2005, Fuel Economy, Gasoline and Miles

Gasoline consumption per capita in 2020 was on par with that in 1965

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Because of the pandemic, there was a substantial reduction in 2020 in vehicle miles traveled. Overall , vehicle miles traveled in 2020 were down 13% compared with 2019. The results show that gasoline consumption per capita in 2020 was on par with that 55 years ago. Total consumption. Total consumption (millions of gallons).

2020

2020 Gasoline 2019 2000

EPA GHG Inventory shows US GHG down 1.7% y-o-y in 2019, down 13% from 2005

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APRIL 17, 2021

from 2018 to 2019, and CO 2 emissions just from fossil fuel combustion decreased 2.7% Greenhouse gas emissions in 2019 (after accounting for sequestration from the land sector) were 13% below 2005 levels. and CO 2 emissions from fossil fuel combustion up 2.6% CO 2 emissions decreased 2.2% from 2018 to 2019. over the same period.

2005

2005 2019 EPA Climate Change

GM CEO outlines highlights of fuel economy plan through MY2016: lightweighting; more efficient gasoline and clean diesel engines, electrification

Green Car Congress

MARCH 7, 2013

Within his talk about the need for a US energy policy at the IHS CERAWeek 2013 energy conference in Houston, GM Chairman and CEO Dan Akerson outlined some highlights of the company’s fuel economy plan through the 2016 model year. A good rule of thumb is that a 10% reduction in curb weight will reduce fuel consumption by about 6.5%.

Fuel Economy

Fuel Economy Economy GM Gasoline

EIA: US household gasoline expenditures in 2015 tracking to be lowest in 11 years

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DECEMBER 17, 2014

The average US household will spend about $550 less on gasoline in 2015 compared with 2014, as annual motor fuel expenditures are on track to fall to their lowest level in 11 years, according to projections by the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). Gasoline prices are forecast to go even lower in 2015.

2015

2015 Gasoline Fuel Economy MPG

EPA: US GHG fell 0.5% y-o-y in 2017; power sector down by 4.2%, transportation up 1.21%

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APRIL 15, 2019

Since 2005, national greenhouse gas emissions have fallen by 13%, and power sector emissions have fallen by 27.6%. More than 90% of the fuel used for transportation is petroleum-based, which includes primarily gasoline and diesel. In 2017, US greenhouse gas emissions totaled 6,456.7 of 2017 greenhouse gas emissions.

2017

2017 EPA Transportation 2005

EPA annual inventory shows US GHG up 3.1% from 2017-2018

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APRIL 14, 2020

This increase was largely driven by an increase in emissions from fossil fuel combustion, which was a result of multiple factors, including more electricity use greater due to greater heating and cooling needs due to a colder winter and hotter summer in 2018 in comparison to 2017. Source: EPA. >.

2018

2018 2017 EPA 2005

UMTRI study finds diesel vehicles save owners thousands in total ownership costs compared to gasoline vehicles

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JULY 19, 2013

Drivers of diesel vehicles can save thousands of dollars in total ownership costs compared to similar gasoline vehicles, according to a University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI) study.

Gasoline

Gasoline Diesel Vehicles Fuel Economy

UMTRI study finds US diesel vehicles generally have lower total cost of ownership than gasoline vehicles

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JUNE 28, 2013

Diesel vehicles generally saved owners between $2,000 to $6,000 in total ownership costs during a three to five year period when compared to similar gasoline vehicles, according to data compiled by the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI). Fuel Efficiency. Fuel Costs. Source: UMTRI. Click to enlarge.

Diesel

Diesel Cost Of Gasoline Vehicles

Honda Clarity Fuel Cell EPA-rated with 366-mile range; longest of any ZEV

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 24, 2016

As the first dedicated platform fuel cell vehicle, the FCX Clarity was powered by the smaller and lighter Honda V-flow fuel cell stack positioned in the center tunnel of the vehicle, with the smooth high torque front-wheel drive electric motor, providing performance on par with a gasoline powered sedan, including a 240 miles driving range rating.

Honda

Honda EPA Miles Fuel

Report finds that total transportation energy demand in California in 2050 could be reduced 30% relative to 2005

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 23, 2011

However, total transportation energy demand in California could be reduced 30% relative to 2005 levels in 2050 through improving overall vehicle efficiency (which includes the use of advanced electric-drivetrains such as plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles (FCVs). Click to enlarge.

2005

2005 Transportation California Energy

U Toronto team assess the climate trade-off between reduced CO2 and increased Black Carbon from GDI engines

Green Car Congress

JULY 14, 2016

The upside of gasoline direct injection (GDI) engines is widely seen as being improved fuel economy coupled with an increase in specific power (especially with turbocharging), enabling significant downsizing. They assumed a baseline fuel economy of 21.4 They assumed a baseline fuel economy of 21.4

Climate

Climate Engine Carbon Fuel Economy

EIA: light duty vehicle energy consumption to drop 25% by 2040; increased oil production, vehicle efficiency reduce US oil and liquid imports

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 16, 2013

As a result, annual increases in vehicle miles traveled (VMT) in LDVs average 0.9% The rising fuel economy of LDVs more than offsets the modest growth in VMT, resulting in a 25% decline in LDV energy consumption decline between 2012 and 2040 in the AEO2014 Reference case. from 2012 to 2040, compared to 1.2% per year, from 21.5

Oil

Oil Light Energy Vehicles

University of Michigan Report Finds Focus on Fuel Economy Would Be Very Profitable for Detroit 3; Says Rapid, Wide-Reaching Change in Business Models Required for Turnaround

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JUNE 23, 2009

According to the study, higher fuel economy standards would benefit the Detroit 3 automakers the most. Further, the report finds that the existing culture within the domestic auto companies systematically underestimates the value of fuel economy, which has crippled profitability. Fuel Economy.

Fuel Economy

Fuel Economy Detroit Economy Michigan

EIA AEO2015 projects elimination of net US energy imports in 2020-2030 timeframe; transportation energy consumption drops

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APRIL 14, 2015

Fuel economy standards and changing driver behavior keep motor gasoline consumption below recent levels through 2040 in the Reference case. quadrillion Btu—as a result of increases in demand for personal travel and movement of goods that outstripped gains in fuel efficiency. Transportation. quadrillion Btu (13.8

2020

2020 Energy Transportation Oil Prices

EIA Energy Outlook 2013 reference case sees drop in fossil fuel consumption as use of petroleum-based liquid fuels falls; projects 20% higher sales of hybrids and PHEVs than AEO2012

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DECEMBER 5, 2012

Transportation sector gasoline demand declines. Despite the projected increase in LDV miles traveled, energy consumption for LDVs further decreases after 2025, to 13.0 Despite the projected increase in LDV miles traveled, energy consumption for LDVs further decreases after 2025, to 13.0 Click to enlarge.

Fuel

Fuel Energy Sale 2013

Road Test: 2024 Subaru Impreza RS

Clean Fleet Report

JULY 16, 2024

The sixth-generation Impreza (the first gen was shown at the 1992 Los Angeles Auto Show) received a new design and the return of the RS, a trim level on the first and second generations (1998-2005). In 209 miles of driving the Impreza RS through Southern California we averaged an impressive 32.9 gallon tank.

Fuel Economy

Fuel Economy MPG Los Angeles Clean

EPA: US Greenhouse Gas Emissions Rose 1.4% in 2007

Green Car Congress

APRIL 15, 2009

Other findings: From 1990 to 2007, transportation emissions rose by 29% due, in large part, to increased demand for travel and the stagnation of fuel efficiency across the US vehicle fleet. Since 2005, the growth rate of emissions has slowed considerably; transportation CO 2 emissions increased by just 0.3% Tg) from 1990.

2007

2007 Emissions EPA Gas

Belfer Center Study Concludes Reducing Car and Truck GHG Emissions Will Require Substantially Higher Fuel Prices; Income Tax Credits for Advanced Alt Fuel Vehicles Are Essentially Ineffective at Reducing Sector Emissions

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MARCH 8, 2010

The dashed blue line is 2005 emissions; the scale on the right shows the percent of 2005 level. The economy-wide CO 2 prices applied increase the cost of driving only marginally with respect to the business-as-usual case. CO 2 emissions from transportation sector by scenario in the study. Source: Morrow et al. Click to enlarge.

Tax Credit

Tax Credit Tax Emissions Fuel

Ford adding hybrid F-150 & Mustang, PHEV Transit, new BEV SUV by 2020; $700M for Flat Rock for EV production; cancels $1.6B Mexico plant

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 3, 2017

Ford detailed seven of the 13 new global electrified vehicles it plans to introduce in the next five years, including hybrid versions of the iconic F-150 pickup and Mustang in the US, a plug-in hybrid (PHEV) Transit Custom van in Europe and a fully electric SUV with an expected range of at least 300 miles (483 km) for customers globally.

F-150

F-150 Mexico 2020 Ford

Ford E85 Direct Injection Boosting Study: A Less Expensive Alternative to Diesel

Green Car Congress

APRIL 26, 2009

Proposed by John Heywood and colleagues at MIT in 2005, the basic premise of E85 boosting is that ethanol (or other lower alcohols) suppresses knock due to the large evaporative cooling effect it has on the air-fuel mixture when injected directly into the cylinder, supplemented by ethanol’s inherent high octane number.

Diesel

Diesel Ford F-150 Gasoline

EIA Energy Outlook 2011 more than doubles estimates of US shale gas resources; higher production at lower prices

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DECEMBER 17, 2010

Assuming no changes in policy related to greenhouse gases, carbon dioxide emissions grow slowly, but do not again reach 2005 levels until 2027. After falling 3% in 2008 and nearly 7% in 2009, largely driven by the economic downturn, energy-related CO 2 emissions do not return to 2005 levels (5,980 million metric tons) until 2027.

Gas

Gas 2011 Price Energy

NRC report concludes US LDVs could cut oil consumption and GHGs by 80% by 2050; reliance on plug-ins, biofuels and hydrogen; strong policies mandatory

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MARCH 18, 2013

In response to a Congressional mandate in 2010, the National Research Council (NRC) convened the Committee on Transitions to Alternative Vehicles and Fuels to assess the potential for vehicle and fuel technology options to achieve substantial reductions in petroleum use and GHG emissions by 2050 relative to 2005. Major Findings.

Hydrogen

Hydrogen Oil Plug-in Fuel Economy

Perspective: US Needs to Transition to Hydrous Ethanol as the Primary Renewable Transportation Fuel

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2009

In 1975, General Ernesto Geisel, then-president of Brazil, ordered the country’s gasoline supply mixed with 10% ethanol. The level was raised to 25% over the next five years, which was intended to maintain a constant Brazilian gasoline supply for an ever-increasing demand.

Transportation

Transportation Fuel Renewable Gasoline-Electric

Technology Architecture of Audi A8 Hybrid Shown in Geneva Previews the Production Q5 Hybrid, Due This Year

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MARCH 5, 2010

TFSI gasoline engine and an electric motor that together develop a total output of 180 kW (245 hp) of system power and 480 N·m (354 lb-ft) of torque. Average fuel consumption amounts to 6.2 In city traffic, the hybrid drive uses about 20% less fuel than a conventional drive. The A8 hybrid is powered by a four-cylinder 2.0

Audi

Audi Hybrid Production 2011

GM Quantifies CO2 and Fuel Consumption Reductions Via E-REVs And PHEVs, As Compared To Conventional Hybrids

Green Car Congress

MAY 16, 2009

Charge-sustaining fuel economy for all vehicles is assumed to be 36 miles per US gallon. four-cylinder gasoline engine and a 1.8kWh, 30kW battery pack provide motive power through GM’s two- mode FWD hybrid system ( earlier post ). The vehicles are defined as follows: Hybrid Electric Vehicle (HEV) : A 2.4L Pete Savagian.

PHEV

PHEV CO2 Hybrid Fuel

Electric cars to account for 64 per cent of car sales by 2030

Green Cars News

JULY 13, 2009

It is the first study to forecast the adoption rates of electric vehicles with pay-per-mile service contracts that finance the cost of the battery. Pay-per-mile service contracts eliminate the additional upfront costs traditionally associated with electric cars. “These vehicles make eliminating the U.S.

Electric Cars

Electric Cars Sale Cars Gasoline-Electric

Frank Talk on Plug-Ins

Plug In Partners

FEBRUARY 13, 2006

With the recent success of hybrid vehicles — more than 200,000 were sold in 2005 — Frank said the world is ready for what he thinks is the next logical step: plug-in hybrids. Because of this, they can get up to 100 miles per gallon of gasoline. With this car it doesn’t matter, because you always have the gasoline engine.

Plug-in

Plug-in Plug Washington Fleet

Southern California customers take delivery of new 2017 Honda Clarity Fuel Cell sedan

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2016

The Clarity Fuel Cell is available for the competitive introductory lease price of $369 a month for 36 months with $2,868 due at signing. The first deliveries of the Clarity Fuel Cell were celebrated on the Torrance, Calif., campus of American Honda Motor Co, Inc., Jack Cusick, assistant principal of Newport Harbor High School.

Honda

Honda 2017 California Fuel

News: 2025 Honda CR-V e:FCEV

Clean Fleet Report

APRIL 12, 2024

Introduction: The All-New 2025 CR-V e:FCEV The 2025 CR-V e:FCEV, a hybrid hydrogen-powered fuel cell and plug-in electric vehicle, will have a 270-mile all-electric driving range (AER) with its 92.2 kW electric motor powered by electricity from its hydrogen fuel cell (fed by up to 4.3 kg of hydrogen).

Honda

Honda Hydrogen Plug-in Hybrid

Plug In America - Links and Resources

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

JANUARY 28, 2009

100K Mile Club Newsletter Vol. Westbrook, 2001 "Gasoline to Electric Conversion Manual: A Workshop Guide for High Schools", published by the Electric Vehicle Society of Canada, July 2005 "History of the Electric Automobile: Hybrid electric vehicles", by Ernest H. Newsletter Vol. 1 $100,000 Grant Moving in the Right Direction?

Plug-in

Plug-in America Plug EV1

How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Fisker $80,000 Karma series luxury 50-mile range series PHEV, S Sunset convertible version.Partnering with Quantum Technologies. Company says its focusing on gasoline and hydrogen. Blue Concept PHEV Van with diesel or hydrogen fuel cells and rooftop photovoltaic. Showed BlueZERO E-CELL PLUS series PHEV concept in December 08.

Plug-in

Plug-in Plug Hybrid Lithium Ion

BMW Study on Rankine Cycle for Waste Heat Recovery Shows Potential Additional 10% Power Output at Highway Speeds

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MAY 3, 2009

In 2005, BMW Group Research and Engineering announced it was developing a steam-powered auxiliary drive—the Turbosteamer—to use the waste heat present in the exhaust gases and cooling system from a conventional gasoline engine as its source of power. Earlier post.). Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

Waste

Waste BMW Power Powered

Reports highlight ongoing advances in vehicle technology, consumer demand for fuel efficiency in US and Europe

Green Car Congress

MAY 2, 2013

MPG: A Progress Report on Achievability ”—of the response of consumers and automakers as both begin to experience the effects of the newly adopted federal fuel economy standard. More than half (57%) of respondents who said they intend to purchase a SUV said they want its fuel economy to be at least 25 mpg (9.4

Europe

Europe MPG Fuel Fuel Economy

EV Driven

Gasoline consumption per capita in 2020 was on par with that in 1965

EPA GHG Inventory shows US GHG down 1.7% y-o-y in 2019, down 13% from 2005

GM CEO outlines highlights of fuel economy plan through MY2016: lightweighting; more efficient gasoline and clean diesel engines, electrification

EIA: US household gasoline expenditures in 2015 tracking to be lowest in 11 years

EPA: US GHG fell 0.5% y-o-y in 2017; power sector down by 4.2%, transportation up 1.21%

EPA annual inventory shows US GHG up 3.1% from 2017-2018

UMTRI study finds diesel vehicles save owners thousands in total ownership costs compared to gasoline vehicles

UMTRI study finds US diesel vehicles generally have lower total cost of ownership than gasoline vehicles

Honda Clarity Fuel Cell EPA-rated with 366-mile range; longest of any ZEV

Report finds that total transportation energy demand in California in 2050 could be reduced 30% relative to 2005

U Toronto team assess the climate trade-off between reduced CO2 and increased Black Carbon from GDI engines

EIA: light duty vehicle energy consumption to drop 25% by 2040; increased oil production, vehicle efficiency reduce US oil and liquid imports

University of Michigan Report Finds Focus on Fuel Economy Would Be Very Profitable for Detroit 3; Says Rapid, Wide-Reaching Change in Business Models Required for Turnaround

EIA AEO2015 projects elimination of net US energy imports in 2020-2030 timeframe; transportation energy consumption drops

EIA Energy Outlook 2013 reference case sees drop in fossil fuel consumption as use of petroleum-based liquid fuels falls; projects 20% higher sales of hybrids and PHEVs than AEO2012

Road Test: 2024 Subaru Impreza RS

EPA: US Greenhouse Gas Emissions Rose 1.4% in 2007

Belfer Center Study Concludes Reducing Car and Truck GHG Emissions Will Require Substantially Higher Fuel Prices; Income Tax Credits for Advanced Alt Fuel Vehicles Are Essentially Ineffective at Reducing Sector Emissions

Ford adding hybrid F-150 & Mustang, PHEV Transit, new BEV SUV by 2020; $700M for Flat Rock for EV production; cancels $1.6B Mexico plant

Ford E85 Direct Injection Boosting Study: A Less Expensive Alternative to Diesel

EIA Energy Outlook 2011 more than doubles estimates of US shale gas resources; higher production at lower prices

NRC report concludes US LDVs could cut oil consumption and GHGs by 80% by 2050; reliance on plug-ins, biofuels and hydrogen; strong policies mandatory

Perspective: US Needs to Transition to Hydrous Ethanol as the Primary Renewable Transportation Fuel

Technology Architecture of Audi A8 Hybrid Shown in Geneva Previews the Production Q5 Hybrid, Due This Year

GM Quantifies CO2 and Fuel Consumption Reductions Via E-REVs And PHEVs, As Compared To Conventional Hybrids

Electric cars to account for 64 per cent of car sales by 2030

Frank Talk on Plug-Ins

Southern California customers take delivery of new 2017 Honda Clarity Fuel Cell sedan

News: 2025 Honda CR-V e:FCEV

Plug In America - Links and Resources

How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

BMW Study on Rankine Cycle for Waste Heat Recovery Shows Potential Additional 10% Power Output at Highway Speeds

Reports highlight ongoing advances in vehicle technology, consumer demand for fuel efficiency in US and Europe

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