[lbo-talk] Are EPA mileage estimates bogus?

Jordan Hayes jmhayes at j-o-r-d-a-n.com
Sat Mar 5 16:02:55 PST 2005


San Francisco, March 3, 2005- Extensive "real world" road testing of hundreds of new vehicles by AAA has found that the actual miles per gallon achieved during daily use of a vehicle falls well short of Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) estimates. AAA's driving tests found dozens of examples wherein vehicle miles per gallon of the 2003 and 2004 model years were overestimated because of outdated 30-year-old EPA tests.

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http://www.csaa.com/global/articledetail/0,,1008010000%257c5142,00.html



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