In 2006, The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) updated how the city and highway fuel economy values are calculated to better reflect typical real-world driving patterns and provide more realistic fuel economy estimates. In addition, EPA redesigned the fuel economy label to make it more informative for consumers. The redesigned label more prominently featured annual fuel cost information, provided contemporary and easy-to-use graphics for comparing the fuel economy of different vehicles, used clearer text, and included a website reference to www.fueleconomy.gov, which provided additional information. EPA and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) are now initiating a new rulemaking to ensure that American consumers continue to have the most accurate, meaningful and useful information, as well as an understanding of how the labeled vehicles emissions impacts the environment. With the introduction of advanced technology vehicles on the market, the agencies must provide metrics that are relevant and useful for vehicles such as Electric Vehicles, Extended Range Electric Vehicles and Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles.

Title from title screen (viewed Oct. 14, 2010). Contract Number: GS-23F-0364P "August 2010." "EPA-420-R-10-908."