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It was approximately 25mpg as of 2004, standards to be revised for 2008 Average Gas Mileage Relatively Flat Between 1980 and 2004Published October 19th, 2006 in MiscellaneousAccording to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) the average gas mileage for new vehicles sold in the United States has 23.1 miles per gallon (mpg) in 1980 to 24.7 in 2004. This represents a paltry increase of slightly less than 7% over the 25 year period. In order to calculate the average gas mileage for all new vehicles sold within a calendar year, the NHTSA uses a calculation called Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE).

This essentially takes the EPA estimated gas mileage for each make and model sold and weights that estimated gas mileage against the total number vehicles sold during that year. Click here for a more detailed explanation. So, with all of the technological and engineering advances over the last 25 years, shouldn’t our gas mileage have gone up more than just 1.6 mpg?

One would think that should be the case, but here are three reasons why there hasn’t been more of an increase in the average fuel economy:More people are buying Trucks and SUVs. If you look at the list of the best selling vehicles in 2004, it would look a little something like this: 1. Ford F-Series (truck) 2.

Chevy Silverado (truck) 3. Dodge Ram (truck) 4. Toyota Camry (sedan) 5.

Honda Accord (sedan) 6. Ford Explorer (SUV)Since four out of the top six selling vehicles were vehicles that tend to get pretty poor gas mileage, that can’t really help the weighted average gas mileage too much. For the better part of 25 years, the United States has benefited from inexpensive gasoline.

Until recently, there really hasn’t been much of a need or urgency to create cars that were more fuel efficient because it wasn’t expensive to fill up. We could be wasteful with gas and still not be wasteful with money. Let’s be honest here: for as much as people say they want fuel efficient vehicles to help save the environment, the real motivation is lately it has become expensive to fill up and it would be cheaper if people had cars that got better gas mileage.

Money is the only real motivation for most people. People are sitting in traffic for longer periods of time. When you don’t move, your gas mileage drops to zero!

In a recent study, the average American’s commute has increased nearly 12% from October 19th, 20063 to 2000, and over 20% from 1980 to 2000. That amount of idling will completely ruin any car’s gas mileage (with the exception of hybrid cars like the Toyota Prius and the Honda Insight). So, it looks like for as much of a big deal as we (America) made regarding this summer’s dramatic rise in gas prices, we are, for lack of a better phrase, reaping what we’ve sown.

For years we’ve bought vehicles that were inefficient with gas, we didn’t care because gas wasn’t that expensive and even if we did have fuel efficient vehicles, we would have wasted it with our driving habits. Anyway, now that the price of gas is starting to kick us in our collective butts, hopefully this will be a wake up call that we do need to start to develop more fuel efficient vehicles as well as find alternative fuels. And some of the estimates may be too high.

New standards to take effect in 2008 may show that many cars get even lower gas mileage than the sticker says:URL1 MATT NAUMANSan Jose Mercury NewsGet ready for a new type of sticker shock. The 2007 Toyota Prius is rated at 55 mpg in combined highway and city driving. In 2008, under new criteria, it will be rated at 44 mpg.

A 2007 Toyota Prius on sale now gets 55 miles per gallon in combined city and highway driving, the government says. A 2008 version of that best-selling hybrid model likely will get about 44 mpg, according to new fuel-economy stickers that will start showing up as early as January. The car's gas-electric technology won't change, and neither will its actual fuel economy on the road -- just its sticker rating.

The Environmental Protection Agency on Monday released changes to its fuel economy formula that will lead to significantly lower mileage ratings on virtually all vehicles. The changes are aimed at addressing long-running criticism that the ratings didn't reflect real-world driving. They'll affect 2008 models that can be sold as early as Jan. 1, 2007, but most 2008 cars won't go on sale until next fall.

How much will miles-per-gallon ratings change? The city mileage rating on most vehicles will drop an average of 12 percent, while the highway rating will fall an average 8 percent, the EPA said. Decreases could run as high as 30 percent in the city and 25 percent on the highway on some models, but the EPA didn't say which ones.

The ratings for high-mileage vehicles, such as hybrids, will drop about 20 percent to 30 percent in the city rating, and 10 percent to 20 percent on the highway rating. The new EPA-approved tests, done mostly by carmakers, include some time with air conditioners on, which hurts hybrid mileage. The new EPA-approved tests, done mostly by carmakers, include the previously used tests of city and highway driving, as well as new tests that represent driving at faster speeds, driving with air conditioners on and driving in colder climates.

The agency said it also would revise mileage estimates downward to reflect driving conditions, such as winds and rough roads, that are hard to duplicate in the lab. The new stickers also will show annual fuel costs based on today's higher gas prices and include a graphic that pinpoints where a vehicle's fuel economy ranks among all vehicles in its segment. The changes are welcomed by automakers, consumer advocates and environmentalists.

Drivers have long protested that the stickers posted on the car's windows -- and the numbers presented on the government's www.fueleconomy.gov -- are overstated. As gas prices reached the $3 a gallon plateau this summer, the outcry grew as people were paying more money and getting less mileage than the government promised. This is "long overdue," said Jenny Mack, spokeswoman for AAA of Northern California.

"We've known for a long time that existing EPA tests don't really reflect the performance of vehicles under real-world driving conditions. "AAA worked with Congress to push the EPA to adjust its ratings, something it last did in 1984. In 2005, AAA released a study showing the vast differences that exist between sticker and street.

A 2004 BMW Z4 that was supposed to get 21 mpg in the city and 29 mph on the highway got a combined 14.5 mpg in AAA testing. A 2003 GMC Sierra pickup, stickered at 16 mpg city and 21 mpg highway, got 15.3 mpg. A Toyota Corolla only got 28.9 mpg, not close to its 32/40 sticker.

"These look like a really good step forward," said David Champion, who directs the auto-testing center at Consumer Reports. Its parent organization, Consumers Union, pushed for revised ratings, too. Its tests showed the EPA city mileage rating was off by as much as 50 percent in some cases, Champion said.

Since no 2008 models are on sale yet, an EPA spokesman said his agency could offer no examples of how the new ratings will affect specific models. But automakers conceded their 2008 models would all have lower numbers. Mitsubishi, which will put its redesigned 2008 Lancer on sale in March, said it's considering some type of dealership brochure to explain the ratings to consumers.

Under the old rules, the new Lancer would have come in at 25 mpg city and 31 mpg highway, Mitsubishi spokesman Moe Durand said. The automaker estimates it will now be about 22 and 29 mpg. "The root of the problem is that the fuel-economy ratings are in desperate need of repair," said Don MacKenzie, a vehicle engineer with the Union of Concerned Scientists.

His group wants the EPA to do a comprehensive study on how people drive today, including traffic conditions and average speeds, and then create tests that reflect that reality. But the new formula is a positive move, he said. "These should, on average, make the numbers more accurate," MacKenzie said.

Sources: http://www.dailyfueleconomytip.com/?p=195 .

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