Maps and Data - Average Annual Fuel Use of Major Vehicle Categories
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Fuels & Infrastructure: Fuel Trends
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Fuel Taxes by Country
Comparison of gasoline and diesel taxes in Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development countries Last update March 2019
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Global Ethanol Production
Quantity of ethanol produced by country from 2007-2017 Last update October 2018
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Transportation Energy Use by Mode and Fuel Type
Amount of fuel consumed by different transportation modes Last update September 2014
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Transportation Fuel Use by Mode
Percentage of fuel used by various transportation modes in the U.S. Last update April 2016
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U.S. Biodiesel Production, Exports, and Consumption
Trend of U.S. biodiesel production, exports, and consumption from 2001-2017 Last update October 2018
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U.S. Consumption of Ethanol and MTBE Oxygenates
Trend of ethanol and MTBE consumption as oxygenates and gasohol blends from 1978-2014 Last update April 2016
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U.S. Production, Consumption, and Trade of Ethanol
Trend of total ethanol fuel production and consumption from 1981-2015 Last update September 2016
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U.S. Production, Consumption, and Trade of Petroleum Products
Trend of total petroleum product production, consumption, and trade from 1949-2014 Last update August 2015
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Fuels & Infrastructure: Alternative Fueling Stations
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BioFuels Atlas
BioFuels Atlas is an interactive map for comparing biomass feedstocks and biofuels by location. This tool helps users select from and apply biomass data layers to a map, as well as query and download biofuels and feedstock data. The state zoom function summarizes state energy use and infrastructure for traditional and bioenergy power, fuels, and resources. The tool also calculates the biofuels potential for a given area. BioFuels Atlas was developed by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory with funding from the DOE Biomass Program.
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TransAtlas
TransAtlas is an interactive map that uses a Google Maps interface to display: Existing and planned alternative fueling stations Alternative fuel production facilities Light-duty vehicle density Roads and political boundaries Users can customize the map display and print and query the underlying data. TransAtlas is part of a suite of geographic analysis tools for renewable energy developed at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory.
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U.S. Alternative Fueling Stations by Fuel Type
Download station data for a variety of alternative fuels. Last update September 2018
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Fuels & Infrastructure: Transportation Infrastructure
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Miles of U.S. Transportation Infrastructure
Distance covered by different types of transportation infrastructure Last update July 2014
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Public Retail Gasoline Stations by Year
Trend of gasoline stations by state from 1996-2012 Last update July 2014
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Fuels & Infrastructure: Biofuels Production
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BioFuels Atlas
BioFuels Atlas is an interactive map for comparing biomass feedstocks and biofuels by location. This tool helps users select from and apply biomass data layers to a map, as well as query and download biofuels and feedstock data. The state zoom function summarizes state energy use and infrastructure for traditional and bioenergy power, fuels, and resources. The tool also calculates the biofuels potential for a given area. BioFuels Atlas was developed by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory with funding from the DOE Biomass Program.
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Biomass-Based Diesel RFS2 Mandates and RINs Generated
Last update February 2016
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Cellulosic RFS2 Mandates and RINs Generated
Last update February 2016
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Global Ethanol Production
Quantity of ethanol produced by country from 2007-2017 Last update October 2018
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Renewable Fuel RFS2 Mandates and RINs Generated
Last update February 2016
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Average Annual Fuel Use of Major Vehicle Categories
| Class 8 Truck | Transit Bus | Refuse Truck | Para. Shuttle | Taxi | Delivery Truck | School Bus | Police | Light Truck | Light-Duty Vehicle | Car | Motorcycle | |
| Annual Fuel Use (GGE) | 12888.82109064051 | 10439.60674397314 | 9876.738305941846 | 3065.027975288495 | 2813.296 | 1974.153958990496 | 1896.333754740834 | 1423.474178403756 | 682.5238479581914 | 524.4252310096491 | 480.2832054774985 | 55.64944206208696 |
Source: Federal Highway Administration Highway Statistics 2016, Table VM-1. Accessed 11/20/18. Gordon, Deborah, Juliet Burdelski, and James S. Cannon. Greening Garbage Trucks: New Technologies for Cleaner Air. Inform, Inc. 2003. ISBN #0-918780-80-2. Calculated from statistics found in American Public Transit Association's Public Transportation Fact Book 2017. Accessed 06/16/2014. Taxicab, Limousine & Paratransit Association's 2014 Taxicab Fact Book. Available for purchase at, http://www.tlpa.org/reports/index.cfm#1. American School Bus Council. National School Bus Fuel Data. Accessed 11/21/18.
This chart shows average annual fuel use (per vehicle) of major vehicle categories in the United States. The two factors affecting the average annual fuel use of a vehicle are the average miles per year (correlative) and the fuel economy of the vehicle (inversely correlative). Transit buses, which are relatively inefficient due to their stop-and-go drive cycles and heavy loads, consume more fuel on average than any other vehicle type. Class 8 trucks, which typically travel long distances carrying heavy loads, use the second-most amount of fuel. Refuse trucks, like transit buses, are inefficient due to their heavy loads and stop-and-go drive cycles. The last four vehicle types are owned by individual consumers, and they each use a fraction of the fuel used by fleet-based vehicles, on a per-vehicle basis. See also Average Annual Vehicle Miles Traveled by Major Vehicle Categories and Average Fuel Economy of Major Vehicle Categories.
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