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Average fuel economy of new vehicles sold in Feb up 18% from October 2007

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mpg US (9.93 L/100km), according to data from the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI)—up 18% from the value in October 2007 (the first month of UMTRI monitoring). in December 2011 (an improvement of 13% from October 2007). in December 2011 (an improvement of 13% from October 2007).

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UMTRI: average fuel-economy of new vehicles in the US in October rose to 24.8 mpg

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mpg from September, according to the monthly analysis from Michael Sivak and Brendan Schoettle from the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI). mpg since October 2007 (the first month of their monitoring). This value indicates an improvement of 20% since October 2007. l/100km), up 0.2

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UMTRI: average fuel economy of new vehicles sold in US in Jan was 24.9 mpg, up 0.1 mpg from Dec

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mpg from the value in December, according to the latest monthly figures from Dr. Michael Sivak and Brandon Schoettle at the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute. mpg from the value in October 2007, the first month of their monitoring. mpg from the value in October 2007, the first month of their monitoring.

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UMTRI: average fuel economy of new LDVs sold in US in March up 20% from Oct 2007

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mpg or 20% from the value in October 2007,, according to calculations by researchers at the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI). October 2007 was the first month of their monitoring). L/100 km), an improvement of 20% since October 2007. L/100 km)—up 4.0

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UMTRI: new vehicle fuel economy hits record high of 25.8 mpg in August

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mpg from the value in July, according to the latest monthly report from Dr. Michael Sivak and Brandon Schoettle at the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI). mpg since their first month of monitoring in October 2007. l/100 km)—up 0.2 Vehicle fuel economy is up 5.7

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UMTRI: improved fuel economy in new vehicles since Oct 2007 has saved about 6.1B gallons of fuel

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Vehicles sold in the US since October 2007 have saved a cumulative total of about 6.1 The results indicate that, from October 2007 to September 2012, the average fuel economy has improved by 18%, from 20.1 earlier post.) billion pounds of carbon dioxide.

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UMTRI: average fuel economy of new vehicles sold in US in March was 25.4 mpg; best mark yet

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mpg improvement from the revised value for February and the best mark yet, according to the monthly report from University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI) researchers Dr. Michael Sivak and Brandon Schoettle. mpg since October 2007 (the first month of their monitoring). l/100km)—a 0.3 Click to enlarge.