Supplement Tables to the Annual Energy Outlook 2003


Table 48. Light-Duty Vehicle Miles Traveled by Technology Type
(Billion Miles, Unless Otherwise Noted)
                                                     
2001-
 
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2025
                                                       
Conventional Vehicles 1/                                                      
Gasoline ICE Vehicles
2308.3
2338.2
2399.7
2416.9
2436.0
2470.5
2510.7
2552.4
2592.8
2634.1
2679.9
2721.5
2764.6
2809.9
2850.3
2890.4
2932.3
2972.3
3016.3
3065.3
3107.2
3145.6
3188.5
3238.5
3294.0
3346.5
1.5%
TDI Diesel ICE
22.6
27.7
33.0
38.3
43.9
50.0
56.1
61.8
67.8
73.8
79.7
85.1
90.4
95.7
100.9
105.6
110.3
115.1
119.9
124.8
129.4
133.3
137.3
141.6
146.1
151.0
7.3%
                                                       
Alternative-Fuel Vehicles                                                      
Alcohol Fuel Technology                                                      
Methanol-Flex Fuel ICE
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
-11.5%
Methanol ICE
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
5.2%
Ethanol-Flex Fuel ICE
19.5
32.8
46.1
58.7
71.1
82.8
94.0
105.1
116.1
126.9
137.9
148.5
158.6
168.6
178.1
187.3
195.9
204.1
212.1
220.0
227.0
233.3
239.6
246.1
252.8
259.0
9.0%
Ethanol ICE
0.0
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.6
10.3%
Natural Gas Technology                                                      
Compressed Natural Gas ICE
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
2.5%
Compressed Natural Gas Bi-fuel
1.4
2.2
2.9
3.6
4.4
5.0
5.5
5.9
6.4
6.8
7.2
7.6
8.0
8.4
8.8
9.2
9.5
9.9
10.2
10.5
10.7
11.0
11.2
11.4
11.6
11.9
7.3%
Liquefied Petroleum Gas ICE
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.5
0.5
0.6
0.6
0.7
0.7
0.8
0.8
0.9
1.0
1.0
7.0%
Liquefied Petroleum Gas Bi-fuel
2.0
4.8
7.5
10.3
13.0
15.5
17.2
18.7
20.2
21.7
23.2
24.7
26.1
27.5
28.9
30.2
31.5
32.6
33.7
34.8
35.7
36.5
37.2
38.0
38.8
39.6
9.2%
Electric Technology                                                      
Electric Vehicle
0.1
0.2
0.3
0.4
0.5
0.7
0.8
1.0
1.1
1.4
1.6
1.9
2.2
2.5
2.8
3.2
3.6
4.1
4.7
5.2
5.9
6.6
7.3
8.0
8.6
9.2
16.5%
Electric-Diesel Hybrid
0.0
0.1
0.1
0.2
0.3
0.4
0.5
0.7
1.2
1.7
2.3
2.9
3.6
4.3
5.2
6.1
6.9
8.0
9.1
10.2
11.5
12.7
13.9
15.0
16.3
17.6
25.0%
Electric-Gasoline Hybrid
0.7
2.1
4.1
7.2
11.9
16.8
22.9
32.1
45.6
58.5
72.0
87.3
101.5
115.7
131.6
147.4
161.4
177.2
192.8
208.3
223.8
238.6
253.2
267.7
282.1
295.5
22.9%
Fuel Cell Technology                                                      
Fuel Cell Gasoline
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
N/A
Fuel Cell Methanol
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
N/A
Fuel Cell Hydrogen
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.4
0.5
0.6
N/A
                                                       
VMT Equation Components                                                      
Total VMT (billion miles)
2355.1
2408.5
2494.3
2536.1
2581.6
2642.0
2708.2
2778.2
2851.8
2925.4
3004.4
3080.3
3155.9
3233.6
3307.5
3380.4
3452.3
3524.4
3600.0
3680.4
3752.7
3819.2
3889.9
3968.1
4052.5
4132.5
2.3%
VMT per Driving Population (thousand miles)
11.4
11.5
11.7
11.8
11.8
12.0
12.1
12.3
12.4
12.6
12.8
13.0
13.1
13.3
13.5
13.7
13.9
14.1
14.3
14.5
14.6
14.8
14.9
15.1
15.3
15.5
1.3%
Driving Population (million)
213.1
215.4
217.8
220.1
222.4
224.8
227.3
229.7
232.1
234.4
236.6
238.7
240.7
242.7
244.7
246.7
248.7
250.6
252.6
254.5
256.5
258.5
260.4
262.5
264.5
266.6
0.9%
                                                       
Price Effects                                                      
Motor Gasoline Price (1987 $ per million Btu)
8.81
8.20
7.77
8.21
8.07
8.00
8.07
8.09
8.10
8.16
8.17
8.10
8.08
8.03
8.05
8.04
8.07
8.18
8.21
8.22
8.23
8.21
8.24
8.32
8.37
8.57
0.2%
Fleet Miles per Gallon
20.23
19.92
19.81
19.72
19.66
19.59
19.53
19.47
19.43
19.39
19.38
19.38
19.39
19.42
19.47
19.53
19.59
19.67
19.75
19.84
19.93
20.01
20.08
20.15
20.23
20.30
0.1%
Real Cost of Driving per Mile (1987 cents)
7.019
6.640
6.322
6.713
6.619
6.588
6.666
6.695
6.720
6.782
6.801
6.737
6.716
6.669
6.666
6.636
6.638
6.706
6.704
6.683
6.654
6.620
6.619
6.657
6.674
6.802
0.1%
Point Price Elasticity
-0.046
-0.043
-0.040
-0.043
-0.042
-0.041
-0.041
-0.041
-0.041
-0.040
-0.040
-0.039
-0.038
-0.038
-0.037
-0.036
-0.036
-0.036
-0.035
-0.035
-0.034
-0.034
-0.033
-0.033
-0.033
-0.033
-1.1%
                                                       
Income Effects                                                      
Disposable Income (billion 1987 dollars)
5737.2
5839.1
6097.6
6196.2
6272.3
6421.2
6598.7
6791.0
7003.7
7225.1
7473.7
7705.6
7944.7
8192.1
8461.4
8727.9
8994.4
9269.1
9555.7
9864.0
10135.4
10386.5
10658.9
10968.7
11302.0
11625.5
2.9%
Point Income Elasticity
0.501
0.501
0.507
0.509
0.508
0.510
0.514
0.518
0.523
0.528
0.533
0.538
0.543
0.548
0.553
0.558
0.563
0.568
0.573
0.579
0.583
0.587
0.592
0.597
0.602
0.607
0.8%
                                                       
Demographic Driving Population Effect                                                      
Percentage Female Driving Population
0.601
0.610
0.617
0.624
0.630
0.636
0.641
0.646
0.650
0.654
0.658
0.661
0.664
0.666
0.668
0.670
0.672
0.674
0.675
0.676
0.677
0.677
0.677
0.677
0.677
0.677
0.4%
Point Demographic Elasticity
0.339
0.341
0.337
0.340
0.342
0.341
0.340
0.338
0.336
0.334
0.330
0.327
0.324
0.321
0.317
0.314
0.311
0.308
0.304
0.300
0.297
0.294
0.291
0.288
0.284
0.280
-0.8%
                                                       
1/ Includes personal and fleet vehicles. Includes both cars and light trucks.
VMT = Vehicle miles traveled.
ICE = Internal combustion engine.
N/A = Not applicable.
Sources: 2001 derived using: Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics 2000 (Washington, DC, November 2001); Oak Ridge National Laboratory, TransportationEnergy Data Book: Edition 22 and Annual (Oak Ridge, TN, September 2002); United States Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, "Vehicle Inventory and Use Survey,"EC97TV (Washington, DC, October 1999); and Energy Information Administration (EIA), AEO2003 National Energy Modeling System run aeo2003.d110502c. Projections: EIA,AEO2003 National Energy Modeling System run aeo2003.d110502c.

 

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