{"id":10404,"date":"2020-02-19T15:04:49","date_gmt":"2020-02-19T05:04:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/?p=10404"},"modified":"2020-06-19T23:59:12","modified_gmt":"2020-06-19T13:59:12","slug":"so-much-for-fuel-savings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/buy-new-car\/so-much-for-fuel-savings\/","title":{"rendered":"So Much for Fuel Savings\u2026."},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s no secret that a concerted effort has been made in many quarters of the automotive industry to push motorists towards more \u2018sustainable\u2019 cars that run leaner in terms of fuel consumption. Take a look at some of our favourite V8 models, which have slowly but surely been \u2018downsized\u2019 to a more efficient (turbo) four-cylinder or six-cylinder engine. Then, consider the prominence of hybrid or \u2018eco-oriented\u2019 vehicles, not necessarily here in Australia, but across the world.<\/p>\n

However, what\u2019s being overlooked from much of the discussion is the trend seeing more and more motorists step into SUVs all over the world. This is playing out in Australia as much as anywhere, with the segment now a clear frontrunner ahead of the once dependable passenger vehicle.<\/p>\n

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A closer look at the trend<\/h2>\n

On a global scale, it\u2019s a trend the International Energy Agency (IEA) has taken aim at<\/a>, citing the shift in buying preference as \u201cthe second-largest contributor to the increase in global CO2 emissions since 2010\u201d<\/em>. Surprisingly, that\u2019s even more than \u2018heavy\u2019 industry, which is taken to include production of iron and steel, cement and aluminium.<\/p>\n

The fact that SUVs, on average across all makes and models, consume more fuel than passenger cars will hardly surprise anyone. That\u2019s long been a well-known consideration, even among many car buyers. But the broader picture, with such a shift towards ownership of SUVs, is not just offsetting \u2018consumption reductions from increasingly efficient passenger cars and the growing eco fleet \u2013 it has wiped out those savings altogether.<\/p>\n

In more specific terms, the IEA says \u201cSUVs were responsible for all of the 3.3 million barrels a day growth in oil demand from passenger cars between 2010 and 2018, while oil use from other type of cars (excluding SUVs) declined slightly”. <\/em>At their current rate of growth, SUVs could add another \u201c2 million barrels a day in global oil demand by 2040, offsetting the savings from nearly 150 million electric cars\u201d<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Where to from here?<\/h2>\n

These points make for an interesting outlook. On the one hand, many manufacturers are promoting their future vision for an electric and \u2018efficient\u2019 future, yet on the other hand, buying trends point to a picture where motorists are moving in a different direction. The clear absence of options in the electric SUV market further complicates the matter, with the majority of efforts to create efficient cars being angled at the passenger vehicle segment.<\/p>\n

If we\u2019re serious about addressing vehicle emissions, what\u2019s the actual plan going forward? Sure, we each have our own \u2018needs\u2019 and preferences as far as the cars we drive, but what will be required to drive a collective effort to cut fuel consumption across the board? http:\/\/credit-n.ru\/offers-zaim\/webbankir-online-zaim-na-kartu.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s no secret that a concerted effort has been made in many quarters of the automotive industry to push motorists towards more \u2018sustainable\u2019 cars that run leaner in terms of fuel consumption. Take a look at some of our favourite V8 models, which have slowly but surely been \u2018downsized\u2019 to a more efficient (turbo) four-cylinder […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-buy-new-car"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10404","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10404"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10404\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10914,"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10404\/revisions\/10914"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}