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Reuters is reporting that major automakers are tirelessly working on reducing the weight of future generation pickup trucks, in order to meet stricter fuel economy standards without sacrificing key abilities, such as power, payload capacity or towing capability.
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Automakers Developing Significantly Lighter Trucks to Meet New Fuel Economy Standards
Reuters is reporting that major automakers are tirelessly working on reducing the weight of future generation pickup trucks, in order to meet stricter fuel economy standards without sacrificing key abilities, such as power, payload capacity or towing capability.
Until 2016, when the new mandates take effect, manufacturers must reach an average fleet economy of 35.5 mpg (6.63 lt/100 km), while light trucks will have to return around 30 mpg or 7.84 lt/100 km. Given that around 50 per cent of vehicles sold in the U.S. in the first 11 months of the year were light trucks, it’s clear that the likes of Ford and GM have to act fast.
Read more »- 2014 Ford F-150 Rumored To Make Extensive Use Of Aluminum Body Panels
For decades, America's best-selling pickup trucks turned a collective blind eye to what were foreseeable technological advances in most areas of their construction as Detroit's Big Three preferred simple solutions that significantly hiked up...
- Report: Gm To Launch Key Fuel Efficient Cars And Trucks In The Next 18 Months
USA’s biggest car manufacturer, General Motors, is scheduling a series of new vehicle launches for its four brands in the next 18 months. And the dominant theme here, both in passenger cars and trucks, will be improved economy figures as GM prepares...
- Obama Announces 35.5mpg Average For 2016 And National Standard For Tailpipe Emissions
The Obama administration today announced tougher fuel mileage standards and tailpipe emission limits forcing automakers to meet a fleetwide average of 35.5 miles per gallon (6.6lt/100km) by 2016, four years sooner than what Congress required in 2007,...
- New Cafe Standards Confuse Delight Disappoint
After President Obama's joke at the White House Correspondent's Dinner regarding his status as the top auto executive of the year - a pretty good joke, by the way - it was quickly revealed that the liberal Democrat prez decided to firmly pull...
- Contrary To Conspiracy Theories, Gas Mileage Is Rising
Based on preliminary sales estimates, the Transportation Department in the USofA has declared that 2007 will be a very efficient year, fuel-wise. The average fuel economy of vehicles sold in the States is likely to be the best ever, in fact. The year...