Fuel Efficiency
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Ford, GM, and Stellantis expressed a “shared aspiration” to achieve 40% EVs by 2030, with a framework yet to be worked out in detail.
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Enviro groups: Biden emissions and mpg rules need to be tougher to make up for Trump rollback
A number of environmental groups called for higher targets and fewer loopholes in Biden gas mileage rules expected in the next week.
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Review update: Does the 2022 Hyundai Tucson Hybrid deliver up to 38 mpg?
The 2022 Tucson Hybrid drives better than its gas counterpart and offers great value. But the big question is, how efficient is it? We took it on a pair of drives, one highway focused and one through the city, to find out.
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Report: Biden rules will support 40% EVs by 2030, outdo Obama targets for mpg
The U.S. EPA is reportedly on the verge of revealing a plan for tougher annual efficiency increases that would eventually exceed Obama-era targets.
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Report: 1 in 10 drivers burn nearly a third of US gasoline
So-called "superusers" should be a target for the shift to electric vehicles, argues the EV advocacy group Coltura.
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Michelin solution could bring inflatable sails to oil tankers
The wind-sail project uses an inflatable sail and telescopic mast to harness the wind, boosting a ship’s fuel efficiency by up to 20%.
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Tesla might find another taker for its EU credits, but without FCA's thirsty lineup they'll be a harder sell.
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EPA plans to reinstate California emissions authority, seeks public input
With the NHTSA, it proposes to rescind rules that took away California's authority to set its own emissions framework and to mandate EVs.
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EPA finds its Trump-era fuel-efficiency rulemaking flawed, as it prepares tighter standards
The EPA expressed "concerns" about the process used to create the Trump-era rules that relaxed fuel-efficiency targets.
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Tougher emissions rules coming by July, EPA chief confirms
The Biden EPA chief plans to restore stricter auto-emissions standards—and perhaps lay out targets for going all-electric.
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Nissan claims 50% thermal efficiency, from engine for e-Power hybrid system
Such a thermal efficiency, only claimed previously by racing engines, isn't yet offered in any production model.
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Virginia adopts EV-boosting California clean car standards, with support of dealers
Virginia is the next state to adopt stricter standards on the way to a potential EV mandate.
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Airstream is offering carbon offsets as well as pushing ahead with plans for an electric trailer that could make towing more feasible with an EV.
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Shell admits it's past peak oil, eyes carbon offsets as a business opportunity
Even Big Oil now admits we're past the once-hypothetical point, and is pivoting for relevance in a new energy economy.
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Toyota and Fiat Chrysler drop opposition to California emissions rules
As automakers voiced support for a higher mpg standard, they suggested targets lower than those set during the Obama administration.
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Just before arrival of electric trucks, diesel sales are surging
Five of the top 10 non-gasoline models with the steepest sales gains in 2019 and 2020 were diesels, according to an industry group.
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Report: Emissions gains from EVs in 2020 were canceled out by added emissions from SUVs
Although EV sales increased 50%, a massive shift to less-efficient SUVs offset any carbon reduction.
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Trump administration again delays higher fuel economy fines
In the last days of the Trump administration, officials again yielded to lobbyists in offering a break on federal fines for gas guzzling fleets.
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A group of truckmakers has moved the timeline for retiring diesel truck production 10 years earlier.
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At 25 mpg, the 2021 Ford F-150 Hybrid is the efficiency leader of big gasoline trucks
The electric-truck invasion hasn't yet started. Is 25 mpg the leading edge of pickup truck efficiency?
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GM switches allegiances, halts challenge of California clean-air standards
GM readies to align itself with the Biden administration on emissions and gas mileage rules—and to cooperate with California rather than try to quash it.
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Wind-powered transatlantic car carrier could cut carbon emissions by 90%
By harnessing the wind, a new car-carrier design will have a smaller carbon footprint than combustion or battery-electric ships.
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Survey suggests post-pandemic driving could soar, thwarting efforts to curb CO2
Americans anticipate they'll drive more after the pandemic than they did before it—adding urgency to the need for more EVs and clean vehicles.
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Report: California clean cars crusader Mary Nichols on shortlist to be next EPA chief
The Environmental Protection Agency might be led by one by a champion of electric cars, potentially replacing a former coal lobbyist.
Stephen Edelstein