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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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Do engine block heaters boost mpg, reduce cold-weather emissions?

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Conducted by the University of Eastern Finland and Tampere University, the study, published in the journal Applied Energy, produced some. In a recent study, researchers in freezing Finland focused on whether engine block heaters could help increase efficiency in internal-combustion vehicles.

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UMTRI: average new vehicle fuel economy in June up 0.3 mpg from June

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mpg from June, according to the latest monthly report from Dr. 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 0.1 mpg from the peak of 25.5 mpg reached in August 2014.

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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). The average fuel-economy (window-sticker) value of new vehicles sold in the US in October was 24.8

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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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Average new-vehicle fuel economy in US up 0.1 mpg in April

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mpg from the value for March, according to the latest monthly report from Dr. Michael Sivak and Brandon Schoettle at University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI). . mpg since October 2007 (the first month of their monitoring), but down 0.2 mpg from the peak of 25.5 mpg from the peak of 25.5

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UMTRI: Average new vehicle fuel economy in US in March rose 0.1 mpg from February

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mpg from the value for February, according to the monthly report from Dr. Michael Sivak and Brandon Schoettle at University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI). mpg since October 2007 (the first month of their monitoring), but down 0.3 mpg from the peak of 25.5 mpg reached in August 2014.