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U.S. new car gas mileage up 20 percent since 2007: study Apr 10th 2012, 15:12 Tweet Share this Email Print Related News March auto sales up 13 percent, recovery quickens Tue, Apr 3 2012 Electric car revolution faces increasing headwinds Wed, Mar 21 2012 A view of a city street lined with cars in Janesville, Wisconsin, March 21, 2012. Credit: Reuters/Darren Hauck Tue Apr 10, 2012 11:12am EDT (Reuters) - New cars and trucks sold in the United States are getting an average of 24 miles per gallon of gasoline, the highest ever, researchers at the University of Michigan said on Tuesday. The average fuel economy rating as shown by window stickers on new vehicles bought in March - including pickup trucks, SUVs, minivans and passenger cars - was 24.1 mpg, the researchers found. That was up 20 percent from the average of 20 mpg in October 2007, they said. The university's Transportation Research Institute began monthly updates on fuel economy four-and-a-half years ago. The researchers also said that their index measuring polluting greenhouse gas emissions per new vehicle has fallen by 17 percent since October 2007. For more on fuel economy calculations by researchers Michael Sivak and Brandon Schoettle, click: www.umich.edu/~umtriswt/EDI_sales-weighted-mpg.html for fuel economy (Reporting By Bernie Woodall in Detroit; editing by Matthew Lewis) Related Quotes and News Company Price Related News Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. For more information on our comment policy, see http://blogs.reuters.com/fulldisclosure/2010/09/27/toward-a-more-thoughtful-conversation-on-stories/ Comments (0) Be the first to comment on reuters.com. Add yours using the box above.

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