Green Car Congress
MARCH 21, 2019
The report, which this year for the first time includes an online, interactive country data browser, reviews developments in fuel economy and highlights the changes which have shaped the modern global fleet of light-duty vehicles (LDVs) over a 12-year period. Overall, global fuel economy has improved by an average of 1.7% L ge /100 km.
Green Car Congress
MARCH 6, 2009
GFEI expects that the technologies required to improve the efficiency of new cars 30% by 2020 and 50% by 2030, and the efficiency of the global car fleet 50% by 2050, mainly involve incremental change to conventional internal combustion engines and drive systems, along with weight reduction and better aerodynamics. Click to enlarge.
Green Car Congress
MARCH 5, 2013
Worldwide, light-duty vehicle (LDV) fuel economy is not improving fast enough to cut average fuel use by 50% for all new cars by 2030, according to a working paper issued by the Global Fuel Economy Initiative ( GFEI ). —“International comparison of light-duty vehicle fuel economy”. Source: GFEI. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.)
Green Car Congress
MARCH 11, 2015
The global vehicle fleet reached 1 billion units in 2010 and is forecast to double in the next ten to fifteen years, with much of this increase occurring in low and middle income countries which account for 90% of total road deaths. World Health Organization (WHO) figures put the annual death toll from road crashes worldwide at 1.3
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