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Source: Automotive Fuel Economy on the Rebound | TheDetroitBureau.com

CAFE strikes again. All these schemes to tax EVs and hybrids ignores the obvious that all vehicles, including pickups and SUVs are more efficient. The days of current gas tax rates funding roads is over.

Bob Wilson

Another excellent report from Jeff Cobb: May 2016 Dashboard

	Model	16_05	16_04	16_03	16_02
1	Prius Liftback	9389	8923	8130	7169
2	Ram Pickup Diesel	4493	4382	4729	4153
3	RAV4	4185	3807	3073	2462
4	Sonata	2513	1788	1884	1588
5	Camry Hybrid	2055	1975	1746	1599
6	Model X	2000	1500	1500	500
7	Prius C	1909	1676	2607	2263
8	Volt	1901	1983	1865	1126
9	Fusion Hybrid	1716	2035	2057	1764
10	Model S	1500	1700	3000	1900
11	Fusion Energi	1453	1331	1238	932
12	C-Max Hybrid	1327	1621	1092	880
13	Prius V	1215	1322	1331	1112
14	Leaf	979	787	1246	930
15	MKZ	805	613	608	585
16	CT200h	797	577	972	762
17	ES Hybrid	735	700	894	633
18	RX 400 / 450 h	719	899	886	752
19	i3*	696	814	332	248
20	Avalon Hybrid	660	715	776	590
21	Colorado Diesel	593	731	578	403
22	Optima Hybrid	570	483	436	386
23	C-Max Energi	538	607	610	490
24	X5	500	655	313	345
25	Highlander Hybrid	473	442	492	396
26	Spark	394	419	252	216
27	500e	388	372	373	195
28	Grand Cherokee Diesel	377	360	370	308
29	A3 Plug In	361	321	332	248
30	3-Series...

This week we are very proud to have Tesla Model X owner, Dr. Tamara Fusco with us for the first half of the show and we discuss her experience ordering and owning the Tesla Model X. Then Evan, Mark, Tony and Russell cover the week's events including... Ford Fusion Energi has very familiar specs GM to incorporate start/stop technology fleetwide by 2020 London (UK) black cabs going electric Huge thanks again to Dr. Tamara Fusco for her time and her willingness to talk about her new Tesla.

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