miles per gallon (MPG)

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• Miles per gallon — (MPG) is a metric term that measures how many miles a vehicle can travel on one gallon of fuel. It is used similarly in North America and the United Kingdom, although the Imperial gallon used in the UK is about 20% larger than the U.S.… …   Wikipedia

• miles per gallon — ➔ mpg * * * miles per gallon (ABBREVIATION mpg) ► MEASURES, TRANSPORT used for saying how much fuel a vehicle uses: »The car does around 40 miles per gallon in town. Main Entry: ↑ …   Financial and business terms

• Miles per gallon of gasoline equivalent — (MPGe) is a unit of measurement that relates efficiencies of different systems to the traditional unit of measurement for fuel efficiency (miles per gallon of gasoline).DescriptionMPGe is based on the quantity of heat energy that can be obtained… …   Wikipedia

• Miles per gallon — (MPG)   A measure of vehicle fuel efficiency. Miles per gallon or MPG represents Fleet Miles per Gallon. For each subgroup or table cell, MPG is computed as the ratio of the total number of miles traveled by all vehicles in the subgroup to the… …   Energy terms

• Miles per gallon gasoline equivalent — Monroney label showing the EPA s fuel economy equivalent ratings for the 2011 Chevrolet Volt. The rating for all electric mode (left) is expressed in miles per gallon gasoline equivalent. Miles per gallon gasoline equivalent (MPGe or MPGge) is a… …   Wikipedia

• Miles per gallon — Der Kraftstoffverbrauch gibt die Menge von Kraftstoff an, die eine Verbrennungskraftmaschine innerhalb einer bestimmten Zeit verbrennt oder die beim Zurücklegen einer bestimmten Strecke durch ein Fahrzeug verbraucht wird. Bei Straßenfahrzeugen… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• Passenger miles per gallon — (PMPG) is a metric to evaluate the energy efficiency of a vehicle. [cite web | url=http://www.railway technical.com/US fuel paper.html | title=US Railroad Passenger Miles Per Gallon | accessdate=May 2 | accessyear=2007] The PMPG can be obtained… …   Wikipedia

• MPG — abbreviation Usage: often not capitalized miles per gallon * * * miles per gallon. Also, m.p.g., M.P.G., MPG. * * * abbrev Miles per gallon * * * mpg UK [ˌem piː ˈdʒiː] US [ˌem pi ˈdʒi] abbreviation miles per gallon: the distance in miles that a… …   Useful english dictionary

• mpg — miles per gallon; used to describe the amount of petrol a vehicle uses: • a car whose fuel consumption averages 27.5 mpg * * * mpg UK US noun TRANSPORT, NATURAL RESOURCES ► ABBREVIATION for miles per gallon: a way of calculating the amount of… …   Financial and business terms

• mile per gallon — (mi/gal or mpg)    1. the unit customarily used in the United States to measure the fuel efficiency of motor vehicles. 1 mile per U.S. gallon1 equals about 0.4252 kilometers per liter. In most other countries, however, the usual measure of fuel… …   Dictionary of units of measurement

• mpg — abbreviation miles per gallon: the distance in miles that a vehicle can travel using one GALLON of gas …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English