Description
The miles per gallon gasoline equivalent is based on the energy content of gasoline. The energy obtainable from burning one US gallon is 115,000 BTU (34 kWh). Thus one mile per gallon gasoline equivalent is equal to 115,000 BTU per mile. For alternative fuels, energy required to manufacture the fuel may also be considered. For electrical power, the energy of any fuels used to generate the electricity and the transmission efficiency must be considered.
To convert the mile per gallon rating into other units of distance per unit energy used, the mile per gallon value can be multiplied by one of the following factors to obtain other units:
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1 MPGe = 8.55 miles/ million BTU ≈ 0.0292 miles/kW·h ≈ 0.0182 km/kW·h ≈ 0.005 km/MJ
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