{"id":1213884,"date":"2023-12-21T10:24:37","date_gmt":"2023-12-21T15:24:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1213884"},"modified":"2023-12-21T10:24:37","modified_gmt":"2023-12-21T15:24:37","slug":"evs-and-hybrids-had-a-noticeable-effect-on-us-fuel-consumption-says-epa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1213884","title":{"rendered":"EVs and hybrids had a noticeable effect on US fuel consumption, says EPA"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"rss-wrap\">\n<figure class=\"intro-image intro-left\">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/GettyImages-1262374947-800x500-1.jpg\" alt=\"Fuel gauge's red needle indicating full gas tank on black background. Horizontal composition with copy space.\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\" style=\"font-size:0.8em\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/GettyImages-1262374947.jpg\" class=\"enlarge-link\" data-height=\"5000\" data-width=\"8000\">Enlarge<\/a> (credit: Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<div><a name=\"page-1\" \/><\/div>\n<p>I like the idea of drawing the year to a close with some good news for a change, and I think maybe the US Environmental Protection Agency does as well. On Wednesday, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/automotive-trends\">EPA published<\/a> its Automotive Trends Report, which now included data for model-year 2022 vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>And the data is good: record-low carbon emissions and record-high fuel economy, and the biggest improvement year on year for almost a decade.<\/p>\n<p>For MY2022, the EPA says that the average real-world CO<sub>2<\/sub> emissions for all new vehicles fell by 10 g\/mile to 337 g\/mile, the lowest average it has ever measured. Similarly, real-world fuel economy increased by 0.6 mpg for MY2022, to 26 mpg\u2014this, too, is a record high and the single-largest year-on-year improvement for both CO<sub>2<\/sub> and mpg for nine years.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/?p=1992563#p3\">Read 11 remaining paragraphs<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/?p=1992563&amp;comments=1\">Comments<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource: Ars Technica &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/?p=1992563\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EVs and hybrids had a noticeable effect on US fuel consumption, says EPA<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) I like the idea of drawing the year to a close with some good news for a change, and I think maybe the US Environmental Protection Agency does as well. On Wednesday, the EPA published its &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1213884\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1213885,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,110],"tags":[73],"class_list":["post-1213884","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ars-technica","category-unfiltered-rss","tag-ars-technica"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1213884","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1213884"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1213884\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1213885"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1213884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1213884"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1213884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}