Treehugger: UCS on New Fuel Economy Standards
The administration proposal on fuel economy regulations continues to exempt the most gas-thirsty segment of the market-vehicles weighing more than 8,500 pounds, such as the Hummer H2, the Dodge Ram 2500, and the now defunct Ford Excursion-from any standards at all. This leaves farmers, contractors and other businesses with no options to help them fight high fuel costs.
Fuel Efficiency and SUV’s - What's that?
The environmental impact that SUVs have on the world is enormous. Every SUV accounts for two cars as far as fuel economy is concerned. Plus they probably use about as twice as many resources to make.
Ford SUVs on "Green" and "Mean" lists - Feb. 20, 2005
GMC Yukon XL K2500, a large SUV. Like the Ford Excursion and Hummer H2, this vehicle is exempt from EPA fuel economy regulations that apply to passenger vehicles. It is estimated to get 13 miles per gallon in city driving and 17 on the highway.
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Among the highest achievers, the percentage of the new crop of vehicles getting more than 30 mpg drops to 4 percent from 6 percent a year ago. Only 33 of the 934 cars, trucks and vans listed in the 2003-model annual fuel economy statistics released Tuesday by the Environmental Protection Agency are that efficient.
Ford Excursion Fuel Economy
The beastly size and weight of Ford Excursion poses negative effects on the carÂs fuel economy although it has greater towing capacity and spacious interiors. Ford Company promised a 25 percent fuel economy improvement, but it has failed though.
Treehugger: Ford Kills 19-Foot Gas-Guzzler Excursion
Although HEV fuel economy is initially less than that reported by the EPA, the fuel economy remains stable over the vehicle life as shown in Table 2. To maintain fuel economy stable over the life of an HEV, either battery performance must remain stable or any decrease in performance must be less than the performance margin designed into the hybrid energy system. Additional testing will be conducted, including battery capacity and power to determine the degree, if any, of battery degradation in vehicles completing Accelerated Reliability Testing.
SUV Environmental Concerns
Driving an SUV has a much greater impact on the environment than driving other passenger cars. In large part, this is due to double standards set by law and government regulations. For example, current federal regulations allow SUVs to have far worse fuel economy than other vehicles. EPA and the Department of Energy have teamed up to create a website that lists vehicles fuel economy, and compares vehicles to each other. It also goes a step further by giving each vehicle a score of zero to ten for the amount of smog producing pollution the vehicle emits. Ten is considered a perfect score. Unfortunately, many popular SUVs only rate four or below, with many at zero. This rating system is an excellent tool to help people see the impact of their vehicle choice, and it is a great help for people interested in purchasing a new vehicle. The chart below looks at the fuel economy and emissions scores of some of the most popular 4-wheel drive SUVs. In July 2001, the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) released a study on fuel economy standards. The NAS found that light trucks, SUVs, minivans, and pickup trucks could reach 28-30 mpg for an additional cost of $1,200-$1,300. ^(23) Automakers make an average of $10,000 in pure profit on each SUV sold. ^(24) It shouldn't be too much to ask automakers to sacrifice a small amount of their profits to clean up these vehicles. The NAS study specifically pointed out that safety would not be sacrificed, and actually assumes an increase in vehicle weight, which is associated with certain safety-enhancing features. ^(25) However, the NAS points out that reducing the weight of the largest SUVs on the roads would make all drivers safer, since the biggest SUVs tend to do the most damage in an accident.
WorkingForChange-Why oil sheiks love a good Hummer
It does seem woefully inadequate - especially when you consider how many loopholes have already been driven through by light trucks and SUVs, which are currently allowed to average 7 miles per gallon less than regular cars. And the ultimate absurdity is that if an SUV is massive enough, it is entirely exempt from federal fuel economy standards.
12/11/01 -- New GM SUV, the Hummer H2, irks environmentalists
Since the corporate average fuel economy standards, or CAFE, were adopted in 1975 as a response to the oil embargoes, automakers are obliged to meet certain average fuel economy ratings for their cars and light-duty trucks.
"Retooling CAFE" Feature Article, April 2004
The fuel economy of light trucks maybe in for an overhaul. Born of a single act of Congress in the aftermath of the 1974 oil embargo, the corporate average fuel economy program ordered automakers to increase fuel efficiency of the nation's cars and light trucks. Its near-term goal was ambitious: to double fuel economy of new cars by model year 1985-a mere decade after the law's initial phase-in. In December of last year, a report by the Congressional Budget Office compared the relative costs to automakers and consumers of three policy alternatives: raising CAFE standards, trading fuel economy credits among producers, and a higher gasoline tax. The average federal, state, and local tax on gasoline today is 41 cents a gallon. David Greene, a corporate fellow at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee, believes that today's fuel consumption is 3 million barrels of oil a day less than it would be if there were no improvements in fuel economy since 1975. Between 1975 and 1984, technology improvements in cars and light-duty trucks increased by 62 percent without any loss in performance as measured by 0-60 miles per hour acceleration times, according to the National Academy of Sciences report, on which Greene worked. By 1985, cars and light trucks were meeting CAFE standards, followed by a tradeoff between improvements in fuel efficiency and improvements in performance.
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