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美国环境保护署（U.S. Environmental Protection Agency）于三月公布了汽车制造商所取得的几项进展【请见英文简报】：

• 2013年新车型的平均油耗达到历史新低，约为24 MPG（相当于9.8升/百公里），与2012年车型相比，一升油能多跑0.2公里。

• 从2004年到2013年，美国的新车油耗不断降低，幅度为每升油能多跑2公里。

• 自2008年以来，节油标准达到30 MPG （相当于7.84升/百公里）的车型数量增至原来的三倍。

• 据估算，从2012年到2025年上路的节油汽车在整个使用期内将能节约120亿桶汽油。

• 在同一个时期内，更清洁的汽车所排放的温室气体与过去相比总计将减少60亿公吨。

• 汽车产业连续第二年确保出厂车辆的排放标准远远低于国家标准。

环保署署长吉娜‧麦卡锡（Gina McCarthy）表示：“这些进展有力地展示了欧巴马总统减轻造成气候变化的污染问题的历史性举措的初步成效。”【请见麦卡锡发表的英文博客】

fueleconomy.gov网站为消费者提供了各个厂家及型号的车辆的油耗数据，能够帮助你做出有利于环保的明智决定。



Cleaner, greener cars on U.S. roads

Automakers are racing to build the cars of tomorrow today. They’re delivering cars that are cleaner and greener, meeting higher standards for fuel efficiency and tailpipe emissions. The Obama administration has tightened vehicle standards to reduce air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions and move the United States toward a clean-energy economy.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced manufacturers’ progress in March:

• Model year 2013 vehicles  achieved a record-high average fuel economy rating of 10.25 kilometers per liter (24.1 miles per gallon) — a 0.2 km/liter (0.5 mpg) increase over the 2012 model year.

• From 2004 to 2013, new vehicles on U.S. roads improved their fuel efficiency by about 2 km/liter (5 mpg).

• The number of auto models with fuel economy as high as 12.75 km/liter (30 mpg) has tripled since 2008.

• The fleet of higher-efficiency vehicles taking to the road in vehicles manufactured from 2012 to 2025 is expected to save 12 billion barrels of oil over the lifetime of the vehicles.

• In that same time frame, the cleaner fleet will produce 6 billion fewer metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions than those produced under the old standards.

• For the second consecutive year, the automotive industry produced vehicles that exceeded the national emissions requirements by a wide margin.

“These findings are a terrific early success story for President Obama’s historic effort to reduce the pollution that contributes to climate change,” said EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy.

The website fueleconomy.gov helps consumers make energy-smart decisions with a full tank of information about fuel efficiency for a range of vehicle makes and models.