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7-8 Onroad Alternative Fuel Vehicles by Year: 1998–2012

Monday, December 28, 2015

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Year Flex Fuel Vehicle a Hydrogen Propane Electric b Natural gas c Total
2004 674,678 31 2,150 2,200 7,888 686,947
2005 743,948 74 700 2,281 3,372 750,375
2006 1,011,399 40 473 2,715 3,220 1,017,847
2007 1,115,069 63 356 3,152 2,513 1,121,153
2008 1,175,345 63 695 2,802 4,824 1,183,729
2009 805,777 26 861 2,255 3,896 812,815
2010 1,484,945 64 747 2,229 5,204 1,493,189
2011 2,116,273 107 1,054 11,785 5,811 2,135,030
2012 2,466,743 100 1,812 34,339 11,948 2,514,942

aFlex fuel vehicles are capable of running on E85, plain gasoline, or any ethanol-gasoline blends in between. bExcludes gasoline-electric hybrids. cIncludes compressed natural gas (CNG) and liquified natural gas (LNG).

Notes: Includes the number of on-road alternative fuel vheicles that were sold, leased, or converted in the United States between 1998 and 2012 and reported to the EIA.

Source: U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration, available at www.afdc.energy.gov/data as of October 2015.