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Latest EPA automotive trend report shows MY 2017 fleet fuel economy of 24.9 mpg; new record

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The report also assesses compliance performance for individual automakers and for the US fleet as a whole with the greenhouse gas emissions standards for light-duty vehicles. Since MY 2004, fuel economy and CO 2 emissions have improved in eleven out of thirteen years. Estimated Real-World CO 2 and Fuel Economy. Source: EPA. Source: EPA.

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Geely Auto’s flagship Bo Rui GE hybrid selected as part of China’s diplomatic fleet; 48V MHEV or PHEV

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100 km (145 mpg US). At a handover ceremony held in the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, 35 new Bo Rui GE were delivered to the Service Bureau to be part of China’s diplomatic vehicle fleet. The model’s success was partly due to its status as a national diplomatic fleet vehicle as well as its leading technology package.

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Fiat 500L Living diesels average about 70.6 mpg on Turin to Paris run

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A small fleet of Fiat 500L Living models, equipped with the 1.6 mpg US , 3.33 The drive was part of a Bosch Diesel Challenge; the 500L features a Bosch common rail system. gallons US) of fuel, equal to more than 38 kilometers per liter (89 mpg US , 2.6 Click to enlarge. MultiJet II—the 1.6 T-Jet gasoline engine.

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Chrysler Group withdraws test PHEV fleet to upgrade battery packs after overheating issues; to use a different chemistry

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On Friday, Chrysler Group LLC announced it was withdrawing from service its test fleet of plug-in hybrid-electric vehicles (PHEVs) to conduct a battery-pack upgrade. Three of the fleet’s 109 pickups equipped with plug-in hybrid powertrains sustained damage when their prototype 12.9-kWh The fleet accumulated more than 1.3

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GM to double models with 40 mpg highway or better by 2017; ongoing manufacturing efficiency improvements

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GM has made three product commitments for 2017 related to its sustainability strategy: to have 500,000 vehicles on the road in the US with some form of electrification ( earlier post ); to double the number of US models that can achieve an EPA-estimated 40 mpg US (5.9 Earlier post.). Earlier post.). —2012 Sustainability Report.

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Volkswagen: e-mobility and sustainability; Part 1, the e-Golf and Golf GTE

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Volkswagen is organizing the e-mobility weeks to inform politicians and policy-makers; journalists; dealers; fleet managers (70% of sales in Germany are to fleets); and the general public about present and future e-technologies and e-vehicles, as well as to make the case that, as one presenter put it: “ e-mobility is at the heart of Volkswagen ”.

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ExxonMobil: diesel will surpass gasoline as the number one global transportation fuel by 2020

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Mix of the global vehicle fleet. By contrast, gasoline demand will be relatively flat, despite the doubling of the global personal vehicle fleet over the Outlook period from more than 800 million vehicles to more than 1.6 Full hybrid vehicles will make up about 40% of the fleet in 2040—more than 50% of new car sales in 2040.

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