Automakers could earn credits by increasing
the average fuel efficiency of the vehicles they sell.
Not exact matches
Adjusting for a shift in consumer demand to larger
vehicles, the current rules are projected to hike
fuel efficiency to a fleetwide
average of 46.8 miles per gallon by 2026, according to a letter sent Tuesday by Senator Tom Carper to Pruitt and Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao.
Subaru has admitted inspectors at its manufacturing plants in Japan «inappropriately altered» the emissions and
fuel efficiency data
of some 900
vehicles so that the
average data...
Boosting
average fuel efficiency in 50 percent
of cars from 20.8 miles per gallon to 30.7 mpg — and there are at least 26
vehicles available today that would do that, ranging from compact cars to sport utility
vehicles — would save roughly 30 million metric tons.
And while wind energy had been growing at an
average annual rate
of 27 percent and solar photovoltaic, too, was surging as costs fell sharply, so - called clean coal remained a long way off and governments» ambitions for
fuel efficiency and electric
vehicles were well ahead
of reality.
Like other major automakers, Audi (and its parent Volkswagen Group) is working on meeting its medium - term regulatory requirements (e.g., in the 2020 timeframe) by reducing the
average fuel consumption
of its new
vehicles using a combination
of three primary measures: optimizing its combustion engines for greater
efficiency; developing alternative drive... Read more →
«In light
of future greenhouse gas and corporate
average fuel economy requirements beginning in 2017,» their petition says, «camera - based systems represent an opportunity to increase
vehicle fuel efficiency through improved aerodynamics by eliminating externally mounted mirrors.»
It allows drivers to monitor the
efficiency of their
vehicle with
average speed and
fuel consumption readings, access
vehicle telematics and performance data while on the track, while at the same time it can capture biometric data through a heart rate monitor and receive tailored messages from Nissan.
In keeping with its industry - leading
fuel efficiency status, Hyundai achieved a corporate
average fuel economy level
of 37.0 MPG (28.5 MPG label value) in May, while selling 25,614
vehicles (38 percent
of total sales) with 40 MPG window label highway
fuel economy ratings.
«The introduction
of eco-friendly
vehicles such as the Optima Sportswagon Plug - in Hybrid will ensure Kia remains on course to achieve its mission
of improving
average fleet
fuel efficiency by 25 per cent by 2020, compared to 2014 levels.»
Like other major automakers, Audi (and its parent Volkswagen Group) is working on meeting its medium - term regulatory requirements (e.g., in the 2020 timeframe) by reducing the
average fuel consumption
of its new
vehicles using a combination
of three primary measures: optimizing its combustion engines for greater
efficiency; developing alternative drive... Read more →
Sets Light - Duty
Vehicle Fuel Efficiency Standards to a fleet - wide
average of 54.5 mpg for passenger cars, light - duty trucks and medium - duty passenger
vehicles, by model year 2025.
When one takes into consideration the different
efficiencies of liquid -
fueled and electric propulsion, then where the rubber meets the road the cost
of powering a plug - in hybrid with
average - cost residential electricity would be about 40 per cent
of the cost
of powering the same
vehicle with today's approximately $ 2.50 / gallon gasoline, or, said another way, for the consumer to be able to buy
fuel in the form
of electricity at the equivalent
of $ 1 / gallon gasoline.
The United States could have achieved the same reduction in oil use (~ 11 billion gallons
of oil per year) by simply improving (
average fleet)
vehicle fuel efficiency by just over ONE MILE PER GALLON.»
Some
of the policies assumed in Scenario 3 include:
average fuel efficiency of 77.9 mpg for light - duty
vehicles in 2050, 51 percent
of electricity produced from renewable sources, cleaner
fuels and 1 percent renewable jet
fuel by 2015.
Essentially, in this time period, every existing building will either be retrofit to higher
efficiency standards or replaced, 60 percent
of light - duty
vehicles will use electricity, so that the
average fuel economy will be roughly 70 miles per gallon.
These
vehicles emit up to five times the pollution
of the
average car and achieve far lower
fuel efficiency.