Fuel Economy and CO₂ Emissions

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A. Ford U.S. Corporate Average Fuel Economy

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Miles per gallon

	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
Cars (domestic and import)	28.6	28.2	29.1	30.3	31.2	32.6
Trucks	21.6	21.1	22.3	23.6	24.6	24.1
Combined car and truck fleet	24.1	23.8	25.3	26.0	27.1	26.9

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Notes to Data

The decrease in the combined car and truck year-over-year fuel economy is due to a shift in our mix of vehicles sold, including a longer model year for certain trucks and the removal of Volvo from the 2010 data.

Analysis

For the 2010 model year, our fleet fuel economy declined slightly by about 1 percent relative to the 2009 model year due to a shift in our mix of vehicles sold, including a longer model year for certain trucks and the removal of Volvo from the 2010 data. Preliminary data for the 2011 model year project that the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) values for the car and truck fleets will be about the same as the car and truck fleet averages for the 2010 model year. On an overall fleet basis, preliminary estimates indicate a 2011 CAFE improvement of 2.9 percent compared to 2010. The reason the overall fleet average can improve while the individually calculated car and truck fleet averages remain about the same is that there have been changes to the vehicles required to be included in the car and truck categories.

B. Ford U.S. CO₂ Tailpipe Emissions Per Vehicle (Combined Car and Truck Fleet Average CO₂ Emissions)

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Grams per mile

2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
368	371	352	340	326	329

Notes to Data

Improvement is reflected in decreasing grams per mile.

Analysis

For the 2010 model year, our fleet CO₂ emissions increased slightly by about 1 percent relative to the 2009 model year, but have improved 11 percent compared to the 2006 model year.

C. Ford Europe CO₂ Tailpipe Emissions Per Vehicle

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Grams per kilometer

	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
Ford	150	149	149	146	139	NA
Volvo	195	193	190	182	173	NA

Notes to Data

Improvement is reflected in decreasing grams per kilometer.

Based on production data for European markets. European and U.S. fleet CO₂ emissions are not directly comparable because they are calculated in different units and because they are assessed based on different drive cycles. In 2009, we switched from reporting European vehicle CO₂ emissions as a percent of a 1995 base to reporting actual fleet average CO₂ emissions, to parallel our reporting for other regions.

Analysis

In Europe, we have reduced the average CO₂ emissions of 2010 model year vehicles by 8.1 percent compared to the 2006 model year (not including Volvo). We have achieved this through the introduction of a variety of innovations, such as advanced common rail diesel engines available across the European model range – including the ECOnetic range of low-CO₂ vehicles – and the use of lightweight materials.