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  "sourceTitle": "US EPA, 2025 Automotive Trends Report",
  "landingPage": "https://www.epa.gov/automotive-trends/explore-automotive-trends-data",
  "definitions": "https://www.epa.gov/automotive-trends/about-automotive-trends-data",
  "reportPdf": "https://www.epa.gov/system/files/documents/2026-02/420r26001.pdf",
  "mpgDefinitionCitation": {
    "url": "https://www.epa.gov/system/files/documents/2026-02/420r26001.pdf",
    "printedPage": 6,
    "footnote": 1,
    "pdfPage": 12,
    "pdfPageIndex": 11,
    "finding": "EPA includes battery-electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles using gasoline-equivalent energy (MPGe) in fleetwide MPG unless otherwise noted; 27.2 MPG is not a gasoline-only average.",
    "verification": "Official EPA PDF verified by parent /root; exact source location and finding supplied for this correction."
  },
  "mpgInterpretation": "EPA includes battery-electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles using gasoline-equivalent energy (MPGe) in fleetwide MPG unless otherwise noted; 27.2 MPG is not a gasoline-only average.",
  "dataLicense": "https://edg.epa.gov/EPA_Data_License.htm",
  "retrieved": "2026-10-13",
  "frozenSummaryFile": "epa_all_vehicle_types_1975_2024.csv",
  "frozenArchive": "us-vehicle-weights.zip",
  "selectedEntity": {
    "regulatory_class": "All",
    "vehicle_type": "All"
  },
  "transformations": [
    "Select final model years 1975\u20132024 from the already-cleaned frozen summary.",
    "Use the All / All EPA aggregate directly; do not sum overlapping category aggregates.",
    "Retain exact source numeric strings in both CSV outputs.",
    "Plot only the two endpoint years, with zero-based bars and separate native-unit scales.",
    "Display one decimal, matching the original EPA qText precision for these endpoint measures."
  ],
  "existingFrozenPackage": "/downloads/us-vehicle-weights/v1/us-vehicle-weights.zip"
}