Consumer Reports Names the Top 10 Most Fuel Efficient (Non-Electric) Cars
When it comes to fuel efficiency, it’s hard to beat electric vehicles, especially with their improving technology and expanding lineups. With new models like the Chevrolet Bolt EV and Tesla Model 3 emerging, electric vehicles are getting ready to catch on in a big way. Still, you don’t necessarily have to go with an all-electric […]
US Department of Transportation Announces Probable Lower Fuel Efficiency Rules, Surprises None
When President Trump’s administration announced the appointment of Scott Pruitt as the new head of the EPA, it seemed pretty clear that times would shortly be unkind for the Obama administration’s fuel economy regulations, which had been pushed through before Pruitt took office. Pruitt has long been a critic of emissions regulations and it’s a […]
Automakers Crying Foul on Efficiency Rules May Catch a Break With New Senate Bill
Most people realize that a car’s fuel efficiency, like most other aspects of a vehicle, is subject to government regulations. However, most people don’t realize that the extent of the fuel economy regulations are determined by a tag team of the Environmental Protection Agency and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The EPA’s rules have been the […]
Turns Out Fuel Efficiency Rules Made Jobs Too
A lot of automakers have complained that the government’s increasingly strict fuel-efficiency and emissions regulations would kill jobs—most pointed of all was now former Ford CEO Mark Fields’ assertion that the rules, as they currently stand, would cost the US 1 million jobs. And Fuel Efficiency Goes Up: Just look at the 52-mpg-highway Chevy Cruze […]
Auto Execs: We’re Still Pursuing Fuel Efficiency Tech
It’s easy to slip into superlatives when talking about politics. This was especially apparent over the past week, as President Trump promised to reopen the EPA’s emissions regulations for 2022-2025 to a mid-term review next April. Environmental groups and Consumer Advocate groups responded vehemently, and comment sections will filled with people tearing at their hair […]
Survey Reports Auto Suppliers Want to Keep Strict Fuel Efficiency Regulations
As we get closer and closer to the scheduled strengthening of the government’s CAFE fuel-economy standards (which are set to be 54.5 mpg across each carmaker’s fleet by 2025), sides are being picked. On the one side, you have regulators such as the EPA and California Air Resources Board, who originally created the standards, and […]
Automakers and EPA Strike Sparks in Fight Over Fuel Efficiency Regulations
Recently there has been much debate about the US government’s Corporate Average Fuel Economy regulations, especially given the report that, largely due to high sales of trucks and SUVs, US automakers will not be able to meet the regulatory goal of a fleet-wide average fuel economy of 54.5 mpg by 2025. This report, put out […]
Everything You Need to Know About the Mitsubishi Fuel Economy Cheating Scandal
Last week, news broke that Mitsubishi has pulled the wool over the eyes of the car industry for the past 25 years. The Japanese carmaker reportedly cheated during fuel economy tests for more than 600,000 vehicles, including the Mitsubishi eK Wagon, Mitsubishi eK Space, Nissan Dayz, and Nissan Dayz Roox. Since I last reported on […]
Donald Trump Thinks Henry Ford Would Be ‘Very Disappointed’ in Ford
Donald Trump — a simpering disaster of a creature who thinks it’s prudent and necessary to lock children in cages indefinitely and believes he can just zap away the 14th Amendment with a snap of his tiny fingers like an orange, racist, less sympathetic Thanos — is mad. Specifically, he’s big mad at Ford Motor […]
California Framework Automakers Back EPA in Lawsuit
Five automakers on Tuesday filed a motion backing the Environmental Protection Agency’s decision to restore California’s right to set its own vehicle emissions standards. The “California Framework” companies — Ford, BMW, Volkswagen, Honda, and Volvo — issued a joint statement supporting the move in part as a matter of public health. Going Electric Can Be […]
Volvo Adopts California Emissions Standards
Following the Trump administration’s call to cut back emissions standards, Volvo joined others in independently obeying California’s stricter regulations.
2020 Silverado 1500 Earns Kelley Blue Book Five-Year Cost to Own Award
If you’re looking for long-term savings on a great truck, check out the 2020 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 — it was recently earned the Kelley Blue Book Five-Year Cost to Own Award in the full-size pickup truck category. Get a Great Deal: Shop for the 2020 Chevy Silverado 1500 A big truck — and bigger savings […]
2020 Cadillac XT5 Overview
Although it’s only been around since 2017, the Cadillac XT5 has made quite a mark in the luxury SUV segment thanks to a stylish design and refined interior. Now for the 2020 model year, few changes have been made to the mid-size SUV aside from a standard turbocharged engine and some minor exterior upgrades. The […]
Auto Industry Split Over Trump Administration’s Challenge of California Emissions
President Trump didn’t make a lot of friends among car manufacturers when he threatened to raise import tariffs, but many of them are now siding with his administration’s bid to ban California from setting its own fuel efficiency and emissions requirements for vehicles. A group of manufacturers including General Motors, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, Toyota, Hyundai, […]
Ford Takes Part in New Emissions Standards Deal with California
An alliance of automakers has struck a new deal with the California Air Resources Board to increase the average fuel economy of their fleets 3.7 percent year over year between the 2022 and 2026 model years. Besides BMW, Honda, and Volkswagen, Ford has added its endorsement of the new agreement. Go Green: Learn more about the […]
NASCAR Ford Mustang Gets First Taste of Victory at Atlanta Motor Speedway
Well, that didn’t take long. Two races into its Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series career, the Ford Mustang has its first win under its belt. Brad Keselowski piloted the No. 2 Autotrader Ford Mustang to Victory Lane, winning the Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway despite battling the effects of stomach flu. […]
GM Proposes National Zero-Emission Vehicle Quotas
General Motors proposed a national zero-emission car sales requirement that could offer a solution to the current, furious standoff over vehicle emissions regulations. Under the proposal, automakers would be required to switch a quarter of their vehicle fleets to zero-emissions vehicles in the next dozen years. Interesting: Make your daily drive a little better with […]
Tensions Rise Ahead of EPA Emissions-Rule Public Hearings
Things are getting tense in the discussion of the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed emissions-rule rollback. The EPA is holding public hearings this week. Ahead of these, Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy and state attorneys general from California and Maryland publicly reiterated that they are against the proposed emissions rule change, and spoiling for a fight about […]