Original sentence: On August 3 the DOT reported from a sample of 120,000 rebate applications already processed, that "the average gas mileage of cars being bought was 28.3 miles per gallon, for SUV’s 21.9 miles per gallon, and for trucks, 16.3 miles per gallon, all significantly higher than required to get a rebate.President Obama signed the bill on August 7, and government officials expect that the additional funds will be exhausted by Labor Day
Edited sentence: After the first week of the program, the Department of Transportation reported that the average fuel efficiency of trade-ins was 15.8 mpg, compared to 25.4 mpg for the new cars purchased to replaced them, translating in a 61 percent fuel efficiency improvement.On August 3 the DOT reported from a -sample of 120,000 rebate applications already processed, that "the average gas mileage of cars being bought was 28.3 miles per gallon, for SUV’s 21.9 miles per gallon, and for trucks, 16.3 miles per gallon, all significantly higher than required to get a rebate.President Obama signed the bill into law on August 7, and government officials expect that the additional funds will be exhausted by Labor Day.The DOT also commented that the program participants were downsizing, rather than making one-for-one replacements, and turning in their old trucks and SUV’s for new small sedans, as 83 percent of the trade-ins were trucks, and 60 percent of new purchases were cars