Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Ecology, a transportation and logistics company in California, has switched its fleet of more than 600 trucks to run on Neste MY Renewable Diesel and is reporting cleaner fuel filters, fewer maintenance problems and reductions in tailpipe emissions. Switching 600 trucks, which drive on average 25,000 miles per year at approximately 2.5

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Renewable Diesel Fleet California 278

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 The six-speed manual model returns an EPA-estimated city mileage of 30 mpg (7.83 l/100 km), resulting in 37 mpg (6.35 l/100 km) combined.

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MPG EPA 2017 Diesel 170

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

However, the starting year of this analysis is 1966 because (1) for 1923 through 1935, fuel-economy information is available only for the entire fleet of all vehicles, and (2) from 1936 through 1965, light trucks were included with other trucks in the relevant statistics.?. mpg for both years). of the entire fleet of 250.6

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Fuel Economy 2017 Economy Light 397

Green Car Congress

MARCH 24, 2021

Produced by Lightning eMotors, a designer and manufacturer of elelctric medium- and heavy-duty vehicles, the new electric vehicles are highly durable and capable of achieving 61 MPGe, compared to 13 MPG for similar gasoline-powered vans. Earlier post.).

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Los Angeles Isuzu Colorado Ford 545

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 14, 2014

Chevrolet’s 2015 City Express cargo van, the company’s first entry into the small van segment, will offer an EPA-estimated 24 mpg city and 26 mpg highway, resulting in 25 mpg combined (9.8, EcoBoost offers 25 mpg combined, with 22 mpg city and 30 mpg highway. L/100 km, respectively). The vehicle’s 2.0L

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MPG 2015 Transit Connect Connect 210

Green Car Reports

MARCH 27, 2020

fleet of new vehicles has been becoming more fuel-efficient at a rapid rate in recent years, the rate of truck mpg. 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. All except pickups, that is. While the U.S.

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MPG Fuel Economy Diesel EPA 114

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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Standards Fuel Fuel Economy Light 283

Green Car Reports

MARCH 23, 2020

fleet fuel economy among vehicle makers. In 2019, Fiat Chrysler sold a higher percentage of hybrid vehicles—of its total U.S. sales—than Toyota. And yet for the eighth straight year, FCA is anticipated to post the lowest U.S. That comes from the 2019 EPA Automotive Trends Report, released earlier this month by the U.S. EPA with.

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Fleet Hybrid MPG Chrysler 99

Green Car Congress

MAY 5, 2023

mpg in the 2018 run with Starship 1.0. The truck will showcase how fleets today can reduce their energy usage and carbon emissions, without losing focus on the cost of their operations. In its 2021 run, Starship 2.0 achieved 10.8 miles per gallon on that journey, up from 8.94 Starship 2.0 Starship 3.0

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Gas San Diego Engine Jacksonville 447

Clean Fleet Report

AUGUST 28, 2022

The post 6 Easy Ways to Boost Car MPG first appeared on Clean Fleet Report. By improving fuel economy, you not only save more money but also cut out harmful carbon emissions into the air. By incorporating these free six easy ways to boost car fuel efficiency, you’ll make your car drive effortlessly once again.

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MPG Fuel Economy Cars MPH 86

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 16, 2018

100 km (145 mpg US). At a handover ceremony held in the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, 35 new Bo Rui GE were delivered to the Service Bureau to be part of China’s diplomatic vehicle fleet. The model’s success was partly due to its status as a national diplomatic fleet vehicle as well as its leading technology package.

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PHEV Fleet Parts Hybrid 261

Clean Fleet Report

MAY 12, 2021

So you’re the proud new owner of a Honda Civic EX Sedan (42 mpg highway; 32 mpg city). We’ll explore three ways your behavior can boost your mpg, and how counterproductive behaving badly can be, from affecting your car’s future to impacting your car insurance. Not a way to help your MPG. #1 Not so fast. 1 factor.

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MPG Fuel Economy Economy Fuel 72

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 10, 2014

mpg increase over the previous year and an increase of nearly 5 mpg since 2004. Since 1975, half of car production has consistently been within several mpg of each other. mpg, which is 0.5 mpg higher than MY 2012. mpg higher than MY 2012), and for trucks is 19.8 mpg (annual increase of 0.5

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Fuel Economy MPG Economy EPA 230

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. Fleets maintain the complete OEM warranty, and get a three-year, 75,000 mile warranty from XL Hybrids on the XL3 powertrain. Earlier post.).

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Fleet Hybrid F-150 Ford 191

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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Connect Connected Fleet Hybrid 150

Baua Electric

JULY 28, 2023

WASHINGTON — 3 months later the EPA proposed its strictest-ever limits on tailpipe air pollution, NHTSA has defined gas financial system requirements for current light-duty automobiles and vehicles that will require a mean fleet gas financial system of 58 mpg by means of the 2032 mannequin yr.

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Automobile MPG EPA Gas-Electric 52

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 21, 2015

The Hertz Corporation, which includes the Hertz, Dollar and Thrifty brands, has expanded of its Green Traveler Collection car rental fleet to include the 2016 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid ( earlier post ) in select cities across the US. All of the Green Traveler cars have fuel efficiency ratings starting at 33+ highway mpg.

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2016 Fleet San Jose Hyundai 150

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 vehicles are up to 25% more efficient and the fleets have already seen an 18% decrease in carbon emissions.

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Massachusetts Fleet Hybrid Vehicles 150

Green Car Reports

MARCH 10, 2022

Under the Biden administration, the EPA has proposed rules that will support a fleet mix of about 40% EVs by 2030 and arrive at a slightly tighter level by. A coalition of ethanol producers have joined a group of 16 states challenging tougher vehicle emissions standards for model years 2023 through 2026, Automotive News reported last week.

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Standards Emissions MPG EPA 131

Green Car Congress

JUNE 5, 2017

XL Hybrids TYs7Oafol48Kkc8KJgZoTHgMu0w8LYSbRdYOj2VdwnuKwa">announced new fleet customers who intend to purchase its XLP plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) upfit solution for Ford F-150 pickup trucks. The Fleet-Ready technology is the industry’s first ship-thru upfit on half-ton pickup trucks from a leading OEM.

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F-150 Fleet Plug-in Ford 150

Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Fleet-wide fuel economy for 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. The real-world fuel economy of light-duty vehicles sold in the U.S. remained flat for the 2021 model year, at 25.4

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Fuel Economy Economy SUV Fuel 151

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 12, 2012

Calling it a vital national security issue, Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard (a retired Marine officer and Gulf War veteran) signed Executive Order #6, 2012 making Indianapolis the first city in the nation to require the purchase of either electric or plug-in hybrid vehicles for the city’s non-police fleet, and the use of CNG in heavy-duty vehicles.

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Indianapolis Plug-in Fleet Plug 218

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 27, 2012

mpg US) or better (measured according to the technical requirements and specifications of the European Regulation (EC) 715/2007 as last amended). l/100 km (71 mpg US), equivalent to 87 gCO 2 /km. All diesel engines in the new Fiesta Van achieve sub-100 g/km CO 2 emissions and 3.7 l/100 km (63.6 liter Duratec gasoline units.

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MPG Ford Diesel 2007 210

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 9, 2012

Waste-hauling fleets can reduce fuel consumption by up to 13.9% mpg to 2.87 mpg, or 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.

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Fuel Economy Waste Economy Fleet 225

Green Car Reports

JANUARY 8, 2018

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

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Fuel Economy MPG Economy Sale 90

Green Car Reports

MAY 14, 2020

Over the past decade, the vast majority of U.S. pump gasoline has transitioned to 10% ethanol—or even, depending on where you are, 15% ethanol. The EPA tests that bring us official fuel economy numbers are just in the process of catching up with that reality. Tier 3 tests run on E10 aren't mandated until model year 2021.

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MPG Fuel Economy Fleet Emissions 117

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

A new economic analysis in an issue brief from the Consumer Federation of America (CFA) is recommending that the Obama Administration set a fleet-wide car and light truck fuel economy standard of 60 mpg (3.92 The economic analysis shows that going to 38 mpg (6.19 L/100km) by 2025 and 74 mpg (3.18 L/100km) by 2025.

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MPG Standards America Fuel Economy 225

Clean Fleet Report

DECEMBER 25, 2022

EV Fleets Will Change the Face of Trucking Forever. The industry will never be the same once EV fleets are adopted. Although drivers won’t need a CDL for the lower weight class vehicles, those models can nevertheless fill important roles in complex fleets that manage a combination of large and small delivery services.

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Fleet Gas-Electric Pennsylvania Commercial 52

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

On Friday, Chrysler Group LLC announced it was withdrawing from service its test fleet of plug-in hybrid-electric vehicles (PHEVs) to conduct a battery-pack upgrade. Three of the fleet’s 109 pickups equipped with plug-in hybrid powertrains sustained damage when their prototype 12.9-kWh The fleet accumulated more than 1.3

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Chrysler PHEV Fleet Batteries 268

Green Car Congress

APRIL 8, 2020

The Lightning Electric models are being provided to the hospital system by Wondries Fleet Group, a leading fleet dealer in California. Lightning Electric is a battery-electric drivetrain package for the Ford Transit 350HD, a product used extensively by commercial and government fleets.

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California Ford Los Angeles Fleet 286

Green Car Congress

MARCH 3, 2020

The report found that over the last five years, 11 of the 14 largest manufacturers improved both estimated real-world CO 2 emissions and fuel economy of their new vehicle fleets. Two of the fourteen manufacturers (Hyundai and VW) increased CO 2 emissions and decreased fuel economy of their new vehicle fleets. Source: EPA.

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Fuel Economy Economy 2004 Fuel 221

Green Car Congress

MARCH 26, 2011

AT&T is putting 101 Chevrolet Express Cargo 2500 vans powered by low-emissions compressed natural gas into its customer service fleet. The vans get gasoline-equivalent fuel economy of 11 mpg city and 16 mpg highway. Chevrolet Express/GMC Savana CNG storage tanks. Click to enlarge. Fuel tank capacity ranges from 15.8

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Chevrolet Fleet GMC MPG 199

Green Car Reports

MARCH 6, 2013

mpg by 2025 has caused cheers from some people, and jeers from others. In reality, that target won't be as difficult to hit as the numbers suggest, as the average on EPA window stickers will be lower--closer to 40 mpg in reality. The Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) target of 54.5

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MPG 2020 Fleet Europe 94

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 17, 2020

This new battery technology and other upgrades give them the range, power and features at the price they need to scale up their electric fleets. The Gen 4 model achieves 61 MPGe on certified dyno testing, compared to 13 MPG for the gasoline version. —Tim Reeser, CEO of Lightning eMotors.

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Batteries Battery Fuel Electric 448

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 8, 2013

VIA Motors, a electric vehicle development and manufacturing company, signed a contract worth $20 million to build and to deliver extended-range electric pick-up trucks and vans to more than 50 participating fleets.

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Extended Range Fleet EPRI Range 186

Green Car Congress

JUNE 6, 2013

Monthly fuel economy of the retrofitted Honda Civic during the first 9 months of the fleet test. The hybrid has also achieved comparable MPG performance with that of the same model powered by Nickel-Metal Hydride (NiMH) batteries but at a significantly lower cost, ALABC said. The vehicle delivers an average of a 44-mpg (5.3

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Lead Acid Civic Hybrid Fleet Miles 223

Green Car Reports

JUNE 15, 2020

In New York City, Hybrid cars and trucks beat their EPA fuel economy ratings in fleet service, according to analysis from the Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS), which manages the Big Apple's municipal fleet.

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EPA New York City Fuel Economy Hybrid 101