Green Car Reports

APRIL 1, 2022

On Friday, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration finalized tougher fuel economy standards for vehicle fleets that will mean an adjusted, industry-wide average of about 49 mpg across new passenger vehicles and light trucks in 2026.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 29, 2023

NHTSA currently projects that the proposed standards would require an industry fleet-wide average for passenger cars and light trucks of roughly 58 miles per gallon (mpg) in MY 2032 and an industry fleet-wide average for HDPUVs of roughly 2.6 gallons per 100 miles in MY 2038.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 9, 2021

A team at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln has investigated the long-term adaptability and economic feasibility of non-flex-fuel vehicles—vehicles designed to use fuel blends containing 85% ethanol (E85) or less—to consume a 30% ethanol (E30) fuel blend. MPG compared to E15.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Fleet-wide fuel economy for vehicles sold in the U.S. The real-world fuel economy of light-duty vehicles sold in the U.S. has stumbled, according to the EPA's recently released 2022 Automotive Trends Report. The report points to increased SUV sales as one reason for the stagnation of efficiency.

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Baua Electric

JUNE 7, 2024

The federal government on Friday revealed vehicle efficiency standards for 2027-2031 that improve the fleet fuel efficiency of new cars and trucks—slightly. vehicle sales. mpg under the agency’s original CAFE proposal made in July 2023. 2024 Toyota Prius These fleet rules are one side of U.S.

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Teslarati

JUNE 8, 2024

safety regulator has officially launched more relaxed fuel economy standards, following a similar move from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) made a few months ago. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has officially announced new fuel standards requiring an average fleet fuel economy of 50.4

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 10, 2014

EPA released the latest edition of its annual report on trends in CO 2 emissions, fuel economy and powertrain technology for new personal vehicles in the US. Among the top-level findings was that Model year 2013 vehicles achieved an average of 24.1 mpg increase over the previous year and an increase of nearly 5 mpg since 2004.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 17, 2020

The new, longer-range Lightning Electric Transit Van is the fourth generation of its battery-electric and fuel cell electric platform, based on the Ford Transit 350HD chassis. Many of these new features will be offered in Lightning eMotors’ Class 4, 5, 6 and 7 vehicles in 2021. —Tim Reeser, CEO of Lightning eMotors.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 3, 2020

In the US, Model Year (MY) 2018 vehicle fuel economy was 25.1 In model year 2018, the average estimated real-world CO2 emission rate for all new vehicles fell by 4 grams per mile (g/mi) to 353 g/mi, the lowest level measured since 1975, when EPA data collection began. 0 g/mi—and highest fuel economy, at 113.7

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 24, 2021

Following a successful initial pilot program using nine Lightning Electric Ford Transit 350HD electric vans in the US late last year, DHL Express plans to deploy the remaining 89 electric vehicles this year in New York and California. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

The 2017 Cruze Diesel Sedan ( earlier post ) fitted with the six-speed manual transmission offers an EPA-estimated highway mileage of 52 mpg (4.52 liters/100 km)—the highest highway fuel economy of any non-hybrid/non-EV in the US. The six-speed manual model returns an EPA-estimated city mileage of 30 mpg (7.83

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MPG EPA 2017 Diesel 170

Green Car Congress

APRIL 18, 2016

XL Hybrids has introduced the XL Link cloud-based big data analytics system, which measures key performance indicators—including MPG performance—and reports carbon dioxide emissions reductions in clients’ hybrid-electric fleet vehicles. —Clay Siegert, co-founder and chief operating officer at XL Hybrids.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

XL Hybrids announced its XL3 Hybrid Electric Drive System will be installed in 52 vehicles that serve five Massachusetts state agency fleets. The State of Massachusetts placed this new order after seeing successful results from past vehicle conversions by XL Hybrids for the DCR and Environmental Police vehicles.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 27, 2020

Nearly all vehicle types now achieve more than double the gas mileage that they achieved in 1975, when the EPA started compiling trends for vehicle emissions and fuel economy. fleet of new vehicles has been becoming more fuel-efficient at a rapid rate in recent years, the rate of truck mpg.

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MPG Fuel Economy Diesel EPA 121

Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2013

From 1970 to 2010, vehicle distance travelled in the US increased by 155% (from 1.674 trillion km to 4.260 trillion km); however, because vehicle load (i.e., Sivak found that while the vehicle fuel economy of the entire light-duty fleet improved by 40% (from 13 mpg US to 21.6 mpg US, or from 18.1

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 16, 2018

EPA recently released the latest edition of its annual report Light-Duty Automotive Technology, Carbon Dioxide Emissions and Fuel Economy Trends. The report is the authoritative reference for real-world fuel economy, technology trends and tailpipe carbon dioxide emissions, for new personal vehicles sold in the US every year since 1975.

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Fuel Economy Economy EPA Fuel 261

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 15, 2016

A study by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University has concluded that regulatory incentives for OEMs for alternative fuel vehicles (AFVs) intended to encourage a technology transition in the transportation fleet result in increased fleet-wide gasoline consumption and emissions. Incentives for selling AFVs.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 16, 2018

Geely Auto’s flagship B-segment hybrid sedan Bo Rui GE has been selected as an official diplomatic concierge vehicle by the Beijing Service Bureau for Diplomatic Missions. seconds, but the real highlight of the mild hybrid system is its improved fuel economy. In green travel mode, the Bo Rui GE PHEV has an average fuel economy of 1.6L/100

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 11, 2014

The agency’s reasoning was that since alternative fuel vehicle production has generally been less than 0.1% of total vehicle production until very recently, the impact of excluding alternative fuel vehicles was negligible. EPA Trends report.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 23, 2020

In 2019, Fiat Chrysler sold a higher percentage of hybrid vehicles—of its total U.S. fleet fuel economy among vehicle makers. sales—than Toyota. And yet for the eighth straight year, FCA is anticipated to post the lowest U.S. EPA with.

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Fleet Hybrid MPG Chrysler 104

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 9, 2012

Waste-hauling fleets can reduce fuel consumption by up to 13.9% by engaging in fuel-efficient, eco-driving best practices, according to a newly released study by SmartDrive Systems, a provider of driving intelligence solutions. The study found that within two months, the top 25% of drivers improved their fuel economy from 2.52

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 13, 2012

Cincinnati, Ohio city officials are developing a Green Fleet Plan that would end the city’s dependence on gasoline or diesel motor fuels by 2025. The Green Fleet Plan is being developed for the city’s 3,654 vehicles and is expected to be finished by mid-2012.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 17, 2015

In a new report, researchers at the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI) have calculated the actual, on-road fuel economy for the entire fleet of all vehicles in the US, and for different classes of vehicles, with primary interest in light-duty vehicles (cars, pickup trucks, vans, and SUVs), between 1923 and 2013.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 8, 2018

Even as vehicles become more fuel-efficient, the unending market shift toward crossover utilities, SUVs, and trucks kept the overall average U.S. new fleet efficiency stagnant for the fourth year in a row. For 2017, sales-weighted new-car fuel economy landed at 25.2 mpg, an improvement over 2016 of just 0.1

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 13, 2013

EPA projects advanced transmissions (6+ speeds and CVTs), gasoline direct injection (GDI) systems, and turbocharged engines will be installed on at least 15% of all MY 2013 vehicles. The majority of the emissions and fuel savings from current vehicles, EPA noted, is due to new gasoline vehicle technologies. mpg, or 22%.

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Clean Fleet Report

AUGUST 28, 2022

Tips to Uncover Hidden Fuel Efficiency. Thankfully, by incorporating only a few habits into your daily life, you can increase your fuel economy. Thankfully, by incorporating only a few habits into your daily life, you can increase your fuel economy. Both of these make the engine work harder, which burns more fuel.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 23, 2017

The US Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) Annual Energy Outlook 2017 (AEO2017) Reference case projects a decline in light-duty vehicle energy use between 2018 and 2040 as improvements in fuel economy more than offset increases in light-duty vehicle (LDV) miles. quadrillion Btu in 2017 to 14.2 trillion miles in 2016.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 6, 2021

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a proposed rulemaking for model year 2023-2026 light-duty vehicle greenhouse gas emissions standards, and outlined its plans to initiate a subsequent rulemaking to set standards for MY 2027 and beyond, to speed the transition of the light-duty vehicle fleet toward a zero emissions future.

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Teslarati

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

The Alliance for Automotive Innovation has issued a warning about the NHTSA’s proposed fuel economy standards for 2027-2032 model year vehicles. As per the group, if the new proposed fuel economy standards are finalized, the industry’s transition to electric vehicles would be compromised.

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Fuel Economy Economy Auto Fuel 68

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

This will be the first time that Ford F-250 trucks can be ordered by fleet customers with hybrid-electric drive technology; the XL3 system can provide up to a 25% increase in fuel economy. As with each XL3 installation, all components are installed under the vehicle, allowing the pickup bed’s full capacity. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 7, 2019

As the company first revealed in February, XL’s newest product expands its successful plug-in hybrid electric (PHEV) product family, which also includes the XLP Ford F-150 that the company began shipping in 2018 to municipal, utility and commercial fleets throughout the United States.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 13, 2017

The standards are projected to result in average fleet-wide consumer fuel economy sticker values of 36 miles per gallon (mpg) by model year 2025, 10 mpg higher than the current fleet average. The projected fleet average CO 2 target represents a 2-cycle GHG emissions compliance level equivalent to 51.4

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 3, 2019

Though vehicles for sale today are more efficient than they've ever been, the average fuel economy of America's operating fleet has remained relatively stagnant since George W. Researcher Michael Sivak, writing at Green Car Congress, puts the focus on the miles driven by registered vehicles in the United States.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 21, 2014

Rental firm Hertz has released figures detailing the fuel efficiency of its fleet--and it''s now the most fuel-efficient in the rental industry. Along with efforts to introduce hybrid and electric vehicles to the company''s rental fleet, Hertz is benefiting from general increases in new vehicle fuel economy--which averaged 25.4

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Clean Fleet Report

MAY 12, 2021

Even a Fuel-Efficient Car Can Do Better. So you’re the proud new owner of a Honda Civic EX Sedan (42 mpg highway; 32 mpg city). Or even more impressive, maybe you own a BMW X5 xDrive40e PHEV (56 mpge or miles per gallon equivalent, for electric vehicles). You are now the epitome of fuel efficiency. Not so fast.

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MPG Fuel Economy Economy Fuel 71

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Clean Cars 4 All is one of several vehicle-purchase incentive program helping Californians make the switch to clean vehicles. They accelerate the transition of fleets to zero-emission in line with Governor Newsom’s Executive Order N-79-20 requiring all new cars and passenger trucks sold in California to be zero-emission by 2035.

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Green Fleet Magazine

JUNE 4, 2024

How much does fuel economy improve when analyzing specific models over time?

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