Honda’s new Hybrids help brand top the U.S. EPA Trends Report. Wayne Gerdes – CleanMPG – March 6, 2019 The U.S. EPA released its Automotive Trends Report showing Honda is now the most fuel-efficient automaker in America. Honda has the highest fleet average fuel economy of any major automaker for the 2017 model year. The 2019 EPA Automotive Trends Report ranked Honda first with a U.S. fleet average fuel economy of 29.4 miles per gallon (mpg), a five-year improvement of 3.1 mpg, and 4.5 mpg above the industry average for MY2017. In 2018, Honda set new all-time records for sales and production of electrified vehicles in America, spurred by the introduction of the 2019 Insight hybrid sedan built at the Greensburg, Indiana plant, and the start of production of the redesigned 2019 Accord Hybrid in Marysville, Ohio. The company added production of its two-motor hybrid power unit in Russells Point, Ohio, and assembly of the hybrid battery packs for both the Insight and Accord Hybrid at its Marysville, Ohio plant. The Honda Clarity vehicles now features battery electric, fuel cell and plug-In hybrid variants also contributed to the company's increased alternative fuel vehicle footprint and reduced CO2 emissions. The 50-state Clarity Plug-In Hybrid topped all other plug-in hybrid models in total U.S. sales in December, January and February. 2019 Honda Insight Decent first drive results from Honda’s most efficient hybrid. Globally, Honda intends for two-thirds of its automobile sales to be electrified vehicles by 2030 and is making substantial investments to produce electrified vehicles in America, including the current Insight and Accord Hybrid, along with the Acura MDX Sport Hybrid and Acura NSX hybrid supercar. Honda projects that two-thirds of its global automobile sales will be electrified by 2030. In North America, the Honda Electrification Initiative will see Honda's electrified powertrain technologies applied to an expanding portfolio of cars and light trucks in the years ahead. Honda is working to reduce the environmental impact of its products throughout their life cycle, including reducing waste, emissions and further improving the energy efficiency of producing, distributing and selling Honda and Acura products in North America. This includes a 93 percent reduction in waste sent to landfills from Honda plants in North America.
Do red arrows signify decrease? Toyo's numbers are slightly positive. Definitely not a lot of movement though.
I think Toyota is moving backwards on the U.S. fleet average numbers due to SUV/Pickup sales making up a larger slice of the Toyota pie ... "U.S. sales have slipped in recent years for the maker of the Camry, Corolla and Prius cars as American consumers are choosing pickups, SUVs and crossovers over sedans by a ratio of more than 2-to-1. Last year, Toyota's U.S. car sales fell 12 percent from 2017, while light-truck deliveries jumped 8 percent." https://www.autonews.com/world-congress/toyota-pickups-driving-share-gain-shrinking-us-market /I'm reading it as Toyota was at 25.5 mpg in 2012, but they slipped to 25.3 in 2017. (?)
Ah, arrow indicates direction of time maybe. Ok. Wait a sec, then why is the right one red?? Ah who knows, and they're pretty much dead-in-the-water, either way.
And most of Honda's sales are ICE vehicles. Both companies have a history for efficient engines, and neither make body on frame trucks, nor a V8. Red is bad. MPG go down(left), bad. CO2 emissions go up(right), bad.
If our government actually CARED about emissions and climate change , they would discourage Americans from buying FSP's. First of all , they would need to acknowledge the problem. After that , the solution is easy. Start with an additional $.50/gallon federal tax on gasoline , incrementing up $.50 every year for five years. But I guess that would be "unpopular".
It would not only be unpopular it would be an economic disaster. Transportation costs are imbedded in everything you buy and it would therefore be a tax on everything.
Oil is likely headed north on it's own. Honda's future is secure.. "The prospectus says that the Ghawar field can only produce 3.8 million barrels per day (mb/d), not the widely thought 5 mb/d that has floated around for years as a rough estimate. “As Saudi’s largest field, a surprisingly low production capacity figure from Ghawar is the stand-out of the report,” said Virendra Chauhan, head of upstream at consultant Energy Aspects Ltd., according to Bloomberg." Aramco’s Mythical Ghawar Field Could Be Its Weak Spot https://oilprice.com/Energy/Crude-Oil/Aramcos-Mythical-Ghawar-Field-Could-Be-Its-Weak-Spot.html
Maybe so. I love my Prius , but there is serious competition from Honda and Hyundai. That's a small-to-medium size pie they're cutting up into little pieces. Not to mention the former Prius owners who have "graduated" to BEV's.
Funny how the MPG leaders in the late 70s & 80's were the cheap small cars. But now the energy efficient leaders are vehicles, I can't afford.
I'd say it is because of real car sale's going down. Among trucks and SUVs Fuel economy, the non-hybrids most buy range from good, but don't stand out, to poor for Toyota. Keep in mind this data is for 2017, before the arrival of the new Camry with the DS4 engines, which are in this year's Rav4.
Have to give kudo's though to Toyota/Lexus since they have offer a massive number of hybrid models now. Honda/Acura is behind in terms of # of hybrid models. In US no CR-V hybrid and no Acura RDX either which would benefit greatly given rather mediocre mpg. That customers are not buying them as much as larger non-efficient vehicles is bit sad given 20+ years of hybrids or so. Even at current gas prices I think it makes economical sense. Maybe most people are not aware off benefits or still some false myths around them.