesel engine technology. mpg in model year 2025—equating to 54.5 per year.
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 2, 2010
DeCicco’s analysis shows that optimizing internal combustion engines plus rising adoption of grid-free hybrids will enable new fleet fuel economy (unadjusted) to reach 52 mpg (4.52 L/100km) by 2025 and 74 mpg (3.18 Adjusted on-road fuel economy correspondingly would be 41 mpg (5.74 L/100km) and 60 mpg (3.92
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 14, 2011
Ford made a splash at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit with the introduction of 10 C-segment cars, including a new hybrid and plug-in hybrid based on the C-MAX ( earlier post )—this following on the roll-out the prior week of the Ford Focus Electric ( earlier post ). .; —Bill Ford Jr. Earlier post.).
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 11, 2011
While oil will remain the most widely used fuel, overall energy demand will be reshaped by a continued shift toward less-carbon-intensive energy source as well as steep improvements in energy efficiency in areas such as transportation, where the expanded use of advanced and hybrid vehicles will help push average new-car fuel economy to 48 mpg (4.9
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