The Truth About Cars
OCTOBER 30, 2023
What was the most fuel-efficient (mass-produced, internal combustion-powered, highway-legal, non-gray-market, four-wheeled, et freakin' cetera) new car available in the United States during the 1980s? No, not the Toyota Starlet or Corolla Tercel , not the Honda CRX HF , not the Subaru Justy.
Electric Auto Association
APRIL 7, 2021
To fully appreciate the large number of credits generated by EVs, it is helpful to compare Honda with Tesla. Honda generated 5,307,829 megagrams of credit in 2019 with an efficient, conventional fleet made up of 1.73 Sometimes credits are rounded off and expressed as teragrams (Tg = one trillion grams). Toyota holds roughly 30 million.
Green Car Congress
MAY 26, 2015
Combined fuel economy (mpg). The Sonata PHEV is perfectly capable of handling (legal) Interstate speeds on battery pack alone; however, such operation depletes the battery relatively quickly. Hyundai is identifying Ford’s Fusion Energi and the Honda Accord plug-in hybrid as its PHEV competitors in the mid-size sedan segment.
Creative Greenius
JANUARY 19, 2009
All I ever heard them do was badmouth the small Honda car I drive and complain about CAFE fuel economy standards. That’s a real bummer about your lack of money old Chucky, but I’m still laughing away at your karma, dude. Guess what? I’ve got a real funny way for them to use their big sledge hammers now.
Green Car Congress
JULY 25, 2019
The agreement slightly weakens the current standards by decreasing the original fuel economy increases year-over-year and moves the current 2025 requirement to 2026, resulting in slightly less aggressive year-over-year reductions. —California Air Resources Board Chair Mary D. Nichols.
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 23, 2020
Consumer Reports sent letters and a consumer petition to the leaders of General Motors, Toyota, Fiat Chrysler, Nissan, Subaru, Mazda, Hyundai, Kia, and Mitsubishi, calling on the companies to drop their legal attack against America’s Clean Air Act, and instead support Clean Car standards that help drivers save money on fuel and reduce air pollution.
Charged EVs
MAY 18, 2021
Federal emissions and fuel economy regulations have been instrumental in encouraging (or coercing) automakers to produce EVs, and to make their legacy vehicles cleaner. Charged : The body of federal and state air pollution regulations encompasses both emissions and fuel economy standards, and generates an astounding number of acronyms.
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