Maps and Data - Average Annual Fuel Use by Vehicle Type
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Fuels & Infrastructure: Fuel Trends
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Energy Use by Transportation Mode and Fuel Type
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Fuel Taxes by Country
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Global Ethanol Production
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Transportation Fuel Use by Mode
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Biodiesel Fueling Station Locations by State
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BioFuels Atlas
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Compressed Natural Gas Fueling Stations by State
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TransAtlas
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U.S. Alternative Fueling Stations by Fuel Type
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Fuels & Infrastructure: Transportation Infrastructure
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Miles of U.S. Transportation Infrastructure
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Fuels & Infrastructure: Biofuels Production
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BioFuels Atlas
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Biomass-Based Diesel RFS2 Mandates and RINs Retired
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Corn Production and Portion Used for Fuel Ethanol
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Global Ethanol Production
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Legislated Renewable Fuel Standard Volume Requirements
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Average Annual Fuel Use by Vehicle Type
Transit Bus | Class 8 Truck | Refuse Truck | Para. Shuttle | Taxi | Delivery Truck | School Bus | Light Truck | Light-Duty Vehicle | Car | Motorcycle | |
Annual Fuel Use (GGE) | 11242 | 10739 | 9877 | 2900 | 2808 | 1754 | 1714 | 682.5238479581914 | 522 | 475 | 54 |
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 11/20/18. 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 because of 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-largest amount of fuel. Refuse trucks, like transit buses, are inefficient because of 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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