CleanMPG
Jul
25
Billions in assets are being divested to keep the iconic oil company afloat. They are not the only one.
Wayne Gerdes – CleanMPG – July 24, 2017
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Refueling a 2017 Toyota Corolla LE Eco at my local Shell here in Carlsbad, California last week.
Shell has survived like the rest of the majors through the oil price peak and its high of $145.18 on July 14th, 2008 to the Great Recession low of just $33.98 in February of 2009.
Oil price fluctuations have not been steady between that eye-opening high setting the table for the Great Recession. Another high of $113.93 occurred on April 29th, 2011 to the most recent low on Feb. 11th, 2016 when oil hit just $26.21/barrel.
Through 2017 prices have been a little more stable with a range of $53.99 during the first week of the year to a June low of $42.53, and...
Wayne Gerdes – CleanMPG – July 24, 2017
Refueling a 2017 Toyota Corolla LE Eco at my local Shell here in Carlsbad, California last week.
Shell has survived like the rest of the majors through the oil price peak and its high of $145.18 on July 14th, 2008 to the Great Recession low of just $33.98 in February of 2009.
Oil price fluctuations have not been steady between that eye-opening high setting the table for the Great Recession. Another high of $113.93 occurred on April 29th, 2011 to the most recent low on Feb. 11th, 2016 when oil hit just $26.21/barrel.
Through 2017 prices have been a little more stable with a range of $53.99 during the first week of the year to a June low of $42.53, and...
Jul
24
This really a CleanMPG big deal! 
Wayne Gerdes – CleanMPG – July 21, 2017
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Bicyclists on a short commute enjoying the great outdoors
Continental’s focus on a lower carbon intensive transportation future has now expanded into a new direction. While we have reported on a number of the brands 48V mild hybrid initiatives for the automotive industry, they are not moving into the E-Bike space with a light weight and hopefully low cost 48V electric drive with automatic transmission.
Wayne Gerdes – CleanMPG – July 21, 2017
Bicyclists on a short commute enjoying the great outdoors
Continental’s focus on a lower carbon intensive transportation future has now expanded into a new direction. While we have reported on a number of the brands 48V mild hybrid initiatives for the automotive industry, they are not moving into the E-Bike space with a light weight and hopefully low cost 48V electric drive with automatic transmission.
Jul
23
Best selling Kia in June is awarded with another accolade. This time through its protection of owners in case of the worst.
Wayne Gerdes – CleanMPG – July 22, 2017
2017 Kia Forte LX with the 6-speed AT - $18,715 incl. mats and $895 D&H provides owners with a 29/38 mpg city/highway rating. And a bonus. It is one very safe compact.
Real world pricing here in Southern California can be as low as $14k with dealer discounts, factory incentives, and other incentives.
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The Forte earned the IIHS Top Safety Pick+ rating with the agency’s top “Good” rating across the board including the tough to beat IIHS small overlap crash test and met all other crashworthiness requirements.
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) has awarded its best rating possible, Top Safety Pick Plus (TSP+), to the 2017 Kia...
Wayne Gerdes – CleanMPG – July 22, 2017
2017 Kia Forte LX with the 6-speed AT - $18,715 incl. mats and $895 D&H provides owners with a 29/38 mpg city/highway rating. And a bonus. It is one very safe compact.
Real world pricing here in Southern California can be as low as $14k with dealer discounts, factory incentives, and other incentives.
The Forte earned the IIHS Top Safety Pick+ rating with the agency’s top “Good” rating across the board including the tough to beat IIHS small overlap crash test and met all other crashworthiness requirements.
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) has awarded its best rating possible, Top Safety Pick Plus (TSP+), to the 2017 Kia...
Jul
22
Toyota donates $50,000 to the Canadian Red Cross for recovery effort from this natural disaster.
Wayne Gerdes – CleanMPG – July 21, 2017
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Since early July, wildfires fires that began northeast of Vancouver have forced Province officials to declare a state of emergency across many areas including the evacuation more than 10,000 residents in the city of Williams Lake.
The 716 wildfires that have occurred across British Columbia have forced the evacuation of more than 40,000 people from their homes. Unfortunately, the lack of rain, high temperatures, and strong winds will probably allow the fires to get worse before the summer fire season concludes.
As of this afternoon, there are currently 22 wildfires of note with 15 currently threatening communities. On the fire line are more than 3,480 fire...
Wayne Gerdes – CleanMPG – July 21, 2017
Since early July, wildfires fires that began northeast of Vancouver have forced Province officials to declare a state of emergency across many areas including the evacuation more than 10,000 residents in the city of Williams Lake.
The 716 wildfires that have occurred across British Columbia have forced the evacuation of more than 40,000 people from their homes. Unfortunately, the lack of rain, high temperatures, and strong winds will probably allow the fires to get worse before the summer fire season concludes.
As of this afternoon, there are currently 22 wildfires of note with 15 currently threatening communities. On the fire line are more than 3,480 fire...
Jul
12
The best looking F’in concept truck ever built.
Wayne Gerdes – CleanMPG – July 12, 2017
While the release went out in late March, I only learned about it today. And all I can add is that this is the best-looking concept truck I have ever seen. Completely impractical for everything but the craziest off-road trek but damn it has curb appeal in spades.
Could it be that I am just biased from my Tonka truck days almost 50 years ago? Since 1947, TONKA trucks have been the standard go to toy in most every boys toy box. If you did not have one, you played at the neighbors who did. How many times has dad run over one of your own Tonka Trucks with the car and the damn thing still rolled afterwards. Sure it had dings, you had to bend out the box with channel locks, the yellow paint was...
Wayne Gerdes – CleanMPG – July 12, 2017
2017 Toyota HiLux Tonka Concept
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While the release went out in late March, I only learned about it today. And all I can add is that this is the best-looking concept truck I have ever seen. Completely impractical for everything but the craziest off-road trek but damn it has curb appeal in spades.
Could it be that I am just biased from my Tonka truck days almost 50 years ago? Since 1947, TONKA trucks have been the standard go to toy in most every boys toy box. If you did not have one, you played at the neighbors who did. How many times has dad run over one of your own Tonka Trucks with the car and the damn thing still rolled afterwards. Sure it had dings, you had to bend out the box with channel locks, the yellow paint was...
Jul
12
Nobody has figured out Subaru’s AWD magic as the brand continues to build better products with ever increasing sales.
Wayne Gerdes – CleanMPG – July 3, 2017
2017 Subaru 2.0i Sedan w/ the CVT - $20,215 to start including the $820 D&H charge provides owners a 28/38 mpg city/highway rating. This is competitive with most OEMs midsize offerings without AWD!
Its 99.8 cu. ft passenger volume and 12.3 cu-ft. of cargo place it in the midsize segment although that trunk space is a bit on the small side.
Subaru June 2017 Sales Overview
Subaru reported its 67th consecutive month-over-month sales growth. In June, the AWD brand sold a record 52,057 AWD vehicles in June, up a very healthy...
Wayne Gerdes – CleanMPG – July 3, 2017
2017 Subaru 2.0i Sedan w/ the CVT - $20,215 to start including the $820 D&H charge provides owners a 28/38 mpg city/highway rating. This is competitive with most OEMs midsize offerings without AWD!
Its 99.8 cu. ft passenger volume and 12.3 cu-ft. of cargo place it in the midsize segment although that trunk space is a bit on the small side.
2017 Subaru Impreza
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The best looking, best equipped, and most efficient AWD Subaru created to date.
The best looking, best equipped, and most efficient AWD Subaru created to date.
Subaru June 2017 Sales Overview
Subaru reported its 67th consecutive month-over-month sales growth. In June, the AWD brand sold a record 52,057 AWD vehicles in June, up a very healthy...
Jul
11
Like most OEMs, the CUV provided the strong sales. Tucson was that vehicle.
Wayne Gerdes – CleanMPG – July 3, 2017
2017 Hyundai Tucson Eco - $25,225 incl. mats, D&H provides owners with a 26/32 mpg city/highway rating. Do not even consider any other trim due to the fall off in efficiency.
That $25,225 is the retail price of course whereas dealerships are offering $5,750 in dealership discounts and manufacturer rebates, plus $500 off for a BoostUp account, $500 more if you are a current Hyundai owner, $500 for Military members, $400 for recent college grads with perfect credit ratings, and another grand of you are an Uber driver.
$19,475 minus $1 to $2.5k off of that with any of those small print extras for any new vehicle let alone a compact CUV is eye opening.
Wayne Gerdes – CleanMPG – July 3, 2017
2017 Hyundai Tucson Eco - $25,225 incl. mats, D&H provides owners with a 26/32 mpg city/highway rating. Do not even consider any other trim due to the fall off in efficiency.
That $25,225 is the retail price of course whereas dealerships are offering $5,750 in dealership discounts and manufacturer rebates, plus $500 off for a BoostUp account, $500 more if you are a current Hyundai owner, $500 for Military members, $400 for recent college grads with perfect credit ratings, and another grand of you are an Uber driver.
$19,475 minus $1 to $2.5k off of that with any of those small print extras for any new vehicle let alone a compact CUV is eye opening.
2017 Hyundai Tucson
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...Jul
11
Although Kia does not provide the Optima HEV/PHEV breakouts, the model had a great June.
Wayne Gerdes – CleanMPG – July 3, 2017
2017 Kia Optima Hybrid - $27,420 to start including mats and $895 D&H charge offers owners an excellent 39/46 mpg city/highway rating. That is up 4 city and 8 mpg highway over the first gen Optima Hybrid, a Guinness World Record setter in its own right.
The all-new 2017 Kia Optima Hybrid is built off the all-new fourth-generation Optima sedan platform. The Optima HEV/PHEV along with the current Niro HEV and upcoming Niro PHEV are just four models that lead the charge to the brands focus on increasing the brands offerings by 25 percent by 2020.
The 2017 Optima Hybrid replaces the previous generation’s 2.4L I4 with an Atkinsonized 2.0L...
Wayne Gerdes – CleanMPG – July 3, 2017
2017 Kia Optima Hybrid - $27,420 to start including mats and $895 D&H charge offers owners an excellent 39/46 mpg city/highway rating. That is up 4 city and 8 mpg highway over the first gen Optima Hybrid, a Guinness World Record setter in its own right.
2017 Kia Optima Hybrid
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The all-new 2017 Kia Optima Hybrid is built off the all-new fourth-generation Optima sedan platform. The Optima HEV/PHEV along with the current Niro HEV and upcoming Niro PHEV are just four models that lead the charge to the brands focus on increasing the brands offerings by 25 percent by 2020.
The 2017 Optima Hybrid replaces the previous generation’s 2.4L I4 with an Atkinsonized 2.0L...
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