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TABLE 1-3a Alternative Fuel Vehicles in Use: 2011

Friday, May 22, 2015

Excel

  Light duty Medium duty Heavy duty Total
Ethanol/flex fuel 819,133 43,387 317 862,837
Liquid petroleum gas/propane (LPG)  76,647 26,855 35,975 139,477
Natural gas  66,147 23,473 32,030 121,650
Compressed natural gas (CNG) 65,980 23,343 28,891 118,214
Liquefied natural gas (LNG) 167 130 3,139 3,436
Electric/battery 66,409 87 779 67,295
Hydrogen (H) 425 1 101 527
Total 1,028,761 93,803 69,222 1,191,786

NOTES: Each electric charging unit (or EVSE), including legacy chargers is counted once for each outlet available, but count does not include residential electric charging infrastructure.

SOURCES: Alternative Fuel Vehicles: U.S. Department of Energy, Alternative Fuels Data Center, Alternative Fuel Vehicles in Use 2011 (as of 05/16/13), available at http://www.eia.gov/ as of September 2013. Alternative Fuel Stations: U.S. Department of Energy, Alternative Fuels Data Center, Alternative Fueling Station Counts (as of 08/31/2013), available at http://www.afdc.energy.gov/fuels/stations_counts.html as of September 2013.