How much diesel do I use per km?

How much diesel do I use per km?

Data on fuel consumption of trucks Let’s settle on an average of around 30 or 40 litres of diesel every 100 km. For larger trucks with a payload around 23,500 kg the consumption can increase up to 38 litres per 100 kilometres.

How many kms can a car travel on 1 litre of diesel?

Depending upon your vehicle & assuming it to be a normal domestic car, one can expect to get 1 liter diesel = 14–17 kms of mileage.

How much fuel do you use per km?

The calculation is: litres / distance * 100 = l/100km. For example: 57 litres / 635 km * 100 = 8.98l/100km. If you know the price of fuel, then you can simply multiply the price per litre by the result and that gives you your cost per 100km.

What is a good fuel capacity?

Anything that is listed as less than 6-litres/100km or more than 16.5km/1-litre is considered to be pretty good. The first (and most common) reference is litres per 100km (litres/100km). This is how many litres of fuel the car needs in order to travel 100km. You’ll often see it referred to as ‘fuel economy’.

How far will 4 litres of diesel get me?

In an average diesel car you will realistically get at least 50–70 miles per gallon. A gallon is about 4.5 litres so you should get about 12–14 miles.

How much fuel does a 1.6 hold?

In the US an average compact car has a 1.6 L, 4 doors, auto trans, ac, air bags, ABS, and weighs about 3000 pounds. These cars are usually EPA fuel use rated around 25 city and 35 highway mpg. Since 100 km is about 62 miles, that means about two gallons of gasoline is about average. That’s about 7.5 liters.

How many litres of petrol does a R500 take?

27.26 litres
R500 will give you 27.26 litres of petrol at this price.

How is diesel consumption calculated?

Or, to work it out yourself:

1. Fill your tank to the top.
2. Zero the trip counter.
3. When you next fill up, note the mileage driven.
4. Fill the tank again and note the number of litres put in.
5. Divide the number of miles driven by the amount of fuel used in litres (miles per litre)

Which diesel car is the most fuel efficient?

Top 10: Most Economical Diesel Cars

• Honda Civic 1.6 i-DTEC (Official fuel economy – 80.7mpg)
• Ford Fiesta 1.5 TDCi (Official fuel economy – 78.5mpg)
• Dacia Sandero 1.5 dCi (Official fuel economy – 80.7mpg)
• Citroen/DS 3 1.6 BlueHDI (Official fuel economy – 78.5mpg)
• Alfa Romeo Mito 1.3 JTDM (Official fuel economy – 83.1mpg)