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UMTRI: average new vehicle fuel economy decreased in 2015 from 2014

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The average fuel economy (window-sticker value) of new vehicles sold in the US in calendar year 2015 was 25.3 mpg from the value for the vehicles sold in 2014, according to the latest monthly report from Dr. Michael Sivak and Brandon Schoettle at University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI). l/100km), down 0.1

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US new-vehicle fuel economy drops again in September

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mpg from the value for August, according to the latest monthly report from Dr. Michael Sivak and Brandon Schoettle at University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI) This decline likely reflects the increased proportion of light trucks among the vehicles sold, they suggested. l/100 km)—down 0.1 driver—was 0.82

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Technical brief: transportation overtaking electricity generation as the largest source of US CO2 emissions

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A technical brief by Dr. John DeCicco at the University of Michigan Energy Institute shows that transportation is overtaking electricity generation as the largest source of US CO 2. CO 2 emissions from the transportation sector increased at an average rate of 1.8% per year over the past four years. Data derived from US EIA.

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Those who flew in 2020 had twice the environmental impact of those in 2019

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Consequently, flying passengers in 2020 contributed approximately twice the emissions per mile flown than those in 2019. Michael Sivak is the managing director of Sivak Applied Research and the former director of Sustainable Worldwide Transportation at the University of Michigan. Certificated air carriers.

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UMTRI: average new vehicle fuel economy in US in February unchanged from January

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Michael Sivak and Brandon Schoettle at the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI). The University of Michigan Eco-Driving Index (EDI)—an index that estimates the average monthly emissions of greenhouse gases generated by an individual US driver—was 0.85 in December 2015, up 0.03

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UMTRI: average US new vehicle fuel economy drops in October

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mpg from the value for September, according to the latest monthly report from Dr. Michael Sivak and Brandon Schoettle at University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI). The average fuel economy (window-sticker value) of new vehicles sold in the US in October was 24.8 l/100 km)—down 0.4 in August 2016, down 0.01

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UMTRI: average new vehicle fuel economy in US in January up from December

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mpg from the value for December 2015, and the first increase in eight months, according to the latest monthly report from Dr. Michael Sivak and Brandon Schoettle at University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI). in November 2015, down 0.01 Fuel economy is down 0.7