Clark has a lot of experience with hybrid vehicles. He has owned two of them and has been slightly disappointed with the published fuel economy versus the actual fuel economy. Other people have called about hybrids such as the Prius getting lower fuel economy as well. So, are the numbers issued by the Environmental Protection Agency fake? The advent of hybrids has called this into question. And it turns out that the EPA is still using fuel economy measurements from the ‘70s. That’s because it protects the automakers in Detroit. Automakers are supposed to achieve a fuel requirement known as Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE). But if the standards were up to date, it would be much harder to meet the CAFE requirements. So, the stickers on cars are bogus, according to the Wall Street Journal. In reaction, the EPA is developing a series of new tests that will show the real fuel economy of cars. It would mean a 25 percent reduction in what stickers go on a car. But in order to protect certain companies, GM, Ford and Chrysler would only have to meet the obsolete standards. It’s impossible to get Detroit to answer real guidelines. But if we go into a showroom, we should be able to see the real fuel economy numbers for most cars.