wilber1 wrote:
thomasmnile wrote:
wilber1 wrote:
Isn't it the Dept of Energy that releases the numbers after they do their testing?
No, in the US the omnipotent EPA is the keeper of the mileage figures and fuel cost estimates shown on the "Monroney" stickers of new vehicles for sale.
I stand corrected but aren't they all connected. Anyhow, it is they who come up with the published numbers, not the manufcturer.
Apparently, the EPA leaves it to the manufacturers using a Federally prescribed procedure, results submitted to the EPA. EPA does do "random" testing.
http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/how_tested.shtmlThe US Enviromental Protection Agency and the US Energy Administration are two separate agencies (Cabinet level secretaries) with their own "missions", more like regulatory agendas.
