Edmunds.com: EPA’s Fuel Economy Guide Should Be Based on Cost, Not Mileage

By John O'Dell and Scott Doggett “Miles per gallon” made sense when all cars drank gas, or diesel, and that was that. But with the advent of rechargeable electric vehicles, whether all-electric or plug-in hybrid, the fuel-use scene gets quickly blurred. How many miles per gallon do you assign to a Nissan Leaf, with a lithium-ion battery and no fuel tank or internal combustion engine? ———- Edmunds.com proposes the EPA scrap its mileage-based fuel-economy guide, right, for one built on fuel costs. ———- And how does a car shopper compare the Leaf, or any of the other all-electric cars heading our way in the next decade, to a gasoline-burning Honda Fit or a Ford Fusion hybrid or, to complicate things even…

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Edmunds.com: EPA’s Fuel Economy Guide Should Be Based on Cost, Not Mileage

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