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    For some time automakers have been under increasing pressure from the government to make their cars as green as fuel efficient as possible in order to improve air quality, reduce pollution and diminish our dependence on fossil fuels. But makers of medium and heavy duty vehicles -- like semis, buses and 3/4 ton pickup trucks -- haven’t been put under such pressure to improve their vehicle’s fuel efficiency. Until recently, that is. Earlier this month, the government released the first ever fuel efficiency standards for medium and heavy-duty trucks, requiring improvements in fuel...

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    Japan Follows Obama's Lead, Will Tighten Gas-Mileage Rules

    With agreement among the White House, the EPA and NHTSA, and most major automakers (though not all), the U.S. looks to be well on its way to a corporate average fuel-economy requirement of 54.5 mpg by model year 2025. That translates to 40 to 45 mpg in real-world gas mileage, but it's still a...

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    Automaker Alliance Resumes Fear-Based Fuel Economy Ads

    An automotive trade association has resumed fear-based radio ads critical of the Obama administration's proposed fuel economy standards for 2017 - 2025.

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    White House, Feds To Push For 56.2-MPG Fuel Economy In 2025

    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...

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    Many More Minis: BMW Plans Up To 10 Different High-MPG Models

    We know that the Mini lineup will expand into several sizes, Now an executive at BMW (which owns the iconic British brand) has said there may be as many as 10 different Mini models in future. The Mini lineup for 2011 already includes four models: There's the Mini Cooper three-door hatchback and...

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    Tougher Gas Mileage Laws Hit Third World Too: CAFE For India

    There’s a common argument that the Western world is hurt by tougher environmental standards being imposed by governments on both sides of the Atlantic, while third world nations, some of the biggest polluters due to the sheer size of their populations, get off relatively scot free. While one...

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    The U.S. Congress began its 111th session this week, and the new Republican majority in the House clearly wants to change the regulatory tenor of the U.S. government. Automakers and their trade groups were among more than 150 entities who have already received a letter from Representative Darrell Issa (R-CA), the new chairman of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee. Regulations vs jobs? According to The Detroit News, the letter asked for their thoughts on which proposed regulations or parts of the rulemaking process would "negatively impact the economy and jobs." The committee's goal...

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    Number Of Turbocharged Vehicles To Soar Thanks To CAFE Mileage Rules

    There’s no doubt new Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) regulations introduced by the federal government are hitting automakers hard, especially here in the U.S. where traditionally low gas prices have meant vehicle size, weight and efficiency have never been much of an issue. But thanks...

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    Hyundai Boasts 50 MPG By 2025 Fleet-Wide Fuel Economy

    Hyundai already boasts the title of most fuel efficient automaker in the U.S., with its fleet-wide fuel economy of 30.9 mpg, but the automaker is confident it can do better, much better. Hyundai announced yesterday that its fleet-wide fuel economy in the U.S. will average 50 mpg by 2025, an...

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    Math Is Hard: MPG Still Stupid, National Research Council Agrees

    More than a year ago, we wrote an article pointing out the flaws in the U.S. practice of measuring a car's gasoline use with the familiar miles-per-gallon (MPG) measure. Now, no less a body than the august National Research Council has agreed with us. As  it noted in a pre-publication summary...

  • 2010 Toyota Prius rolls onto the Detroit stage at its global debut in January 2009
    EPA's Most Climate-Friendly Cars: All About Fuel Efficiency

    The dirty little secrets of Top 10 lists are in the methodology, as Forbes found out with its weirdly inaccurate "10 Dirtiest Cars" list. (It's the end of the year, so it's time for a lot of Top 10s.) But we see no such problems in the EPA Green Vehicle Guide, which rates vehicles not only on...

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    How To Improve Fuel Economy? Raise Gasoline Taxes, Say Executives

    Auto executives know how to get U.S. drivers to save a whole lot more gasoline: Raise the price of gas, to at least $4 a gallon. That was the message at the recent Reuters Autos Summit in Detroit this week. The simplest way to get U.S. drivers into cars with higher gas mileage is economic: Make it...

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