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EPA Light-Duty Vehicle CO2 and Fuel Economy Trends
This one has me puzzled:
Source: Highlights of CO2 and Fuel Economy Trends | Light-Duty Vehicle CO2 and Fuel Economy Trends | US EPA
Manufacture 2015 MPG 2016 MPG 2017 MPG 1 Honda 28.5 28.2 29.5 2 Mazda 29.2 29.6 29.3 3 Hyundai 27.5 28.8 28.9 4 Subaru 28.1 28.1 28.4 5 Nissan 28.0 27.9 27.9 6 Kia 26.1 26.2 27.5 7 Toyota 25.0 25.0 26.0 8 BMW 26.1 25.5 25.6 9 Mercedes 23.4 23.7 24.2 10 GM 22.2 22.4 23.0 11 Ford 22.8 22.8 22.8
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Except Ford and Nissan, everyone increased their new car MPG. These are new car sales values. Hyundai make the largest, 1.4 MPM improvement.
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Soon off lease BMW i3-BEVs in CA
Source: http://www.hybridcars.com/lapds-multi-million-dollar-electric-fleet-allegedly-goes-unused-unloved/
. . . Back in June of 2016, the LAPD awarded BMW with a contract to provide 100 battery-powered i3 hatchbacks as part of a plan to enhance its public image. At the time, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti told the press, “We should be thinking green in everything we do,” adding that the electric BMWs would “also save money and resources.”
Fast forward to 2018 and the contract is beginning to look like a good way to waste millions of dollars. The LAPD agreed to lease the vehicles, effectively doubling its electrified fleet, for three years. The logic was that the gas savings would offset the $1.4 million it would cost the police force to apprehend them from BMW. While that sounds wonderful, there is a problem — the LAPD isn’t driving them.
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