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  • EPA gas-mileage label (window sticker), design used starting in model year 2013

    Car buyers remain aware that the real-world fuel economy of new vehicles may not match the ratings on their window stickers. The year-old Volkswagen diesel scandal has also shown the vulnerability of laboratory emissions tests to deliberate cheating by manufacturers. But the news isn't entirely bad. DON'T MISS: EPA reports show automakers meeting fuel-economy, carbon emission rules Today's Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) fuel-economy labels are far more accurate than they were a decade ago, according to a recent study conducted by Consumer Reports. The study is a followup to one...

  • 2016 Chevrolet Traverse FWD 4-door LT w/1LT Angular Front Exterior View
    Gas-mileage error halts sale of GM's large SUVs; new labels on the way

    It would appear that every automaker is rechecking its gas-mileage calculations these days. The ongoing VW diesel-emission cheating scandal and Mitsubishi's recent admission that it misstated fuel-economy results in Japan for more than 20 years have led to renewed public attention to how makers are...

  • 'MPGe explained' video screencap
    What Is MPGe Anyway? What Is Efficiency For Electric Cars?

    A video explaining the meaning of MPGe.

  • 2014 Ford C-Max
    More EPA Gas-Mileage Rating 'Adjustments' To Come In New Year?

    First Hyundai and Kia cut fuel-economy ratings on a dozen models, then Ford on the C-Max. Then, Ford cut ratings on the C-Max again, along with those of five more models. Are there more to come? Industry sources have quietly been discussing in recent weeks that more adjustments to EPA gas-mileage...

  • 2013 Ford C-Max Hybrid, Catskill Mountains, NY, Oct 2012
    EPA To Tighten Gas-Mileage Test Rules, Audit More Ratings From Carmakers

    The EPA plans to audit more of the gas-mileage test data submitted by carmakers, and tighten its rules for that testing, after fuel-economy ratings on almost 20 recent models proved to be too high and had to be reduced. The move follows the highly publicized rollbacks of gas-mileage ratings over...

  • 2013 Ford C-Max Hybrid, Los Angeles, August 2012
    Ford's C-Max Mileage Mess: How It Happened And What It Means

    Ford spent nine months justifying the 47-mpg fuel-efficiency rating of its new 2013 C-Max Hybrid--before it bowed to public pressure and lowered it to 43 mpg late Thursday. While its three latest hybrid models continue to sell well, the latest reversal draws attention to Ford's challenges when the...

  • 2011 Fuel Economy Labels

    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 what drivers get in real life. Due to what the companies called errors in testing procedures, Hyundai and Kia overstated gas-mileage ratings on 13 different vehicles from the 2011 and 2012 model years. The companies agreed to reduce those ratings and pay owners of the cars a lump sum for the extra...

  • 2011 Hyundai Elantra
    Hyundai-Kia Gas Mileage Fiasco: What Does It Mean For You?

    Now the recriminations--and lawsuits--will start. And we expect the focus on real-world gas mileage to increase, following news that Hyundai and Kia will revise gas-mileage figures downward on 13 different models from the 2011, 2012, and 2013 model years--and reimburse buyers for the extra money...

  • 2013 Kia Soul
    Hyundai, Kia Rapped By EPA Over Misstated MPG Stickers

    The EPA has ordered Kia and Hyundai to amend window stickers on 13 models from the 2011, 2012 and 2013 model years after the two companies were found to be misstating the cars' true efficiency. The companies will also have to pay damages to 900,000 owners across the U.S. According to Associated...

  • EPA gas-mileage label (window sticker), design used starting in model year 2013
    New Gas-Mileage Window Stickers: DoT Head Ray LaHood Explains Them For You (Video)

    Starting with the 2013 model year, you will see a new and more informative gas-mileage sticker on the window of new cars for sale. There are several changes, both graphic and informational, that are meant to provide consumers with more information so they can make more informed choices among...

  • 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 figures. Used cars? All you get is the seller mumbling something like, "Oh, yeah, it always gets, ummmmm, at least 25 miles a...

  • 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 dealers have the only supply. Now it's happening to the 2011 Chevrolet Volt, the range-extended electric car that went on sale in...

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

    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 feature a prominent letter grade. The letter-grade scheme was one of two alternatives introduced for public comment last August. The other is a more modest redesign of the current window sticker. The alphabetized "grades" are based on the carbon emissions of a new vehicle, and are similar to the grades you would have received back in your student days at elementary school. Essentially, vehicles would receive grades from "A"...

  • 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 Volt gets similar treatment and a similar rating, but only in EV mode. Add in the gas-only mode's 37 mpg rating and the...

  • 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 car that burns no gasoline in ... miles per gallon. [facepalm] That's the only possible reaction to the news this afternoon...

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