It looks like car companies aren’t the only things being remade as more and more vehicles go hybrid-electric, all-electric, or simply get more efficient at burning gasoline. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) are “revising the fuel economy label that is required on all new cars and light-duty trucks sold in the U.S.” The proposed new labels will have a letter grade from A+ to D based on the amount of energy consumed. EPA is revising the labels “to enable consumers to make easy, well-informed comparisons across all vehicle technologies, including electric, plug-in hybrid, conventional gasoline and diesel, and other advanced technology vehicles.” The well known Miles Per Gallon (MPG) number will be replaced in partial or all-electric vehicles with MPGe, a measurement that compares mileage based on energy consumption, rather than just volume of liquid (gas) consumption. The labels (link for comments on next page) look well laid out and fairly “clean” in the way they present information but getting used to them will likely take some time. As the current label designs are still just proposals, public input is welcomed. Tell the government what you think here.

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