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Hybrids Beware? EPA Revises Mileage Standards

Posted by timothy on from the lies-damn-lies-and-downhill-coasters dept.

Shivetya writes "The federal Environmental Protection Agency announced a new system for determining the fuel economy of many cars and trucks. Hardest hit will be hybrids as all-electric driving is not considered. At the same time, many medium-duty vehicles will get rated, but not have to be published until 2011 This move to more realistic ratings will severely reduce the high numbers some cars have posted."

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  1. more information about this... by Shivetya · · Score: 5, Informative

    From the EPA site itself http://www.epa.gov/fueleconomy/420f06009.htm#fuele stimates

    A site to enter your own observed information http://www.fueleconomy.gov/mpg/MPG.do?action=addGu estVehicle

    or lookup what others have recorded http://www.fueleconomy.gov/mpg/MPG.do?action=addGu estVehicle

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  2. Re:Beware of what? by khallow · · Score: 5, Informative

    The old Honda Civic VX (straight gasoline) could get 50+ MPG and it was considerably better on the highway. My mom got 55-60 MPG with her VX on the highway, but it dropped to 45-50 in city driving.