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GFEI report finds improvements in average new LDV fuel economy lagging pace required to cut 50% fuel use for new cars worldwide by 2030; policy focus should be on emerging markets

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mpg US mpg) in 2011—an improvement of 1.8% mpg US) global average by 2030 for new cars. The trend is toward smaller displacements (downsizing). The analysis, an update of an earlier work using data from 2010 and 2011, found that the global average for light-duty vehicle fuel economy was 7.2 l/100 km (32.7