mpg on the rise
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MPG On The Rise
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Although progress in increasing the US average miles per gallon has slowed down in recent years, it has surpassed a significant
hallmark.
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Since 2004 the national MPG rating for cars and trucks has increased by 5 miles per gallon.
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After a record increase of 1.
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2 MPG from 2011 to 2012, the EPA is predicting slower growth for this year, but still expects to reach the government standard of
54.5 by 2025.
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The big leap in 2012 is largely in part to manufacturers adding turbochargers to smaller engines and improving overall engine and
transmission performance.
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The Increase of MPG
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Although the EPA expects an increase of only .1 mile per gallon by the end of 2015 the results are slightly skewed by the 2% increase
in truck and SUV sales.
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Hyundai and Kia contributed to a slowing of progress by delaying the production and selling of higher miles per gallon 2014 models.
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Light trucks have increased 16.5% since 2014 as car sales have only increased by 2.3%.
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As of September Trucks accounted for 51.3% of all vehicles sold this year.
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MPG In Trucks and SUVs
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Without the increase in trucks and SUVs and the production of Hyundai and Kia's newer models the increase would have been
approximately .4 mpg.
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While this number seems small, it would amount to a 2% increase in performance from 23.6 mpg to 24 mpg which, in the automotive
industry is a solid margin of improvement but still short of the 2012-2013 gains.
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The Perfect Combination of MPG
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Two heavy contributors to the rise of trucks and SUVs are the relatively low gas prices throughout the year and the significantly
improved gas mileage of these vehicles.
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Trucks and SUVs have had a combined increase of 27% in gas mileage since 2004 while cars saw a respectable 23% increase in
performance.
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Alongside the lowest average gas prices since 2011 the shift to larger vehicles was not a surprise for the market.
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This forecast may have been why Kia and Hyundai delayed their newer, higher-mpg models.
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Experts believe that the rather large influx of truck and SUV purchases are due to people upgrading their existing truck or SUV and that the market will see a noticeable decrease in their sales in
the following years.
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However, with big changes coming to the truck industry when the aluminum body F-150 is hitting car lots later this year.
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Due to the sheer volume of F-150s sold throughout the US, the F-150 could single-handedly increase the average miles per gallon.