Sentences with phrase «mile per gallon average»

It also managed a 26 mile per gallon average in my hands, which is borderline amazing for a V6 sedan this large.

The issue now is that more and more cars ordinary cars have premium fuel recommendations, and they're typically not «performance» cars, but vehicles that are helping manufacturers move toward the 54.5 mile per gallon average fuel economy requirement in 2025.

Those modifications include stop — start (idle - off) systems in which the engine shuts down when the car is stopped during driving; low rolling - resistance tires (which are harder and thus less flat, reducing friction); variable valve timing for engines, which increases gas consumption efficiency; and fuel economy computers or displays to encourage eco-driving, such as such as those in the Toyota Prius, which show miles per gallon averages for that moment, hour, week or month, or when riding downhill, so that drivers are more aware of how their driving impacts fuel efficiency.

At the same time, fuel economy rose to an all - time high of 24.8 miles per gallon average.

This is a loss of at least 10 miles per gallon average fuel economy in its 30 - year history in the U.S..

Fuel economy has not yet been announced by Mercedes - Benz or the EPA, but my miles per gallon averaged in the low 20s during a testing cycle consisting mostly of flowing, steady speed driving in the North Georgia mountains.

The midsize sedan that ranks the best for the»97 model year is the Volkswagen Passat at 42 1/2 miles per gallon average.

Today, the Obama Administration's Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Transportation told the press that they were considering requiring increases of between 3 and 6 percent per year in fuel economy after the 35.5 miles per gallon average for cars and light trucks goes into effect in 2016.

It calls for a revenue - neutral carbon price, a 10 million person «clean energy workforce,» a 65 miles per gallon average fuel economy for cars and trucks by 2025, the construction of a nationwide high - speed rail network, a ban on oil drilling offshore and in the Arctic, and a phaseout of subsidies to the fossil fuel industry — all top items on environmentalists» wish lists.

Speaking of getting it all right, my wife's 2005 Civic Hybrid with the CVT automatic transmission (43 + miles per gallon average for 120,000 miles) consistently got 4 miles per gallon better than our 2005 Toyota Prius (39 + miles per gallon average for the 27,000 miles we had it).

Not exact matches

In May 2009, U.S. President Barack Obama announced new fuel economy standards intended to compel manufacturers to achieve an average of 35.5 miles per gallon across their car and light truck models by 2016.

Biden claims this would bring us to an average of 40 miles per gallon by 2017.

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.

The Obama rules adopted in 2012 sought to double average fleet - wide vehicle fuel efficiency to about 50 miles (80 km) per gallon by 2025, but included an evaluation due by April 2018 to determine if the rules were appropriate.

Earlier this year, researchers at the University of Michigan found that the average fuel economy of new, light vehicles (a designation that includes cars, SUVs, vans and pickup trucks) had reached 25.4 miles per gallon, as compared to 20.8 mpg in 2007.

«As usual, the administration sides with big, powerful special interests over the interests of average American families, who will pay the price for lower miles per gallon and dirtier air,» said Chuck Schumer, the Senate Democratic Leader, in a statement.

The efficiency tweaks are part of an effort by automakers to comply with federal corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) rules that now require that the U.S. car fleet meet fuel economy standards of 35 miles per gallon (15 kilometers per liter) by 2016.

In the United States, the Obama administration plans to implement rules that push corporate average fuel economy, or CAFE, standards to a fleetwide average of 35.5 miles per gallon by 2016, four years ahead of the schedule Congress laid out in a 2007 energy law.

Next Steps The Obama administration recently announced fuel economy standards that require the average new vehicle to go from 32.9 miles per gallon today to 35.5 mpg by 2016 and 54.5 mpg by 2025.

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.

In situations where consumers must average ratio information, such as comparing the fuel efficiency of two cars using the ratio miles per gallon, they often flub the numbers by incorrectly assuming the mathematic equation to find miles per gallon would be to average the sum of the mileage of both cars and then divide by two, instead of using a more complex equation needed to accurately compare ratios.

On May 19 President Barack Obama announced a new federal gas mileage standard: by 2016 the nation's entire car and light truck fleet should average 35.5 miles per gallon.

«If we optimistically assume the average U.S. fuel economy is 25 miles per gallon, at $ 3.00 gasoline this equates to 75 cents a gallon for equivalent electricity.»

«My average right now is 44.4 miles [71.5 kilometers] per kilogram [of compressed hydrogen gas], which is supposed to be the equivalent of a gallon of gasoline,» Recchia - O'Neill says.

The average fuel economy of vehicles sold in the United States hit a record high 23.6 miles per gallon (mpg) for the model year 2012, the U.S.

They have to create cars and trucks that will average 40 to 50 miles per gallon.

As inviting as the right pedal is, we showed enough restraint that our Q5 exceeded its EPA combined fuel economy rating by a single mile per gallon, averaging 21 mpg over nearly 32,000 miles.

The gas mileage is good for a truck averaging around 18 miles per gallon all around.

I've only put about 5k miles on it, but I average between 39 - 41 miles per gallon... Read full review

the engine is refined and quiet 5) in the short time I have owned it, with a combo of around town and interstate driving, I am averaging right at 27 miles per gallon 6) Lots of nice features, great stereo, pano roof, lots of tech stuff, voice activated tech, heated and cooled seats 7) decent utility for a small SUV Some things you may not like: 1) this is an overall fairly small SUV?

In December 2007, Congress passed new rules requiring that these standards be increased such that, by 2020, the new cars and light trucks sold each year deliver a combined fleet average of 35 miles per gallon.

In a mix on city and highway, I have averaged 35.2 miles per gallon.

The main fun to be had in the 2009 Prius is in monitoring the energy - consumption display and trying to increase the average miles per gallon, one tedious digit at a time.

Fiat SpA's Chrysler Group LLC had the lowest with an average 20.6 miles per gallon for its fleet.

The introduction of a more fuel - efficient truck — the Colorado can get about three more miles a gallon than Chevy's most fuel - efficient full - size Silverado — would also be beneficial to Ford as it and other automakers try to achieve a federally mandated lineup average of 54.5 miles per gallon by 2025.

But, it did, with a hybrid - ish average of 34.0 miles per gallon on regular.

At first glance, the 22 average miles per gallon seems low for the small SUV, but compared in class it actually scores toward the better end of the spectrum.

Volvo expects to achieve an all - electric range of up to 50 km (31 mi), and a fuel economy of 124 miles per gallon of gasoline equivalent (1.8 l / 100 km), with carbon dioxide emissions averaging 49 g / km.

Before I had the emissions fix, which only had a slight impact on my fuel economy, I was averaging close to 50 miles per gallon in warm weather with mostly highway driving without even trying.

The concept can travel up 19 miles and has a top speed of 75 miles - per - hour in full electric mode and average fuel consumption on the EU test cycle is 3.8 litres per 100 kilometres or about 75 miles - per - gallon.

In more than 400 miles of combined city / highway driving, our dark red test car averaged 24 1/2 miles per gallon.

Our average of 33.2 miles per gallon of regular is the lowest since we took delivery some 10 months back.

In its 7,899 - mile drive across the 48 states, the car recorded an average of 64.55 miles per gallon while consuming a total of five and a half tanks of gasoline.

This sedan is also one of the most efficient options in its class, averaging an impressive 37 miles per gallon on the highway.

The average fuel consumption for this vehicle is 31 miles per gallon (7.7 L / 100 km).

Using the hybrid mode provides an average run of 94 miles per gallon which makes it the most fuel efficient model out of the three available for next yearâ $ ™ s lineup.

I recently drove from Leeds to South Wales in this and averaged over 74 miles per gallon.

The onboard computer displays average miles per hour, average miles per gallon, miles until empty, and trip miles just under the speedometer.

At Corvette Stingray heart is a new version of Chevrolet's long - running «small block» V8 - a 6.2 - litre engine that produces 450 horsepower, but can run under part throttle on only four cylinders and is expected to return average fuel economy of better than 26 miles per gallon or approximately 11 kmpl.

CAFE is the average miles per gallon of an automaker's entire fleet.