minus-squareFjordDan@lemmy.ziptoLemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world•The cheap ones leave the best residuelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 days agoIIRC, the US measure how efficient an engine burn an amount of fuel, while Europe measure the emissions of the distance traveled. Quick and simplified example to illustrate the difference: US car getting 33.5mpg (7.0 l/100km) emitting 126g of CO2 per kilometer. That’s 18g of CO2 per liter of fuel. EU car getting 39.2mpg (6.0 l/100km) emitting 120g of CO2 per kilometer. That’s 20g of CO2 per liter of fuel. It’s been years since I read about this, so I can’t remember the details of how/what it’s measured. linkfedilink
IIRC, the US measure how efficient an engine burn an amount of fuel, while Europe measure the emissions of the distance traveled.
Quick and simplified example to illustrate the difference:
US car getting 33.5mpg (7.0 l/100km) emitting 126g of CO2 per kilometer. That’s 18g of CO2 per liter of fuel.
EU car getting 39.2mpg (6.0 l/100km) emitting 120g of CO2 per kilometer. That’s 20g of CO2 per liter of fuel.
It’s been years since I read about this, so I can’t remember the details of how/what it’s measured.