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EPA: electric cars labelled "new label"





In order to address the emergence of public electric vehicles to resolution of the issues before the United States Environmental Protection Department proposed a fuel economy label reform proposals, new labels will be unified electric vehicle performance, emissions, and other indicators disclosure problems.

From this tab, consumers will see a letter grade reflects the energy efficiency of motor vehicles and the emission level. It also shows the new energy vehicles energy costs and the same year produced similar gasoline powered cars.

For example, the electric vehicle or HEV models, plug, the label will be marked out, this car ran a mile in order to use the power and the use of gasoline to run the same distance have how many gallons of gasoline consumption ratio of. For pure electric vehicles, this conversion is much more direct, the label will be directly marked out of 100 miles/kWh to facilitate the conversion of its own calculation uses electricity the owner will pay the costs.

Easy-to-understand ranking identifies

For EPA's introduction of this identity, its fundamental objective is to make the indicators more understandable, at the same time in different energy between easier between the value conversion. In addition, in order to give consumers more visual impression, label also on energy levels directly played.

For example, in energy level recommendations, electric car may get a , such as Toyota's hybrid Prius will get an A-; Toyota Corolla Gets a B , Chevrolet models were lowered to a C class. But models the Ferrari harvest 4-.

"With the emergence of new technologies, and began to run out of the lab came to us, a new label is absolutely necessary, it will help consumers make decisions on the new situation, which is responsible to the taxpayers wallet. "EPA-related.

Current EPA's official online, the Government is to 60 days period for publicity and collect opinions, then will hold a hearing, as well, the label will be officially in early 2011 and will be designed on 2012 for a comprehensive listing of the car.

30 years on largest change

Auto tag changes almost can be said that the United States over the past 30 years in the Auto ID's the biggest change. The reason for this is that "we do this tag, some also want to promote automotive industry further into new energy vehicles to drive sales growth", rather old traditional dynamic aspects, the environmental protection agency official said.

In fact, in the present United States President Barack Obama launched a new energy policy, the international oil market prices have been on the rise. For already embarked on the road of the United States bankruptcy reorganization of the old era automobile industry representatives General Motors and Chrysler , in new energy vehicles inputs and reform is essential.

But fuel label reform is a complex task. It is not just a piece of paper. This must be USEPA, transportation departments, and other parties to coordinate the party can achieve. The reason is for traditional petrol prices and new energy vehicle power conversion, and is not a fixed value. At the same time, greenhouse gas emissions for cars, it is not an easy measurement and comparison of indicators.

Previous "car dealers themselves would do such identification, a Guild standard", United States Environmental Protection Ministry officials said, but rose to national level, to make the effective identification, you also need a complex authentication and verification processes, "we don't want to stick it out identity meaningless", after all, this is the future of an important reform.