Legal MPG Resource Standards 
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 7, 2011
The current vehicle footprint-based Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards create a financial incentive for automakers to increase vehicle size, except under certain limited conditions of consumer preference for vehicle size, according to a study by University of Michigan researchers Kate Whitefoot and Steven Skerlos. 10 11 –5.17×10
Green Car Congress
JUNE 30, 2009
The US Environmental Agency (EPA) has granted California’s waiver request enabling the state to enforce its greenhouse gas emissions standards (Pavley I) for new motor vehicles, beginning with the current model year. The resulting new national standards will cover model years 2012-2016, and will require an average fuel economy standard of 35.5
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 18, 2013
legal light-duty vehicles from 1984 to present. No obvious pattern for specific vehicle types in terms of fuel economy percent change with speed has yet emerged (for example, results for SUVs were similar to small sedans or pickup trucks in terms of percent change in mpg). Brief summary of vehicle data. Speed increase. Data range.
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 30, 2010
Existing policies contributing to this include: Federal and California light duty vehicle standards (2.6% reduction); Federal emissions and fuel efficiency standards for medium- and heavy-duty vehicles (0.3% reduction); Federal renewable fuel standard and regional low carbon fuel standard (1.6% GHG) models. reduction).
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 17, 2011
mpg and 22.4 mpg) that lead to large changes in tax liability or the amount of a subsidy. mpg US (12.7 Under the Canadian feebate program, cars that get 43 mpg, for example, qualify for a $2,000 rebate, while cars that get 42 mpg receive a $1,500 rebate. All of this behavior is perfectly legal, they add.
Green Car Congress
MAY 26, 2015
Combined fuel economy (mpg). In charge sustaining mode, the Sonata PHEV is expected to return 40 mpg (5.88 Recharge time ranges from less than three hours at a 240V Level-Two charging station to less than nine hours using a standard 120V outlet. Projector headlamps are standard while HID headlamps are available.
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 17, 2015
US mpg) in the New European Driving Cycle (NEDC), corresponding to 46 grams CO 2 per km (74.0 In the Audi Q7 e-tron quattro, the standard MMI navigation plus works closely with the hybrid management system. Hill descent control and an off-road mode for the electronic stabilization control ESC are standard. litre V6 TDI engine.
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