Sentences with phrase «mpg fleet average»

The Smart Fortwo already exceeds the 2010 government requirement of 36 mpg fleet average.

Not exact matches

The EPA said in July that because Americans were buying fewer cars and more SUVs and trucks, it estimated the fleet will average 50.8 mpg to 52.6 mpg in 2025.

«The automakers» fleet average has been 27.5 mpg for years,» according to an automobile insurance expert I spoke to.

Under the Senate proposal, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) would divide the fleet into classes based on size or weight and set fuel - economy standards for each class to achieve an overall average of 35 mpg by 2020.

John Krafcik, president and CEO of Hyundai Motor America, said in a recent speech that his company already boasts a fleet average of 37.6 mpg.

The trip computer says that, over about 600 miles of driving done by all the editors since the car arrived in our fleet, we averaged 39 mpg.

When it came to discussing the C7 Project, Tadge talked about the reality of the CAFE fuel economy requirements and that Corvette has to play its part as the automaker is under a federal mandate to achieve a 35 mpg average across the fleet by 2016.

The three versions should give a combined average of 60 to 80 mpg (100 to 130 Km) or about 3X current ICEVs fleet average?

The federal government is expected to try for stricter corporate average fuel economy regulations in 1991, which would force the automakers to obtain a 30 - mile per gallon to 40 - mpg average from their fleet of cars in the near future.

The 3.8 L I6 was dropped from the lineup, as was the 5.0 L V8 to meet the 20 mpg ‑ US (12 L / 100 km; 24 mpg ‑ imp) average corporate fleet fuel economy standard for the 1980 model year.

By 2025, automakers must achieve a fleet average 54.5 mpg.

We now use about 12 million barrels of oil per day for cars, SUVs and pickup trucks with a fleet that averages 25 mpg.

2010 (April) National Program Standards Phase I (Light - Duty) New standards for passenger cars, light - duty trucks, and medium - duty passenger vehicles model years 2012 - 16 are set to a fleet - wide average of 35.5 mpg by 2016.

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.

The National Commission on Energy Policy reported in December that, if fleet mileage in the U.S. rises to 40 mpg — somewhat below the current European Union fleet average for new vehicles of 42 mpg and well below the current Japanese average of 47 mpg - then as switchgrass yields improve modestly to around 10 tons / acre it would take only 30 million acres of land to produce sufficient cellulosic ethanol to fuel half the U.S. passenger fleet.

Substantial penetration of diesels into the private vehicle market in Europe is one major reason why the average fleet mileage of such new vehicles is 42 miles per gallon in Europe and only 24 mpg in the US.

And just ten months ago carmakers in America were lining up to lobby Congress against proposed legislation that would oblige them to achieve a fleet - average fuel consumption of 35 miles per gallon (mpg) by 2020.

These standards were intended to roughly double the average fuel economy of the new car fleet to 27.5 mpg by model year (MY) 1985.

By comparison, the average of today's on - road fleet is 21 mpg.

Doubling the efficiency of the average Class 8 tractor - trailer from 6.5 miles per gallon to 12.3 mpg across the U.S. fleet (half a million trucks) can save 3.8 billion gallons of diesel, or $ 7.6 billion assuming $ 2 per gallon price of diesel.

No reason why we can't increase the average fleet mpg.

The average for the fleet will be higher as older cars guzzle more but the ones that did 33 mpg must mainly be long ago strapped.