AAA Supports Updated Fuel Efficiency Tests

The American Automobile Association (AAA) plans to use real-world fuel efficiency tests to prove the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is overestimating the miles-per-gallon (MPG) rates posted on dozens of new vehicles. AAA endorses the "Fuel Efficiency Truth-in-Advertising Act of 2005," requiring the EPA to update its fuel efficiency tests, which fail to account for air conditioning, traffic congestion and the fact that many trips are too short to fully warm the engine. After performing its own fuel efficiency testing on hundreds of new vehicles, including tests with stop-and-go driving, steep grades and vehicles full of groceries, AAA discovered dozens of models with overestimated mileage, sometimes as much as 10 MPG.