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Figure 7-6 Car and Truck Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) and Miles per Gallon (MPG): Model Years 1975-2013

Thursday, March 31, 2016

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Miles per Gallon

Model Year Car EPA Unadj., Lab (MPG) Car CAFE Standard Truck EPA Unadj., Lab (MPG) Truck CAFE Standard
1975 15.8   13.7  
1976 17.5   14.4  
1977 18.3   15.6  
1978 19.9 18.0 15.2  
1979 20.3 19.0 14.7  
1980 23.5 20.0 18.6  
1981 25.1 22.0 20.1  
1982 26 24.0 20.5 17.5
1983 25.9 26.0 20.9 19.0
1984 26.3 27.0 20.5 20.0
1985 27 27.5 20.6 19.5
1986 27.9 26.0 21.4 20.0
1987 28.1 26.0 21.6 20.5
1988 28.6 26.0 21.2 20.5
1989 28.1 26.5 20.9 20.5
1990 27.8 27.5 20.7 20.0
1991 28 27.5 21.3 20.2
1992 27.6 27.5 20.8 20.2
1993 28.2 27.5 21.0 20.4
1994 28 27.5 20.8 20.5
1995 28.3 27.5 20.5 20.6
1996 28.3 27.5 20.8 20.7
1997 28.4 27.5 20.6 20.7
1998 28.5 27.5 20.9 20.7
1999 28.2 27.5 20.5 20.7
2000 28.2 27.5 20.8 20.7
2001 28.4 27.5 20.6 20.7
2002 28.6 27.5 20.6 20.7
2003 28.9 27.5 20.9 20.7
2004 28.9 27.5 20.8 20.7
2005 29.5 27.5 21.4 21.0
2006 29.2 27.5 21.8 21.6
2007 30.3 27.5 22.1 22.2
2008 30.5 27.5 22.7 22.5
2009 32.1 27.5 23.8 23.1
2010 32.7 27.5 23.8 23.5
2011 32.3 30.2 23.9 24.3
2012 34.3 32.7 24.1 25.2
2013 34.8 33.5 24.5 25.7

KEY: MPG = Miles per Gallon; EPA = U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

NOTES: Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards, which must be met at the manufacturer level were established by the U.S. Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975 (PL 94-163).

SOURCES: All Car and All Truck CAFE Stds: Davis, S.C., S.W. Diegel and R.G.Boundy. Transportation Energy Data Book, Edition 33 (July 2014), Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN. Tables 4-21 and 4-22. Available at cta.ornl.gov/data as of June 2015. Car and All Truck EPA MPG: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Light-Duty Automotive Technology, Carbon Dioxide Emissions, and Fuel Economy Trends: 1975 - 2013. Table 9.1. Available at http://epa.gov/otaq/fetrends.htm as of June 2015.