That amount was set in 1993, when the average new passenger car on American roads got 28.4 miles per gallon (mpg), and the best-selling American car got 18mpg in the city and 27 on highways.

这一金额是在1993年定下的，那时新的乘用车每加仑油可以在美国道路上平均行驶28.4英里，最畅销的国产车在城里可以行驶18英里，在高速公路上可以行驶27英里。

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Hyundai often brags about its line of cars rated 40 miles per gallon on the highway, and said 37% of the vehicles it sold in October were 40-mpg models.

Hyundai经常夸耀，自己的汽车在高速路上可达每加仑40英里，并称10月份销售的汽车中，37%为每加仑40英里的模式的汽车。

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The new regulations will require cars to average 35.5 miles per gallon (MPG) and light trucks 30mpg across a manufacturer's range of vehicles, to be phased in by 2016.

新的管理规定要求车车的每加仑的行驶量为35.5英里(57.13公里)，而轻型卡车为30英里每加仑，包括所有制造商的汽车。此计划分阶段在2016年完成。

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The government rates the fuel economy of flex-fuel vehicles at about 165% the miles per gallon (mpg) they would get on straight petrol.

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Finally, a measure in the bill would require the administration to raise corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards from their current level of 25 miles per gallon (mpg) to 35 mpg by 2020.

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They support a weaker proposal than the one put forth in the Senate's version of the energy bill, which would raise the standard from 25 miles per gallon to 35 mpg by 2020.

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