Like many fuel - saving technologies, automakers are rewarded for adding these types of systems in the highly complex government
Corporate Average Fuel Economy ratings system and the rewards can add up.
The entire EPA report details the fuel economy picture over the last 40 years, as manufacturers begin to hit mileposts on the way to
average fuel economy ratings of 54.5 miles per gallon in 2025.
The combination brings a run from rest to 100 kilometres an hour of 7.4 seconds,
an average fuel economy rating of 12.4 L / 100 kilometres and a towing capacity of 1,134 kilograms.
Roberts said the Japanese, whose strength in small cars has allowed them to enter the luxury segment with high corporate
average fuel economy ratings, «spent a lot of time and money early on in the development of their powertrains.»
By the 2005 model year, its popularity, along with its Mazda Tribute and Mercury Mariner platform mates had led to Ford introducing hybrid versions of the triumvirate, both to improve the company's corporate
average fuel economy rating and to give consumers another reason to consider the hot - selling model.
John and Helen Taylor drove the unmodified Chevy Cruze Eco almost 10k miles and managed to
average a fuel economy rating that is 50 percent better than the 42 mpg EPA rating that the Cruze Eco has.