Units
Miles per gallon (MPG) is a unit of measurement that measures fuel economy in automobiles, that is, how many miles a vehicle can travel on one gallon of fuel. It is used similarly in United States and the United Kingdom, although the US gallon is about 83% of the Imperial gallon previously used in the UK.
Most countries other than the US use the metric units litre (approximately 0.220 Imperial gallons or 0.264 US liquid gallons) and km (approximately 0.621 statute miles). These can be combined to either km/l (efficiency) or l/100 km (consumption). The UK is a special case in this respect, as distances are measured in miles but fuel is sold by the litre. As a result, both MPG and l/100 km are usually quoted for any given vehicle. Note that because the imperial gallon is significantly larger than the US gallon, MPG figures are 20.095% higher in the UK than in the US for the same real fuel economy.
- US Gallons
- 1 MPG ≈ 0.425 km/l
- 235.2/MPG ≈ l/100 km
- 1 MPG ≈ 1.201 MPG (Imp)
- Imperial gallons
- 1 MPG ≈ 0.354 km/l
- 282/MPG ≈ l/100 km
- 1 MPG ≈ 0.833 MPG (US)
Read more about this topic: Fuel Economy In Automobiles
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