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Interesting, thanks. I've always found the manufacturers' figures to be optimistic, but the real figures do seem to have improved over time. Perhaps not the cas
by tom_ 3y ago
Interesting, thanks. I've always found the manufacturers' figures to be optimistic, but the real figures do seem to have improved over time. Perhaps not the case with trucks.
- linksnapzz 3y agoIt’s the same. The gains made possible by new technologies for extracting more output from a given quantity of fuel are balanced by the regressions caused by new technologies to ameliorate emissions. With the emissions-controls reduced to what was legally required in 2003, a new-ish Mercedes E-class diesel is efficient enough to drive from Framingham MA to Beloit WI on a single tank of fuel, at highway speeds.