Terrific...but don't you think it makes sense to be able to drive one that gets better fuel mileage?
Hybrids can boost fuel mileage by 50%--but only if steered by Sunday drivers.
The Wrangler is an awesome rig, but it desperately needs a small 4 cylinder diesel offering to improve fuel mileage.
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He said he favors policies that mandate energy efficiency and conservation, including better fuel mileage for cars and insulation for buildings.
Hundreds of millions of dollars were invested in hydrogen-engine experiments. gm and Ford argued about which would have the greatest increases in fuel mileage.
Besides voluntary development programs, Curtis would like to see the EPA be more aggressive in pushing for significantly higher mandatory fuel mileage standards for all vehicles.
Allowing for the quick change means that a big car can get reasonably good fuel mileage in ordinary driving but rev high when more performance is wanted.
Many of these improvements were referred to in a recent article on the increasing fuel efficiency of vehicles over the past 20 years, while fuel mileage actually stayed the same.
When the battery is depleted (or when driven at very high speeds), the premium-gas internal combustion engine powers the car, but its fuel mileage suffers from having to shove around 400lbs of batteries.
Although it would definitely be useful to know your car's fuel mileage (a decline in miles per gallon is a good indicator of potential problems), I'm not dedicated enough to enter every single gasoline purchase.
Obviously we took steps in the recovery plan and have taken steps as a result of increased fuel mileage requirements, different ideas about that to deal with the largest sector of greenhouse gas emissions, which is transportation.
The fuel economy mileage that appears on window stickers of new vehicles is calculated through a test that puts a vehicle through a standardized drive cycle designed by the EPA. The EPA then relies on auto manufacturers to conduct the test, and certifies that the vehicles have been tested.
For instance, according to a Scottish Office study, an increase of 10% in the price of fuel will reduce the mileage of poor people in the countryside by twice as much as that of more affluent households.
If the EPA uses the same calculation for fuel cells as for battery vehicles, whereby the energy used to charge the battery is counted and deducted from the mileage label, fuel cell vehicles would be rated at about 80 mpg.
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Thanks to pricey fuel and tax incentives, car and van mileage has fallen for four consecutive years and fuel efficiency has increased, notably because new cars have better engines.
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Apart from developing more fuel efficient engines, the mileage of a car can be boosted by reducing the car weight.
Cars like the Buick Encore, Fiat 500 and Lincoln MKZ, meanwhile, improve mileage through direct fuel injection, which injects gas directly into the combustion chamber in extremely precise amounts.
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When the car returns to the lot, it transmits to Silvercar not only the time it was returned but also the mileage, tolls and fuel used, down to the hundredth of a liter.
They also examined estimated fuel costs according to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency mileage ratings assuming 15, 000 miles a year, using factory-recommended fuel--that is, regular, premium or diesel--at today's prices and weighted for a realistic mix between city and highway driving.
Car insurance could be sold by the mile at fuel stations, so that low-mileage drivers could buy it in small quantities.
On the subject of finding cars with the best mileage, though the EPA issues industry-accepted fuel-efficiency data, we must add that the agency has come under fire in recent years for conducting mileage tests that don't approximate typical driving.
That is because technological gains in fuel efficiency, instead of being used for better mileage -- something that American car buyers seem to actually care little about -- were used for increased size and speed.
Next, we examined gas mileage, as reported on the official source for fuel economy, www.fueleconomy.gov.
The iQ's city mileage is 36 mpg, meaning that its average fuel economy pencils out to 37 mpg, the highest of any nonhybrid on the market.
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Whether or not hybrids or cleaner-fuel vehicles are available, choosing a vehicle that gets good gas mileage helps reduce the amount of burned fossil fuels.
All-wheel drive usually reduces gas mileage by about 2 mpg while a manual transmission can improve fuel economy by 1 to 2 mpg.
That regulation nearly doubles the mileage requirement for manufacturers, making them boost their corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) from the current standard of 29.7 mpg for cars and light trucks to 54.5 mpg.
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In determining gas mileage for this story, we looked at each nameplate's optimum fuel economy.
Top consumer experts back the standards, saying not only that American drivers will benefit financially from more fuel-efficient cars, but also that they want and will buy these higher mileage cars, trucks and SUVs.
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This comes after the EPA already suggested that it would review the mileage claims, citing significantly lower results during testing by Consumer Reports. s overall corporate fuel economy from 27 to 26 mpg.
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