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peter422 on Aug 11, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: The Reason Why Are Trucks Getting Bigger

Why does the EPA report that the MPG of new vehicles is at an all time high [1] (and has been going up consistently the last 15-ish years)?

It seems like the new regulations are also working, in addition to having some other unintended consequences.

1: https://www.epa.gov/automotive-trends/highlights-automotive-...

seandoe on Aug 11, 2022 [–]

They might be factoring in the mpge of electric vehicles.

enragedcacti on Aug 11, 2022 | [–]

Even as of 2022 EVs are probably less than 1% of cars on the road in the US. If we use Tesla as a proxy that number would probably be less than 0.5% back in 2020 when this EPA analysis is from.

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