I found this at http://www.dailyfueleconomytip.com/?p=195
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) the
average gas mileage for new vehicles sold in the United States has 23.1
miles per gallon (mpg) in 1980 to 24.7 in 2004. This represents a paltry
increase of
Karl, I agree. Those are very disappointing numbers.
I live in western New York. NY Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton was here about
2-3 months ago patting herself on the back for getting GM several million
dollars in grant money for the development of alternate fuel engines
(Ethanol) . She
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I found this at http://www.dailyfueleconomytip.com/?p=195
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) the
average gas mileage for new vehicles sold in the United States has
My only question would be does this average include all new vehicles. There
was a very small percentage of SUVs sold in the 80s as opposed to now. Those
SUVs would skew the numbers for average miles per gallon.
Doug
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That's exactly one of the reasons. Lots more SUV's and pickup trucks
sold than cars lately.
BillL
At 09:27 AM 10/20/2006, you wrote:
My only question would be does this average include all new vehicles. There
was a very small percentage of SUVs sold in the 80s as opposed to now. Those
SUVs
A quick search didn't show any definite statistics.
This table shows that the amount of mini compact, subcompact, and compact
cars has grown over time
http://www.bts.gov/publications/national_transportation_statistics/html/tabl
e_01_19.html
This one does, however, show that light trucks have
E-85 is not the way to go cost wise either. Maybe when more facilities are up and running making the stuff the price will go down. I had a FFV in 2000 when no stations were around to try the stuff but I remembered seeing the estimated mpg of gas being 20/27 and the E-85 being 12-16. I hate seeing
The quality of gas has gone down by cleaning up the emmisions, summer blend. I travel the midwest 75K on an '05 and the gas sold in Iowa nets me 2-3 less mpg than the Indiana gas because of the ethanol. I drive the same way. I really see the difference in my '85 C20 with 7.4L on the ethanol type.
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