Average gas mileage on new cars, SUVs and pickup trucks sold in November was 24.9 miles per gallon, according to the University of Michigan's Transportation Research Institute.

The institute has been tracking new-car mileage since 2007. In a release Friday, it said the November fuel-economy rating was an improvement of 4.8 mpg since monitoring began. But it was lower than the peak, 25.5 mpg, set in August 2014.

According to the federal government's CAFE (corporate average fuel economy) standards, "fleet-wide fuel economy" by 2021 should be at least 40.3 miles per gallon.

Michael Sivak, director of sustainable worldwide transportation for the Michigan institute, said in Friday's release that November's 24.9 mpg rating was unchanged from October's.

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8/26/17 - Atlanta, GA - Georgia leaders, including Gov. Nathan Deal, Sandra Deal, members of the King family, and Rep. Calvin Smyre,  were on hand for unveiling of the first statue of Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday at the statehouse grounds, more than three years after Gov. Nathan Deal first announced the project.  During the hour-long ceremony leading to the unveiling of the statue of Martin Luther King Jr. at the state Capitol on Monday, many speakers, including Gov. Nathan Deal, spoke of King's biography. The statue was unveiled on the anniversary of King's famed "I Have Dream" speech. BOB ANDRES  /BANDRES@AJC.COM

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