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White House, Feds To Push For 56.2-MPG Fuel Economy In 2025
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GreenCarReports.com | June 28th, 2011 The two Federal agencies that set gas mileage and emissions standards for future cars may propose rules that require corporate average fuel economy to reach 56 miles per gallon by 2025. News reports out of Washington, D.C., indicate that the Obama Administration is urging the EPA and NHTSA to push for a 5-percent improvement each year between 2017... Read More -
Another Hybrid Study Misses the Point: It's Not About Payback
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GreenCarReports.com | September 9th, 2010 Sometimes, you'd think that hybrid-electric vehicles were the most important development in the automotive world, if not the entire geopolitical sphere, in the last 15 years. They're not. More than a decade after they launched into the U.S. market, their market share hovers just south of 3 percent. Globally, it's roughly 1 percent. And by far the... Read More -
EPA Proposes Two Designs For Updated Fuel Economy Labels, Wants Your Input
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GreenCarReports.com | August 30th, 2010 Want to know the fuel economy ratings of a new car you're considering? You probably already know to look at the gas-mileage window sticker. Now, for the first time in 30 years, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration are planning a comprehensive redesign of that window sticker. And they want... Read More -
Bugatti Veyron Voted Worst Environmental Offender By EPA
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MotorAuthority.com | November 9th, 2010 Every year the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) produces a list of the best and worst cars for fuel efficiency and not surprisingly this year’s worst offender is the 2011 Bugatti Veyron--a car fitted with a quad-turbocharged 16-cylinder engine displacing no less than 8.0-liters. This sledgehammer of an engine is enough to take the... Read More -
New Hybrid Scorecard Slams Carmakers For Loading On Luxury
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GreenCarReports.com | January 27th, 2010 It's long been known that hybrid buyers often choose them over luxury cars, and aren't buying them solely for the payback in gasoline savings. But a new Hybrid Scorecard, launched by the Union of Concerned Scientists, slams carmakers for inflating their prices by loading luxury into fuel-efficient hybrids, putting them out of reach to less... Read More
