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On-Road AFVs Made Available by Year

	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
E85 Flex Fuel Vehicle	216.165	426.724	600.832	581.774	834.976	859.261	674.678	743.948	1011.399	1115.069	1175.345	805.777	1484.945	2116	2467
Compressed Natural Gas (CNG)	10.221	13.425	9.501	11.121	8.988	6.122	7.752	3.304	3.128	2.487	4.44	3.77	4.973	5.674	11.664
Electric	1.844	1.957	6.215	6.682	15.484	12.395	2.2	2.281	2.715	3.152	2.802	2.255	2.229	11.785	34.339
Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG)	5.62	5.955	4.435	3.201	1.667	2.111	2.15	0.7	0.473	0.356	0.695	0.861	0.747	1.054	1.812
Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)	0.38	0.04	0.411	0.393	0.147	0.111	0.136	0.068	0.092	0.026	0.384	0.126	0.231	0.137	0.284
Hydrogen	0	0	0	0	0.002	0.006	0.031	0.074	0.04	0.063	0.063	0.026	0.064	0.107	0.1

Source: Energy Information Administration, Alternatives to Traditional Transportation Fuels 1998-2012 reports.

This chart shows the number of on-road alternative fuel vehicles (AFVs) that were sold, leased, or converted in the United States between 1998 and 2012. Flex-fuel vehicles, which are capable of running on E85, plain gasoline, or any ethanol-gasoline blends in between, represent the vast majority of AFVs made available in the market. This is due to their ability to use readily available gasoline and to federal regulations that require vehicle manufacturers to produce vehicles capable of running on non-petroleum based fuels. For comparison, see Light-Duty Vehicles Sold in the U.S.

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