Maps and Data - Average Annual Fuel Use of Major Vehicle Categories
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Fuels & Infrastructure: Biofuels Production
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Total Advanced RFS2 Mandates and RINs Generated
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Total RFS2 Mandates and RINs Generated
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TransAtlas
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U.S. Biodiesel Production, Exports, and Consumption
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U.S. Corn Use by Market Year
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U.S. Ethanol Plants, Capacity, and Production
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U.S. Soybean and Corn Prices
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U.S. Total Corn Production and Corn Used for Fuel Ethanol Production
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Regulated Fleets: Federal Fleets
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AFV Acquisitions, Requirements, and Credits for Federal Agencies
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Clean Cities
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Clean Cities Coalition Locations
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Clean Cities Funding
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Clean Cities: Energy Use Impact
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Clean Cities Annual Energy Use Impact
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Clean Cities Cumulative Energy Use Impact
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Clean Cities Energy Shifted by AFV Type
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Clean Cities Petroleum Saved by Fuel Economy and VMT Reduction
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Clean Cities Petroleum Saved by Idle Reduction
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Regulated Fleets: State & Alt Fuel Providers
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AFV Acquisitions by Regulated Fleets (by Fleet Type)
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AFV Acquisitions by Regulated Fleets (by Fuel Type)
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Annual Vehicle Credits Earned and Used by Regulated Fleets
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Laws & Incentives
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Regulated Fleets: State & Alt Fuel Providers
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Biodiesel Purchases by EPAct-Regulated Fleets
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Clean Cities: Vehicles
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Clean Cities Alternative Fuel Vehicle Inventory
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Clean Cities Energy Shifted by AFV Type
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Laws & Incentives
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Regulated Fleets: State & Alt Fuel Providers
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EPAct State & Alternative Fuel Provider Fleet Exemptions
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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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