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0How EPA's new fuel economy label would grade current cars 1283365740
EPA Fuel Economy Sample Grades – Click above to view entire listTwenty years ago, the federal government made it mandatory for most food products to carry nutrition information based on a 2,000 calorie diet in the 1990 Nutrition Labeling and Information Act. In doing so, the feds ... -
Mahindra diesel pickups finally get EPA certification 1282498620
Mahindra Pik-Up - Click above for high-res image galleryAt long last, Mahindra can get in the business of actually selling its Pik-Ups instead of waiting for the EPA and fighting with its dealers. PickupTrucks.com reports that the little Indian truck has finally received EPA certification, ... -
EPA still not settled on MPG labels for plug-ins, Volt unlikely to get 230 mpg 1271777340
Last week at the Society of Automotive Engineers World Congress in Detroit, we spoke with Dr. Pete Savagian of General Motors about what the Chevrolet Volt's fuel economy sticker would look like. Last summer former GM CEO Fritz Henderson made a big splash when he announced that the Volt was ...
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New Federal CAFE standards officially released, 34.1 mpg by 2016 1270143480
We knew it was coming. Today, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the Environmental Protection Agency jointly released new federal Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) fuel mileage and greenhouse gas emissions requirements that will cover the 2012 through 2016 model years. The ... -
Report: EPA draws up strict new smog regulations 1262903580
The Environmental Protection Agency has asked the U.S. government to enact strict new smog regulations for ground-level ozone that the agency says negatively effects the health of millions of Americans. The request to cut ground-level ozone levels to .006 to .007 parts per million comes less than ...
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Ford claims biggest five-year fuel economy improvement among major automakers 1261146300
Ford 1.6-liter EcoBoost - Click above for high-res image galleryAccording to the latest report from the Environmental Protection Agency, Ford has scored the biggest improvement in combined fuel economy of any major carmaker over the last five years. Between 2005 and 2009, Ford improved its fleet ... -
Feds punt on E15 waiver decision, want to test ethanol's effect on more cars 1259695740
There is some ethanol in almost all of the gasoline sold in the U.S. Usually, this amount is no more than 10 percent of the total and, if it's more than that, it jumps all the way to 85 percent and is sold as E85. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency was supposed to come down on one side or ...
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Feds release 2010 Fuel Economy Guide, Prius still most miserly 1255698000
2010 Toyota Prius - Click above for high-res image galleryQuick – what's the most fuel efficient car currently for sale in America? Did you guess the Toyota Prius? If so, give yourself a cookie, you're right. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the 2010 version of ... -
C/D drills down to find out what goes into EPA fuel economy ratings 1251759600
2010 Toyota Prius – Click above for high-res image galleryEver wonder what actually goes into determining the rated fuel economy of a new car or truck? Anyone with a vehicle that's failed to live up to its EPA estimated figures would surely fit into that camp – especially if the car ... -
Obama trying to give biofuels a bump 1241654340
Currently, the United States isn't producing enough biofuels to satisfy the requirements set out by the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, and President Obama's administration is planning to do something about it. On Tuesday, Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced a new ...

