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Mar 8, 2012

FUEL ECONOMY * USA

* Illinois - Average New Car Fuel Economy Hits Record High

Ann Arbor,ILL,USA -Motor Trend, by Ben Timmins -February 14 2012: -- The University of Michigan has some good news if you’re a fan of fuel economy: cars sold in the U.S. in 2011 averaged 22.5 miles per gallon, the highest it’s ever been... Researchers from the UM Transportation Research Institute in Ann Arbor found that this number it’s weighted to reflect sales proportions, and second, it’s not the same as the Corporate Average Fuel Economy figure that’s used by the government. CAFE, you might remember, takes into account certain adjustments for larger vehicles and advanced technologies. This measure doesn’t...That it’s definitely a step in the right direction for cars sold here. U.S. average economy (by U of M’s measurement) has increased, on average, by about 0.5 mpg every year. This might sound like an insignificant change, but considering that Americans have bought about 12 million cars per year over the past few years, that 0.5 mpg translates to about 200 million fewer gallons of gas burned every year...

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