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Vehicles: Fuel Consumption and Efficiency
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Clean Cities Petroleum Savings by Idle Reduction
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Composition of New U.S. Light-Duty Vehicles by Vehicle Type Over Time
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Efficiency and Power of U.S. Light-Duty Vehicles Over Time
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Energy Use in Light-Duty Vehicles
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Fuel Economy at Various Driving Speeds
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Per Capita Energy Expenditures by Sector
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Relationship Between Light-Duty Fuel Economy and Lifetime Fuel Use
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Transportation Fuel Use by Mode
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Vehicle Fuel Efficiency (CAFE) Requirements by Year
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AFV and HEV Model Offerings, By Manufacturer
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BioFuels Atlas
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Light-Duty Vehicles Sold in the U.S.
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Self-Propelled Vehicles by Mode in the U.S.
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TransAtlas
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Annual Vehicle Miles Traveled in the U.S.
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Average Commute to Work by State (Shortest and Longest)
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Average Fuel Economy of Major Vehicle Categories
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Means of Transportation to Work
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Monthly Fluctuation in U.S. Vehicle Miles Traveled
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Share of All Vehicle Trips by Trip Length
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U.S. Light-Duty Fuel Consumption and Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT)
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Fuels & Infrastructure: Fuel Trends
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Annual Percent Growth of Vehicles in Operation
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Average Per-Passenger Fuel Economy of Various Travel Modes
Intercity Rail | Airlines | Transit Rail | Motorcycles | Commuter Rail | Cars | Light trucks | Transit Buses | Demand response** | |
pmpGGE | 55.0807240704501 | 50.8535310620434 | 50.5927131336406 | 48.7056012631929 | 44.5343848580442 | 38.5930411467153 | 33.8159595518191 | 31.4601451666117 | 8.53498511904762 |
Source: Oak Ridge National Laboratory Transportation Energy Data Book 33, Table 2.12.
Notes: *Fuel use is measured in gasoline-gallon equivalents (GGEs), representing a quantity of fuel or electricity with the same energy content as a gallon of gasoline. Rail is powered by electricity to a large extent.
This chart shows average per-passenger fuel economy of various modes of passenger travel. All forms of rail achieve relatively high values due to high ridership and energy efficiency of rail transport. Airlines are an increasingly efficient form of transport as more passengers are fit onto planes and ticketing software fills most planes to capacity. Motorcycles achieve a high number of passenger miles per gallon, owing to very high fuel efficiency. Transit buses are not very efficient at their current ridership rates, where, on average, a given bus is less than 25% full. Demand response vehicles are the least efficient, because they need to use fuel just to get to the passenger.
** Includes passenger cars, vans, and small buses operating in response to calls from passengers to a dispatcher.
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