TABLE E-9 Average Fuel Efficiency of U.S. Passenger Cars and Light Trucks: 1995-2005Miles per gallon
KEY: CAFE = Corporate Average Fuel Economy; GVWR = gross vehicle weight rating; U = data are unavailable. NOTES: New vehicle fuel efficiency and CAFE standards assume 55% city and 45% highway-miles. The fuel efficiency figures for light duty vehicles represent the sales-weighted harmonic average of the combined passenger car and light truck fuel economies. SOURCES: Average U.S. passenger car fuel efficiency: 1980-1994-U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT), Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Highway Statistics Summary to 1995, FHWA-PL-97-009 (Washington, DC: July 1997), table VM-201A. (Revised data obtained from Internet site http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/ohim/ohimstat.htm as of August 2, 2001). 1995-2004-USDOT, FHWA, Highway Statistics (Washington, DC: annual issues), table VM-1. Find this web page at:
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