• cooljimy84@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Wait that’s still the mpg in the us ? That’s the same gallon we use in the uk ? (As I learnt the a us gallon can be different when talking about whisky or some thing along those lines…)

    • mean_bean279@lemmy.world
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      5 months ago

      They are different standards, 100%! I hate that MPG in both English speaking countries means two different things. It’s like how Americas horsepower number is different than Britains. I feel bad for Canada too who’s caught between British units and American Units, and that’s before being dragged into the metric vs imperial. It’s unfortunate.

      • n2burns@lemmy.ca
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        5 months ago

        Eh, we Canadians officially use L/100km, which just make so much more sense to compare fuel efficiency. MPG can be so misleading.

    • niucllos
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      5 months ago

      UK mpg are different than US mpg, it looks like 1 mpg US is ~1.2 mpg UK