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

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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). mpg US (9.93

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The majority of vehicle buyers are older than 54

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In this analysis, I compare the age composition of buyers of new light-duty vehicles (cars and light trucks) in 2007 and 2017. The main findings are as follows: Middle-aged persons purchased proportionally fewer vehicles in 2017 than in 2007 (down from 29% to 14% for those 35 to 44, and from 24% to 20% for those 45 to 54).

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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 Source: UMTRI. Click to enlarge.

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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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Choosing not to drive: A transient or a permanent phenomenon?

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To answer that question, the second of the two present analyses examined cohort trends from 2007 to 2017 for persons aged 20 to 29 years in 2007. The people in cohort 1 in 2007 and in 2017 are the same people, except for those who died and immigrated/emigrated. The same applies to the people in cohort 2.) minus 81.7

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Does e-commerce affect the amount of travel in the United States?

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For example, retail e-commerce sales during the fourth quarter of 2007 totaled $36.2 The years analyzed were 2007 and 2017 (the latest available survey year). Given the sizes of the standard errors, none of the three variables of interest showed a statistically significant difference between 2007 and 2017. of all retail sales.

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UMTRI: average new vehicle fuel economy in US dropped in August

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Michael Sivak and Brandon Schoettle at the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI). mpg since October 2007 (the first month of their monitoring), but still down 0.2 The value for August is up 5.2 mpg from the peak of 25.5 mpg reached in August 2014. in June 2017, up from 0.82 in June 2017, up from 0.82