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US mpg measured by math

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posted by  Pancho Urbano on  Fri Jun 25 09:23 CST 2004
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From what I understand, the U.S. governmet calculates fuel economy by a mathdmatical equation. As a result, mpg is inflated.

I heard a story on NPR about this recently. There are groups trying to get mpg estimates more accurately by actualy driving the cars around!
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