Table 4-11M: Passenger Car and Motorcycle Fuel Consumption and Travel

Wednesday, November 21, 2012

	1960	1965	1970	1975	1980	1985	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Vehicles registered (thousands)
Passenger cars	61,671	75,258	89,244	106,706	121,601	127,885	133,700	128,300	126,581	127,327	127,883	128,387	129,728	129,749	131,839	132,432	133,621	137,633	135,921	135,670	136,431	136,568
Motorcycles	574	1,382	2,824	4,964	5,694	5,444	4,259	4,177	4,065	3,978	3,757	3,897	3,872	3,826	3,879	4,152	4,346	4,903	5,004	5,370	(R) 5,370	6,227
Vehicle-kilometers traveled (millions)
Passenger cars	944,685	1,163,556	1,475,768	1,664,062	1,789,591	2,006,852	2,265,956	2,185,489	2,208,020	2,212,848	2,262,738	2,314,237	2,365,501	2,418,129	2,493,802	2,525,222	2,575,412	2,620,546	2,669,055	2,690,950	(R) 2,735,708	2,719,735
Motorcycles	^a	^a	4,828	9,012	16,415	14,645	15,450	14,806	15,450	15,933	16,415	15,772	15,965	16,224	16,549	17,033	16,848	15,512	15,372	15,413	(R) 16,290	17,333
Fuel consumed (million liters)
Passenger cars	155,849	188,222	256,723	280,650	264,911	270,725	263,344	243,466	247,702	253,804	256,931	257,681	262,030	264,571	271,396	277,406	276,582	278,450	285,690	285,627	(R) 285,427	279,630
Motorcycles	^a	^a	227	428	772	689	723	697	723	750	776	742	751	763	779	801	793	731	723	725	(R) 766	815
Average kilometers traveled per vehicle (thousands)
Passenger cars	15.3	15.5	16.5	15.6	14.7	15.7	16.9	17.0	17.4	17.4	17.7	18.0	18.2	18.6	18.9	19.1	19.3	19.0	19.6	19.8	20.1	19.9
Motorcycles	^a	^a	1.7	1.8	2.9	2.7	3.6	3.5	3.8	4.0	4.4	4.0	4.1	4.2	4.3	4.1	3.9	3.2	3.1	2.9	(R) 3.0	2.8
Average kiloemeters traveled per gallon
Passenger cars	6.1	6.2	5.7	5.9	6.8	7.4	8.6	9.0	8.9	8.7	8.8	9.0	9.0	9.1	9.2	9.1	9.3	9.4	9.3	9.4	(R) 9.6	9.7
Motorcycles	^a	^a	21.3	21.1	21.3	21.3	21.4	21.3	21.4	21.3	21.2	21.3	21.3	21.3	21.3	21.3	21.3	21.2	21.3	21.3	21.3	21.3
Average fuel consumed per vehicle (liters)
Passenger cars	2527	2501	2877	2630	2179	2117	1970	1898	1957	1993	2009	2007	2020	2039	2059	2095	2070	2023	2102	2105	(R) 2,092	2048
Motorcycles	^a	^a	80	86	136	127	170	167	178	188	207	190	194	199	201	193	182	149	145	135	143	131

KEY: R = revised.

^aIncluded in passenger car.

NOTES

See table 4-12 for other 2-axle 4-tire vehicles.

Average miles traveled per vehicle, average miles traveled per gallon, average fuel consumed per vehicle are derived by calculation.

SOURCES

Passenger car:

Number registered:

1960-94: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics Summary to 1995, FHWA-PL-97-009 (Washington, DC: July 1997), table MV-201.

1995-2005: Ibid., Highway Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual issues), table VM-1.

All other categories:

1960-94: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics Summary to 1995, FHWA-PL-97-009 (Washington, DC: July 1997), table VM-201A. For 1970-94, the unrevised motorcycle vehicle-miles and fuel consumed are subtracted from the combined passenger car and motorcycle vehicle-miles and fuel consumed from VM-201A.

1995-2005: Ibid., Highway Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual issues), table VM-1.

Motorcycle:

Number registered:

1960-94: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics Summary to 1995, FHWA-PL-97-009 (Washington, DC: July 1997), table MV-201.

1995-2005: Ibid., Highway Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual issues), table VM-1.

All other categories:

1970-85: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics Summary to 1985, table VM-201A.

1990-2005: Ibid., Highway Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual issues), table VM-1.

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Table 4-11M: Passenger Car and Motorcycle Fuel Consumption and Travel

Table 4-11M: Passenger Car and Motorcycle Fuel Consumption and Travel