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General

Legacy ID
201

Glossary

Air carrier: Certificated provider of scheduled and nonscheduled services.

Alternative fueled vehicle: A vehicle designed to operate on an alternative fuel (e.g., compressed natural gas, propane, electricity). The vehicle can be either a dedicated vehicle designed to operate...

7-10 Diesel-Electric Hybrids: 2004–2014

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Notes: Includes the total number of vehicles that were manufactured or converted by vehicle suppliers (companies or organizations) in the associated calendar year.

Source: U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Information...

7-9 Gasoline Hybrid and Electric Vehicle Sales: 2000–2015

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Notes: Includes the new sales of light duty gasoline vehicles including hybrid-electric vehicles (HEV), plug-in hybrid-electric vehicles (PHEV), and electric vehicles (EV). Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles include plug-in hybrid and...

7-8 Alternative Fuel Vehicles by Fuel Type: 2004–2014

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aFlex fuel/ethanol 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).

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

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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...

7-6 Highway Vehicle Air Pollutant Emissions: 2002–2014

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Key: PM-10 = airborne particulates of less than 10 microns; PM-2.5 = airborne particulates of less than 2.5 microns.

Notes: Indices are calculated using data on highway vehicle emissions only. Particulate matters...

7-5 Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Transportation Mode: 2014

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Key: GHG = greenhouse gas. TgCO2 Eq. = teragrams of carbon dioxide equivalent. A teragram = 1 million metric tons.

Note: Percents may not add to 100 due to rounding. Does not include International Bunker Fuels.

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7-4 Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Sector: 1990–2014

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Key: TgCO2 Eq. = teragrams of carbon dioxide equivalent. A teragram = 1 million metric tons.

Note: Electric power sector emissions are distributed across sectors. Emissions include CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, and SF6....

7-2 Transportation Energy Use by Source: 2015

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percent of Btu consumed

Key: Btu = British thermal unit.

Notes: Includes primary energy consumed. Excludes electricity retail sales and electrical system energy losses.

Source: U.S....