the us accounts for about 44% of the world’s gasoline consumption. in 2003 the us consumed , which equates to 1.3 gigalitres of gasoline each day (about 360 million us or 300 million imperial gallons). the us used about 510 billion litres (138 billion us gal/115 billion imp gal) of gasoline in 2006, of which 5.6% was mid-grade and 9.5% was premium grade.