Sentences with phrase «fuel economy test»

The automaker has not performed fuel economy tests on the 2014 C - MAX Hybrid, but is making several software and hardware changes to reduce its fuel consumption.

Last week, the automaker also revealed that it hasn't been in compliance with Japanese fuel economy testing standards since 2002.

Unfortunately, the car was just too fun for me to give it a fair fuel economy test.

The revision addresses a peculiarity — some call it a loophole — in EPA fuel economy testing, wherein manufacturers can issue a general label for multiple vehicles in the same weight class based on the highest selling vehicle that uses a certain powertrain.

To be fair, a video shoot is one of the worst conditions for fuel economy testing, basically consisting of lots of idling interspersed with hard driving that looks good for the camera.

The new Cayenne gains LEVII emission status and preliminary fuel economy testing showed estimated EPA fuel economy figures of 18 mpg in the city and 22 on the highway.

Our real - world fuel economy test yielded 41.6 mpg, much better than the standard Civic, which is rated for 36mpg and 44mpg (city and highway, respectively) by the Environmental Protection Agency, but well off the pace set by the Prius; the Prius can go for a 550 - mile journey on a tank of fuel.

The 2016 Chevrolet Malibu Hybrid (earlier post) is EPA - rated at 46 mpg (5.11 l / 100 km) combined, 47 mpg city and 46 mpg highway; the powertrain shares the transmission architecture with the 2016 Chevrolet Volt extended range electric vehicle (EREV), but includes changes to optimize the system for engine - driven charge - sustaining operation in the range of conditions represented by the US EPA 5 cycle fuel economy tests.

The new Cayenne gains LEV2 emission status and preliminary fuel economy testing showed estimated EPA fuel economy figures of 18 mpg in the city and 22 on the highway.

A year ago, he agreed to do the same for money - losing Mitsubishi Motors that is struggling from a scandal of faking fuel economy test data.

The new methodology uses a 5 - cycle testing procedure that supplements the basic city and highway fuel economy tests with tests designed to address fuel consumption associated with aggressive driving, air - conditioner use and cold temperature driving.

In other words, Ford underestimated real - world factors and how they would affect fuel economy testing.

On electric power alone the 9.9 kWh capacity is enough for 31 miles of engine - off running (charging in 2h30m from a 3.6 kW wall box) and thanks to its contribution in NEDC fuel economy testing, results in the eyebrow - raising 166mpg and 39g / km CO2 ratings.

Aikawa said that he wasn't aware of the improper fuel economy testing and that Mitsubishi hasn't decided on how it will compensate customers.

The automaker is also the first Japanese marque to report misconduct involving fuel economy testing since Volkswagen's diesel emissions cheating was discovered last year.

Other automakers who have reported misconduct in fuel economy testing include Hyundai, Kia, Mini, and Ford.

We were able to do a bit of hypermiling on a very short and very specific fuel economy test route and saw 34.8 mpg on the truck's computer.

Mitsubishi Motors has announced that they have manipulated «someâ $ fuel economy test data.

Just like hybrids, pure diesel and petrol models won't necessarily achieve their quoted figures as the existing fuel economy testing procedure doesn't do a great job of replicating real world driving.

MINI claims the entry level 1.5 - litre petrol, as tested in the new, more accurate WLTP fuel economy tests, returns 57.6 mpg and CO2 emissions of 111 - 115g / km.

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The 2018 Honda Clarity Plug - in Hybrid has been officially rated as having the highest all - electric range among all midsize plug - in hybrids following fuel economy testing by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

Chevrolet's new Spark (codenamed M300) a.k.a Chevrolet Mini was caught by an Autocar India reader, while undergoing fuel economy testing in Chennai.

EPA fuel economy test results are pending and will be announced later.

See how the 2014 Toyota Prius vs 2014 Mercedes - Benz E250 BlueTEC ® fuel economy test plays out today, we think you may just be pleasantly surprised.

In Mercedes - Benz's official papers, the C200 4Matic averages as low as 6.1 l / 100 km (38.5 mpg US) over the European combined cycle, but we all know lab fuel economy tests have nothing to do with real life.

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In our payload fuel economy test, though, it came within striking distance of the Ford at 16.4 mpg observed

ADR fuel economy testing shows the Murano as using 10.9 L / 100 km on the combined cycle, and in our hands that figure was pessimistic.

IMPORTANT: Starting with 2015 model year vehicles, the Government of Canada has mandated new fuel economy test methods to better approximate typical driving conditions and styles by adjusting city and highway ratings to account for air conditioner usage, cold temperature operation and driving at higher speeds with more rapid acceleration and braking.

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With all that out of our system, it came time for serious business: A real - world fuel economy test to see just how daintily the turbo - four sips its premium unleaded.

Expelling its exhaust gases through a 4 -2-1 manifold and boasting a 13.0:1 compression ratio and i - stop (auto - stop / start facility), the engine in the Mazda2 Maxx is rated at 5.2 L / 100 km (manual) and 4.9 L / 100 km (auto) in combined - cycle fuel economy testing.

That high freeway mileage shows the beauty of diesel, and the limits of EPA fuel economy testing.

Under Japan's fuel economy testing standards, the Note e-Power achieves 32.7 kilometers per liter (77 mpg), while the Prius hybrid achieves 96 mpg and the Prius Prime plug - in hybrid is rated at 87.5 mpg.

And yet, the Cayenne Turbo qualifies as an LEVII (low - emission vehicle) and in preliminary fuel economy testing the Cayenne Turbo showed the benefits of the direct fuel injection technology with an improvement up to 11 percent in highway driving compared to the previous generation Cayenne Turbo.

Later, we hit the highway for a fuel economy test.

The data generated from this test is independently verified for accuracy before it is submitted to the EPA for their fuel economy testing.

Update: Mitsubishi said in a statement to Automobile, that it isn't aware of any U.S. - spec vehicles that are affected by the fuel economy testing irregularity.

The touted ten - percent figure is based upon Japan's 10 - 15 fuel economy test cycle, which incorporates multiple lengthy stops.

Details of the autumn upgrade are understood to include a new 2.0 - litre diesel engine, codenamed Panther, which will be EU6d - compliant for the new WLTP driving cycle, with its real - world emissions and fuel economy testing, plus a new interior and tweaks to the exterior styling.

It also scores well on the EPA's fuel economy tests: the eight - speed automatic - transmission version comes in at 24/36 mpg city / highway, beating out last year's most frugal 3 - series, the diesel - engine 335d, by a hair.

Being a relatively lightweight car with pretty efficient engines should make the MX - 5 cheap to run; during our real - world fuel economy test, the range - topping 2.0 - litre unit returned an incredible 47.9 mpg (up 7mpg on Mazda's official claimed figure).

Porsche's E-Hybrid system means plug - in capability for the Panamera Turbo S E-Hybrid, along with electric range of 30 miles under the New European Drive Cycle testing, the equivalent of US EPA fuel economy testing.

For my fuel economy testing and light - load hauling, I spent the vast majority of my testing in the two - wheel drive setting.

US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) fuel economy testing of the Smart Car Americanized for ZAP yielded results of combined fuel economy of 40 mpg.

Fuel economy testing for the United States is not complete.

And yet, the Cayenne Turbo qualifies as an LEVII (low - emission vehicle) and in preliminary fuel economy testing the Cayenne Turbo showed the benefits of the direct fuel injection technology with an improvement up to 11 percent in highway driving.

We did a fuel economy test on the mean city streets, but we also spiced things up with a drag race at an abandoned air strip.