Where do people use “km/liter” for fuel consumption?

By John | July 27, 2006

Filling up

The Economist, not for the first time, has an article where fuel consumption is quoted in miles per gallon (mpg) and km per liter (km/l). In Germany, and as far as I know, in all other European countries fuel comsumption is measured in liters per 100 km, the same in Australia. I’m not aware of any country using km/l. So where does The Economist get the idea that quoting km/l is helpful to their readers? Which countries use it?

(To convert mpg to l/100 km you can use this calculator.)

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4 Comments

  1. Howard
    Posted Friday, July 28 , 2006 at 08:07 | Permalink

    How about writing to them and asking them?
    We are always ready to open our horizons :)

  2. John
    Posted Friday, July 28 , 2006 at 19:07 | Permalink

    I already did, of course – keep your eye on reader’s letters in the next issue. They have already confirmed receipt of the letter, but I’m not counting on getting it published…

  3. Helena
    Posted Thursday, August 03 , 2006 at 19:08 | Permalink

    In Latin America we do use km/l to measure the fuel consumption of a vehicle.

  4. John
    Posted Friday, August 04 , 2006 at 04:08 | Permalink

    Thanks, Helena – I did check quite a few countries before posting and couldn’t find any! (I’ll still be interested to see if the economist replies to my reader’s letter.)

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