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Breast-Beating Over EPA Mileage Labels: Will Ratings Change?

Breast-Beating Over EPA Mileage Labels: Will Ratings Change?

Obviously, fuel economy will be an increasingly big deal in years to come. The gas-mileage ratings of new cars and trucks must double (and then some) between last year and 2025. But as two recent news events pointed out once again, EPA mileage ratings on the window stickers of new cars may not be...

February 28, 2013 by  12
 
Sample used-car window sticker showing gas mileage, for a 2000 Honda Insight

Selling A Used Car? Put A Gas-Mileage Sticker In The Window!

For every new vehicle that gets sold in the United States, four used cars change hands. Those new cars have nice, big window stickers showing their EPA-rated gas mileage... March 16, 2011 by  2


 
2011 Chevrolet Volt test drive, Michigan, October 2010

Federal Incentives: Subsidizing 'Volt-Gouging' By Chevy Dealers?

It's the sign of a successful car launch: Dealers add blatant markups to the sticker price, charging thousands of dollars extra because buyer demand exceeds supply, and... February 18, 2011 by  10


 
Proposed design (2 of 2) for gas mileage and emissions impact of new vehicle, U.S. EPA, August 2010

EPA Sticks To Its Guns, Still Considering Letter Grades For Cars

Despite criticism from the auto industry, it looks like the EPA may be sticking to its guns and planning to launch new redesigned gas-mileage stickers for new cars that... January 31, 2011 by  4


 
2011 Chevrolet Volt Z-Spec

2011 Chevrolet Volt Gets 93 MPGe EV Rating, 60 MPG Combined

The shenanigans continue. Just this week the Nissan LEAF was rated at 99 mpg-equivalent by the EPA, raising the ire of our own John Voelcker--and justifiably so. Today, the... November 24, 2010 by  11


 
2011 Nissan Leaf

Idiocy: EPA Rates 2011 Nissan Leaf 'Gas Mileage' At 99 MPG

So it's come down to this, has it? The U.S. car-buying public is apparently so stupid that the Environmental Protection Agency has to rate the efficiency of an all-electric... November 22, 2010 by  3


 
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