DOE: new vehicle fuel economy improved 33% from 1980-2016
21 March 2017
According to data gathered by the US Department of Energy (DOE) from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), new vehicle fuel economy in the US has improved 33% from 1980-2016, despite a 120% increase in horsepower and 47% improvement in acceleration (measured by time to accelerate from 0 to 60 mph).
The data are based on sales-weighted averages. In the 1990s and early 2000s, fuel economy decreased while vehicle weight increased, and fuel economy has improved nearly every year since 2004.
Notice from 1984-2004 fuel economy went down,
after 2004 oil prices went up, so did fuel economy.
Posted by: SJC | 22 March 2017 at 02:29 PM