Fuel Consumption & Fuel Economy ​

Notes

Fuel consumption & fuel economy are two phrases that are sometimes used interchangeably but have very different meanings. The core difference involves fuel consumption discussing how much fuel a car consumes to go a certain distance and fuel economy measures how much distance a car gets out of fuel.

Fuel economy measures how far a vehicle will go per amount of fuel (units of MPGe). Fuel consumption is the reciprocal of fuel economy, and measures the fuel used to drive a fixed distance (units of gal/100 miles or kWh/100 miles).

References

• https://energyeducation.ca/encyclopedia/Miles_per_gallon

• https://energyeducation.ca/encyclopedia/Fuel_consumption_vs_fuel_economy#:~:text=Fuel consumption and fuel economy,car gets out of fuel.

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miles_per_gallon_gasoline_equivalent#2010–2011:_Miles_per_gallon_equivalent