Transportation Resources

All transportation resources

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Jobs, Energy, and Fuel Economy

We estimated the effect of moving existing technologies into cars and trucks with the modest goal of reaching a fleetwide average of 35 miles per gallon (mpg) by 2018.
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Back view of a fleet of vehicles parked in a car sales lot

Automaker Rankings 2007

This analysis uses sales and global warming and smog-forming emissions data to rate the bottom-line environmental performance of eight companies.
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Fuel Economy Fraud

Fuel economy standards have remained essentially unchanged over the past 20 years—and automakers have increasingly exploited loopholes in Congressional and regulatory language.
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Tailpipe with thick smoke coming out of it

Sick of Soot

The Union of Concerned Scientists promotes a cleanup strategy for diesel vehicles that includes strict emission standards, incentives for cleaning up existing engines, and replacing or retrofitting older school buses.
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Climate Control

California is focusing on the largest source of heat-trapping emissions in the state—motor vehicles.