New car efficiency standards Videos

I guess I still can't rationalize MPG as a measure of efficiency. It is a distance rating and confuses people into thinking that they are being efficient when they are not. Current non hybrid gasoline powered automobiles are less than 25% efficient wasting 3/4 of the energy in every tank. Assuming a doubling of real efficiency as proposed, we're still wasting 1/2 of the energy in every tank. We can and must do even better than the proposed new standards or supply our cars with different fuel.

+StinkFingerr In 2025 the performance cars will all be hybrid cars (you could even hide a big engine (like a V8) behind the hybrid technology and pass the regulations)... it's not too big of a deal. Higher fuel economy is a good thing. if you want something which runs on gas and has a big engine you could always buy older cars which was built before the regulations... but you may be paying a whole lot more for fuel by then and it may be uneconomical to even consider running a fuel hungry car.

I have always liked the Evoque.