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Figure 7-14 Highway Vehicle Fuel Use and Travel: 2014-Projected to 2040

Wednesday, February 22, 2017

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  2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030 2031 2032 2033 2034 2035 2036 2037 2038 2039 2040
Light-duty vehicle fuel use 131 133 136 136 136 134 133 130 128 125 122 120 117 115 112 111 109 107 106 105 104 103 102 102 102 101 101
Light-duty vehicle VMT 2,759 2,848 2,951 3,027 3,078 3,112 3,140 3,158 3,178 3,199 3,223 3,247 3,270 3,292 3,316 3,339 3,364 3,387 3,408 3,429 3,451 3,474 3,496 3,518 3,541 3,563 3,586
Medum & heavy-duty vehicle fuel use 43 45 45 45 46 46 46 46 47 47 48 48 49 49 49 50 50 51 51 52 52 53 54 54 55 56 57
Medium & heavy-duty vehicle VMT 270 280 285 289 294 300 305 309 314 320 327 332 337 342 346 351 356 360 364 369 375 380 386 392 399 405 412

KEY: VMT = Vehicle-miles Travelled.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration, Annual Energy Outlook 2015. Reference Case table 7. Available at http://www.eia.gov/forecasts/aeo/ as of April 2016.