I’ve owned my ‘97 M3 for 12 years and 103k miles, and up until the last few years, fairly involved on forums. I agree with you but maybe 20% of the way.

Exactly. Don’t give the reach even more leeway to do more than their share of polluting that affects the poor. They’re the ones who are most able to afford to reduce emissions.

Toyota’s Entune (and whatever the exact same system is called for Lexus) is impressively bad.

The difference between 2% and 2.13% is over 22,000 vehicles at a time when options were limited and only a few had dropped in price. That’s not insignificant. 

Some models are getting more expensive, but you could argue it’s because they’re entering a more up-scale market. E.g. You can spend almost $60k on a Jeep Wrangler now. Also have to remember that automakers are using markups and then just offering rebates/incentives pretty much every day.

Consider that compared to your 2003, these new trucks are much larger, more capable, have many energy-intensive systems, and are more powerful. Most new tech since 2003 was clearly used to improve on those things rather than fuel economy, so that’s ultimately where it’s going. If companies had aimed to apply this tech…

This new system won’t (well, shouldn’t) have that issue because it dynamically chooses which cylinders to fire at any time. There shouldn’t be any patterns like “cylinder X fires more often than cylinder Y” or anything like that. 

So wait, are you saing you agree with me? Your graph confirms an increase in hybrid sales 2016-2017, so I’m not exactly sure how you reasoned that it would counter my point which was literally “hybrid sales increased in 2017.”

Hybrid sales have been a pittance because up until recently, the only way to get a hybrid version of a normal car was to buy a FAR more expensive trim package at the same time. People who wanted hybrids were forced to pay for things they didn’t want or completely out of their price range.

I wonder if the Mahindra’s frame has the same appearance as the Wrangler, including all the same faulty welds showing up on new Wranglers. Which btw, why is nobody reporting on this yet? Go to any JL Wrangler forum and see the many threads about this...

I think we tend to place the blame on the wrong party here. I agree that it sucks to see and on the surface seems like bad policy. But the blame is squarely on the person who illegally obtained those vehicles. It’s THOSE people who are responsible for these vehicles disappearing from the road.

They don’t randomly burn to the ground. Only when driving and possibly when parked. 

And, if you yourself want to estimate fuel economy of the new trucks, the policy documents (that you clearly have never opened) summarize the exhaustive research to help you estimate fuel consumption and GHG reductions from the tech applied to these new trucks.

Yes, I did the math. Ya know, some people on Jalopnik work in the industry :) 

Don’t get me wrong, you’re not unique and I don’t fault anyone for the lack of understanding unless they’re clearly choosing ignorance. The agencies, advocates, and especially media have done a pretty bad job understanding the standards, while those who don’t want to be regulated (industry and partisan interest…

2019 RAM Diesel, 2019 GM (Sierra Silverado) 2.7L I4 (standard equipment in their highest-selling trim and will FAR surpass the 2025 standard), 2019 GM diesel, 2018 F-150 diesel. The 2019 RAM V6, base equipment and almost as useful as the V8 thanks to the mild hybrid, will likely meet the 2024 standard, as will the GM…

Because the basis for his argument is flat wrong. There is no mandated fuel economy for any car, but they interpreted an agency estimate from nearly 10 years ago of what the average certification (not label or real-world) fuel economy would be for the entire fleet — of all cars and trucks and all automakers. This…

If this were an english lit class, you would get a D+ for obviously not reading the book. 

Impossible CAFE standards? Maybe only in your “I don’t understand how the policy works” land. First and foremost, there is absolutely nothing mandating that any specific car or truck achieve any fuel economy. If Ford wanted to sell a car in their lineup that gets 2 MPG, they absolutely can. Second, it’s only…

Way to brag, NYC. WMATA has zero.