tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235419263414453422.post7900435137454379135..comments2024-02-23T01:30:06.101-08:00Comments on Early Warning: US New Car Fuel Economy TrendsStuart Stanifordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07182839827506265860noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235419263414453422.post-75663650347533521502009-12-04T13:38:36.238-08:002009-12-04T13:38:36.238-08:00I guess the one thought that comes to mind for me ...I guess the one thought that comes to mind for me is that the market for the giant SUVs is still in the dumps. Perhaps not so much because of the fuel prices, but because those were frequently the most expensive vehicles out there. With tighter credit and people more interested in de-leveraging, I suspect people are more inclined to choose a less expensive vehicle.<br /><br />There is only a weak correlation between vehicle price and fuel economy - I suspect what correlation that exists is probably just related to the mass of the vehicle and not much else.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07317858463978974538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235419263414453422.post-12949531669755953342009-12-04T13:22:36.520-08:002009-12-04T13:22:36.520-08:00Transportation Energy Data Book has completely dif...Transportation Energy Data Book has completely different figures for fuel economy on page 4.20, 28.2 MPG for car+truck "Sales-weighted fuel economy" based on NHTSA data, showing a more pronounced trend upward the last few years, too. <br /><br />BTS tells us that "Sales-Weighted Miles Per Gallon: Calculation of a composite vehicle fuel economy based on the distribution of vehicle sales."KLRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00691172491186270514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235419263414453422.post-4606111049531976732009-12-04T10:02:00.288-08:002009-12-04T10:02:00.288-08:00Nice. I was ploughing through the internals of th...Nice. I was ploughing through the internals of the EPA data a bit this morning, and will probably post some more graphs in coming days.Stuart Stanifordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07182839827506265860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235419263414453422.post-66126057032940513522009-12-04T08:43:11.434-08:002009-12-04T08:43:11.434-08:00Sales breakdown by car-size etc...from June '0...<a href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3022/2698089319_b5cb56a477_o.jpg" rel="nofollow">Sales breakdown</a> by car-size etc...from June '08 when it looked for a while like a smoother transition might be managed.Datamungerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10697373189192242333noreply@blogger.com