Comment on American automakers are losing the race to make more fuel-efficient vehicles
Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 9 months agoThe quote you selected doesn’t mention doors at all. The number of doors is irrelevant. The relevant factor is the size. The overall length of the truck and the overall width of the truck had to be substantially more than the Ranger. CAFE standards prohibit a Ranger-sized truck with the Maverick’s fuel economy.
Ford used an extra row of seats to achieve the length they needed to reach.
helenslunch@feddit.nl 9 months ago
That’s because you’re deliberately ignoring it.
It’s not. The number of doors is why the bed is small and the length is long, not CAFE standards.
We’ve already been over this.
The Maverick gets about the same fuel economy as a Toyota Prius so no, it doesn’t.
Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 9 months ago
Not even close.
Prius: 57mpg city, 56 Highway
Maverick: 22mpg city, 29mpg highway
Even the hybrid version comes up short:
Maverick Hybrid: 42 mpg city, 33 mpg highway.
The Maverick’s 61 sq ft footprint in the light truck category requires a minimum 28 mpg combined rating to comply with CAFE standards for the 2024 model year.
If it had the 52sq ft footprint of a 2-door ranger, it would need to have a minimum 34 mpg combined rating to comply with CAFE standards in 2024. It doesn’t meet this with its standard engine.
Relative to the requirements on a vehicle the size of a 1990s Ranger, the Maverick needs either 6 mpg better economy, or an additional 9 sq ft of footprint to comply with CAFE standards.
They added a mandatory row of seating to enlarge the footprint.