EPA: Average fuel economy goes up in U.S.
Filed under: MPG, Legislation and Policy, USA
In some ways, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) doesn’t have it easy. But there is one thing that the agency can point to and say, once again, we’re moving forward: mpg averages. The EPA issued a statement today (available after the jump) that said that the average mpg rating for all new cars and light duty trucks sold in the U.S. will increase in 2008. This year’s increase should be up 0.2 mpg from last year, to a solid but uninspiring 20.8 mpg. I say “should be” because the final tally won’t be known until early 2009. This will be the fourth annual increase in a row and the highest since 1993, and the agency is pushing further.
The main reason for the increase, the EPA said, is not just more efficient vehicles (esp. light trucks) but also that fewer light truck are being sold. The more fuel efficient small cars are sold, the better the nation′s average gets.
[Source: EPA]
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Original post by Sebastian Blanco