Alternative fuels used by U.S. highway vehicles | Statista

The graph shows the estimated consumption of alternative fuels by U.S. highway vehicles from 1992 to 2011. In 2008, 62.46 million gasoline-equivalent gallons of 85 percent ethanol were consumed by highway vehicles in the United States.

Estimated consumption of alternative fuels by U.S. highway vehicles from 1992 to 2011 (in 1,000 gasoline-equivalent gallons)*

Year	Liquefied petroleum gases	Compressed natural gas	Liquefied natural gas	85 percent ethanol*	Electricity**	Hydrogen	Other fuels
11	124,457	220,247	26,242	137,165	7,635	174	0
10	126,354	210,007	26,072	90,323	4,847	152	0
09	129,631	199,513	25,652	71,213	4,956	140	2
08	147,784	189,358	25,554	62,464	5,050	117	2
07	152,360	178,565	24,594	54,091	5,037	66	2
06	173,130	172,011	23,474	44,041	5,104	41	2
05	188,171	166,878	22,409	38,074	5,219	25	2
04	211,883	158,903	20,888	31,581	5,269	8	0
03	224,697	133,222	13,503	26,376	5,141	2	0
02	223,143	120,670	9,382	17,783	7,274	-	-
01	215,876	104,496	8,921	14,623	4,066	-	-
00	212,576	86,475	7,259	12,071	3,058	-	-
99	209,817	79,620	5,828	3,916	1,524	-	-
98	241,386	72,412	5,343	1,727	1,202	-	-
97	238,356	65,192	3,714	1,280	1,010	-	-
96	239,158	46,923	3,247	694	773	-	-
95	232,701	35,162	2,759	190	663	-	-
94	248,467	24,160	2,345	80	430	-	-
93	264,655	21,603	1,901	48	288	-	-
92	208,142	16,823	585	21	359	-	-

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July 2013

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United States

Survey time period

1992 to 2011

Supplementary notes

Electricity excludes gasoline-electric hybrids.

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