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other things, traffic congestion, use of air conditioning and high speeds). In Auto Week’s test-drive comparison, the Jetta TDI achieved nearly 50 miles per gallon using B20 biodiesel (two parts vegetable oil, eight parts regular diesel), edging out even Ibyota’s Pnus, which only scored 42 mpg using gasoline.
The EPA is revising its own testing procedures for the 2007 model year to try to get more in line with real world driving conditions. As a result, fuel economies displayed on window stickers will change. Some cars, especially smaller vehicles and hybrids, will lose as much as 12 percent in their ratings.
CONTACTS: ACEEE’s Green Book Online, www.greenercars.com; AutoWeek Magazine’s “Are We There Yet?” www. autoweek.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/2 0060424/FRE E/604 1702 1/1008; HybridCars.com, www.hybridcars.com.
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