2012 model year was the greenest new U.S. auto fleet ever
 

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To paraphrase the infamous Gordon Gekko from the movie Wall Street: "Green, for lack of a better word, is good."

That's what auto analyst Alan Baum is saying upon the release of a National Resources Defense Council (NRDC) study that shows that model-year 2012 was the greenest, MPG-wise, on record. In the US, 2012 model-year vehicles achieved an average fuel economy of 23.6 miles per gallon, up 1.1 mpg, or about five percent, from the previous record of 22.5 mpg for the 2011 model year.

And the better news is that many of the higher-MPG models weren't compacts or subcompacts, indicating that the technology advancements automaker are using to make larger vehicles more fuel efficient is taking hold. Additionally, calendar-year 2012 will likely be the first in which Americans bought more than a half-million hybrids and electric-drive vehicles. Check out the full press release below.Continue reading 2012 model year was the greenest new U.S. auto fleet ever

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