UMD collaborative study finds that fuel efficiency of one car in household may be cancelled out by next car purchase

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By mmillikinMar 3, 2021, 6:00 am1k ptsInterestingTop
In a recent collaborative study led by the University of Maryland (UMD), researchers found that consumers tend to buy something less fuel efficient than they normally would for their second car after buying an eco-friendly vehicle. While this sounds like an all-too-logical conclusion, the study reports a 57%…

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