CarFacts is our iPhone and iPad app for car enthusiast, purchasers, and trip planners. It's for those of us who don't like "flying blind". Don't confuse CarFacts with a similar sounding app you may have seen advertised on tv - it provides completely different capability.
Let’s say you’re comparison shopping for a new car and you’ve selected several cars you like. You have a long daily commute to work and gas is expensive. So, you would like to know which car will be cheaper to drive, the hybrid or the conventional car. You will probably have to pay a premium for the hybrid, so how long will it take for the gas savings to equal the price premium? CarFacts can tell you! Just enter the miles you expect to drive in a year, month, or whatever, the price of gas, and the gas mileage of the car, and - out comes the cost. Suppose you found the car you want, you’re negotiating with the salesperson and he/she is throwing prices at you for various options. You want to know what your monthly payments will be. No problem - whip out your trusty iPhone/iPad and CarFacts can tell you. This works for mortgages too. So, CarFacts can tell you what your monthly mortgage payment will be for various interest rates and time periods.
You’re looking at an electric car whose engine is rated in kiloWatts(?), which means nothing to you. You want to know how many horsepower that baby has. Guess what? CarFacts can tell you! You remember when engine displacement was rated in cubic inches. How many cubic inches is 3.4 liters? Or, you’re looking at a truck with a torque rating of 519 nm. How many lb-ft is that? CarFacts can tell you! If there is an automobile stat that you feel would be useful, and CarFacts doesn’t tell you, let us know.
Version 3.1.9 updates the EPA feature with 2024 vehicle information.
Version 3.1.8, inaddition to adding French(Canada) localization, cleans up several forms such the Fuel Efficiency, and Menu of Options forms shown above.
Version 3.1.5 is a complete redesign of the EPA feature, making it much easier to use. The Options menu was also redesigned.
As the name suggests, this feature must have something to do with the Environmental Protection Agency. As a matter of fact it does. All new cars or trucks sold in the United States must have a Vehicle Emission Control sticker affixed to the window. Among other information, this sticker must contain the fuel efficiency data for the vehicle. It is this fuel efficiency, and in the case of EVs (electric vehicles) range, data that the EPA feature provides. In addition to each model, the manufacturer must provide data for each combination of transmission and wheel size they intend to sell. Vehicles are divided into four classes: Electic(EVs), Hybrids(PHEV), Internal Combustion Engine(ICE),and Fuel Cell Vehicles(FCV).
There are a large number of EVs combinations listed(over 150), and over 1100 ICE vehicles combinations listed.
To begin:
1) Select the vehicle type , i.e., EV, FCV, ICE, or PHEV from the Options menu,
2) Select the Division(manufacturer) from the list that appears,
3) The next window that appears displays a list of all vehicle models made by the selected manufacturer, select a model to see the EPA Efficiency info for that model
The Environmental Protection Agency updates vehicle data annually. CarFacts will also be updated annually with the new EPA data.