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Which Automaker Has the Best MPG Cars?

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By Brian Normile

Jan 11, 2021

The EPA has released its almanac Automotive Trends Report for 2020, which includes data on which manufacturers make the most fuel-efficient vehicles, calculating fleetwide fuel economy ratings for all the vehicles made by a given manufacturer. Naturally, that gives a ranking of which automaker has the best overall mileage — and which has the worst.

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Before we dig into the data, a few caveats. Start, the well-nigh recent concrete set of data we have is for the 2019 model year; the rankings for the 2020 model year are based on projections.

"This report shows projected model year 2020 data that was by and large provided to EPA by manufacturers before the outbreak of COVID-nineteen, and any associated impacts on the automobile manufacture," the agency noted. "Therefore, the projected model year 2020 data may change significantly before existence finalized."

Brands are also grouped together by manufacturer, so, for example, BMW includes Mini and Rolls-Royce, and GM includes Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet and GMC. (Curiously, the EPA chose to separate affiliated automakers Hyundai and Kia.) No stardom was fabricated for fuel blazon, so alt-fuel and plug-in vehicles (using the electric-car-specific mpg-equivalent rating), besides every bit hybrids and diesels, are all counted. But vehicles not required to have EPA ratings (similar heavy-duty pickups) are not included. Likewise excluded are smaller manufacturers like Volvo and independent marques Aston Martin and Ferrari.

Finally, the mpg ratings used here are based on the more circuitous EPA 5-bike test and weights highway and city fuel economic system at 57% and 43%, respectively. That's different from the two-wheel test the EPA uses for compliance testing with manufacture fuel-economy requirements, and it's as well separate, if just slightly, from the 55%-45% combined fuel economy you see on window stickers, which the EPA periodically revises . Yous can observe the entire study and all the information used on the EPA's website , if you'd like to dig even deeper.

Which Automaker Made the Most Fuel-Efficient Cars in 2019?

1. Tesla: 118 mpg (mpg-eastward)

2. Honda (includes Acura and Honda): 28.9 mpg

iii. Hyundai (includes Genesis and Hyundai): 28.v mpg

iv. Subaru: 28.4 mpg

v. Kia : 28.1 mpg

6. Mazda : 27.viii mpg

7. Nissan (includes Infiniti and Nissan): 27.0 mpg

8. BMW (includes BMW, Mini and Rolls-Royce): 26.2 mpg

nine. Volkswagen (includes Audi, Bentley, Bugatti, Lamborghini, Porsche and Volkswagen): 26.1 mpg

x. Toyota (includes Lexus and Toyota): 25.8 mpg

eleven. Mercedes-Benz (includes Mercedes-Benz and Smart): 23.7 mpg

12. Ford (includes Ford and Lincoln): 22.5 mpg

13. GM (includes Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet and GMC): 22.v mpg

14. Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (includes Alfa Romeo, Chrysler, Contrivance, Fiat, Jeep, Maserati and Ram): 21.two mpg

Which Automaker Is Projected to Accept Made the Near Fuel-Efficient Cars in 2020?

1. Tesla: 119.1 mpg (mpg-e)

2. Honda (includes Acura and Honda): 29.7 mpg

3. Hyundai (includes Genesis and Hyundai) : 28.nine mpg

4. Subaru: 28.3 mpg

5. Mazda: 27.six mpg

six. Nissan (includes Infiniti and Nissan): 27.4 mpg

7. Kia: 27.3 mpg

8. Toyota (includes Lexus and Toyota): 26.2 mpg

9. BMW (includes BMW, Mini and Rolls-Royce): 25.5 mpg

x. Volkswagen (includes Audi, Bentley, Bugatti, Lamborghini, Porsche and Volkswagen): 24.4 mpg

11. Mercedes-Benz (includes Mercedes-Benz and Smart): 23.9 mpg

12. Ford (includes Ford and Lincoln): 23.3 mpg

thirteen. GM (includes Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet and GMC): 22.8 mpg

xiv. FCA (includes Alfa Romeo, Chrysler, Dodge, Fiat, Jeep, Maserati and Ram): 21.eight mpg

As y'all can see, Tesla led by a mile in 2019, and information technology'due south expected to continue to practice and so for 2020, with the Model 3 leading the way, co-ordinate to the EPA. The order of the top four remains unchanged from 2019 to 2020, though Tesla, Hyundai and Honda are all expected to amend slightly in their average fleetwide fuel economy, while Subaru is expected to take a slight dip. In fact, many manufacturers' ratings are expected to dip slightly. Besides Subaru, several others (Kia, Mazda, BMW and Volkswagen) are all projected to drop. The skillful news? The EPA projects that even more manufacturers will increase their fleetwide fuel economy, though we'll take to wait and see what happens one time the numbers are finalized — probable to be released in next year's almanac Automotive Trends Report.

These numbers are based on fleetwide data, and so information technology isn't just well-nigh one example of each car a manufacturer makes, only rather the total. Unsurprisingly, the Detroit Three automakers, which sell popular but relatively inefficient pickup trucks and SUVs, are at the bottom. Car- and hybrid-heavy lineups rank higher, while Tesla's all-electric lineup ranks highest. We suspect Kia's projected drop is due to the introduction and popularity of its larger three-row SUV, the Telluride.

From 2014-19, almost manufacturers increased their average fuel economy, the EPA says. Only Mazda (falling to 27.8 mpg from 29.0 mpg), Ford and GM (both sliding to 22.5 mpg from 22.vii mpg) declined. The biggest improvement in that period belongs to Kia, which increased to 28.1 mpg from 25.7 mpg (though, again, it's projected to drop in 2020). Honda (improving to 28.9 mpg from 27.0 mpg) and Hyundai (improving to 28.5 mpg from 27.2 mpg) had the next highest increases.

In coming years, as more automakers move toward hybridization and electrification — even among the SUVs that consumers overwhelmingly adopt — it's likely that most of these figures volition continue to increase.

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