Average Fuel Economy Up 0.3 MPG in January

The average fuel economy of all vehicles sold in the U.S. climbed by 0.3 mpg in January over the previous month. 

That brings average fuel economy up to 25.4 mpg. While that is a positive increase over December, it is still 0.4 mpg shy of the record, set in August of 2014 according to research done by Michael Sivak and Brandon Schoettle at the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI).

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Truck sales surged in January, suggesting that these large vehicles must be making gains in fuel economy. UMTRI researchers suggest that the gain in average fuel economy can be attributed to the leveling off of gas prices in the latter half on January.

[Source: UMTRI]

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