A brief News About Electric Vehicles:
Electric Vehicles: – A car is fueled at a Costco Warehouse gas station in Cranberry, Pennsylvania
The Voice of America News Radio aired that the new Electric vehicles in the U.S. set a high record in fuel economy last year with the biggest yearly enhancement in nine years to an average of 11 kilometers per liter i.e. 26 miles per gallon as electric vehicle sales go up on a rise.
The Environmental Protection Agency reported that vehicles were up 0.2kp/l (0.6 mpg) over 2021 and no electric vehicles and plug-in-hybrid vehicles improved the average fuel economy by 0.5 kp/l (1.2mpg) in 2022. EPA had already reported in a forecast that fuel economy would increase to 11.4 kp/l (26.9 mpg) in 2023.
Michael Regan, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency report, “highlights the historic progress made so far by the industry to reduce climate pollution and other harmful emissions.”
Automakers use credits to meet their requirements. The report showed that the major EV manufacturer, Tesla sold extra emissions credits, and General Motors and Mercedes-Benz purchased credits in 2022.
Out of the major automakers, Stellantis had the lowest fuel economy and the next two are General Motors and the Ford, while the Tesla is the most efficient followed by Hyundai and Honda.
The horsepower, vehicle weight, and size all hit new records in 2022 and again hit remarkable records in 2023.
The Environmental Protection Agency said electric vehicles, plug-in hybrids, and fuel-cell vehicles production was 7% in the year 2022 and around 12% in 2023. The average range of EVs rose to a new high of 490 kilometers (305 miles), which is four times more than that of the range in 2011.
The report showed Americans kept moving away from cars and are buying more SUVs. Sedans and wagons fell to just 27% of vehicles sold in 2022, while SUVs rose to 54%.
The senior vehicles analyst at the union of concerned scientists, Mr. Dave Cooke, told that as per the report emissions from gas-powered vehicles have hardly moved since 2015.
Mr. Cooke also said, “Automakers are lagging in their efforts to clean up conventional gasoline vehicles, which are still the vast majority of new vehicles sold and will be on the road for years to come.”
The Environmental Protection Agency proposed sweeping emissions cuts for new vehicles through 2032, including a 56% reduction in projected fleet average emission over 2026 requirements that it says would result in 67% of new vehicles by 2032.
The director of the Center for Biological Diversity’s Climate Transport campaign, Mr. Dan Becker, said the Environmental Protection Agency should finalize even tougher rules to save the environment and for Zero emissions but the automakers and the United Auto Workers Union want the EPA to soften the rules and its proposal set for final approval.
References:
- www.voanews.com
www.voanews.com›a›us-vehicles-set-fuel-economy-record-in-2022-as-ev-sales-climb›7406311.html
2. newsimpossible.com
newsimpossible.com›epa-reports-record-breaking-fuel-economy-for-u-s-vehicles-in-2022-model-year
3. web.archive.org
