TRANSPORTATION ENERGY DATA BOOK: EDITION 22 - Center for ...

Chapter 7
Light Vehicles and Characteristics
Summary Statistics from Tables in this Chapter
Source
Table 7.1 Passenger cars, 2000
Registrations (thousands) 133,621
Vehicle miles (million miles) 1,601,914
Fuel economy (miles per gallon) 22.0
Table 7.2 Two-axle, four-tire trucks, 2000
Registrations (thousands) 79,085
Vehicle miles (million miles) 924,018
Fuel economy (miles per gallon) 17.5
Table 7.5 Light truck share of total light vehicle sales
1970 calendar year 14.8%
2001 calendar year 50.5%
Table 7.7 Automobile sales, 2001 sales period 8, 307,985
Minicompact 33,206
Subcompact 922,287
Compact 3,058,389
Midsize 2,669,116
Large 1,506,890
Two-seater 118,097
Table 7.8 Light truck sales, 2001 sales period 8,019,518
Small pickup 819,033
Large pickup 1,987,833
Small van 1,050,952
Large van 323,806
Small SUV 894,788
Medium SUV 2,158,012
Large SUV 785,094
Tables 7.18 Corporate average fuel economy (mpg)
and 7.19 Automobile standard, MY 2002 27.5
Automobile fuel economy, MY 2002 28.8
Light truck standard, MY 2002 20.7
Light truck fuel economy, MY 2002 21.2
Table 7.24 Average fuel economy loss from 55 to 70 mph 17.1%
TRANSPORTATION ENERGY DATA BOOK: EDITION 22—2002
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