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7-7 Fuel Economy of Light-Duty Vehicles: 1990–2014

Wednesday, January 4, 2017

Graphic Version | Excel

Miles per gallon

Year Passenger car
CAFE standard
Light-truck
CAFE standard
Passenger car
EPA unadj. lab
Light-truck
EPA unadj. Lab
Light-duty on-road fleet
1990 27.5 20.0 28.0 20.8 17.8
1991 27.5 20.2 28.4 21.3 18.7
1992 27.5 20.2 27.9 20.8 18.8
1993 27.5 20.4 28.4 21.0 18.7
1994 27.5 20.5 28.3 20.8 19.4
1995 27.5 20.6 28.6 20.5 19.7
1996 27.5 20.7 28.5 20.8 19.6
1997 27.5 20.7 28.7 20.6 19.7
1998 27.5 20.7 28.8 21.0 19.8
1999 27.5 20.7 28.3 20.9 19.6
2000 27.5 20.7 28.5 21.3 20.0
2001 27.5 20.7 28.8 20.9 20.2
2002 27.5 20.7 29.0 21.4 20.1
2003 27.5 20.7 29.5 21.8 19.5
2004 27.5 20.7 29.5 21.5 19.6
2005 27.5 21.0 30.3 22.1 20.2
2006 27.5 21.6 30.1 22.5 20.4
2007 27.5 22.2 31.2 23.1 21.3
2008 27.5 22.4 31.5 23.6 21.8
2009 27.5 23.0 32.9 24.8 21.7
2010 27.5 23.4 33.9 25.2 21.5
2011 30.2 24.3 33.1 24.7 21.4
2012 33 25.3 35.4 25.0 21.5
2013 33.5 25.8 36.2 25.6 21.6
2014 34.2 26.2 36.4 26.3 21.4

Key: CAFE = Corporate Average Fuel Economy.

Notes: New fleet data and CAFE standards are for vehicle model years. On-road fleet data include passenger cars and light trucks and are estimated using average miles traveled per gallon of fuel consumed for each calendar year.

Source: As cited in U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, National Transportation Statistics, table 4-23, available at www.bts.gov as of October 2016.