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in 2030. Strong vehicle growth will continue through the <strong>Outlook</strong> period, at 5.7%<br />

per annum, faster than the growth rate of GDP/capita, at 5.1%. The fleet of LDVs<br />

will increase faster than any other category of transport vehicles, from 11 million<br />

in 2005 to 115 million by 2030 – an annual average rate of growth of almost 10%<br />

per annum. Excluding two- and three-wheelers, there are currently 13 vehicles<br />

per 1 000 people in India. This ratio grows to 93 by 2030. Despite this seven-fold<br />

increase, vehicle ownership in 2030 is still only 15% that of Japan today<br />

(600 vehicles per 1 000 people).<br />

Two-wheelers 8 make up over 80% of the current vehicle stock, yet they consume<br />

around 15% of road-transport fuels. The recent shift from two-stroke to fourstroke<br />

engines for these vehicles has greatly increased efficiency and reduced air<br />

pollution. Two-wheelers are the first step on the ladder to increased personal<br />

mobility, because they are cheaper than cars and are well suited to congested cities<br />

with poor public transport services. Towards the end of the projection period,<br />

ownership of two-wheelers begins to plateau, as more people purchase passenger<br />

cars. Two-wheelers still account for over 50% of the total vehicle stock in 2030<br />

(Figure 16.5).<br />

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Figure 16.5: India’s Vehicle Stock in the Reference Scenario<br />

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250<br />

million<br />

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150<br />

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2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 2025 2030<br />

Two-wheelers<br />

Trucks<br />

Buses<br />

LDVs<br />

Although the Indian vehicle stock is dominated by two-wheelers, which use motor<br />

gasoline, almost 70% of the oil used in road transport is diesel. This is due to the<br />

much higher per-vehicle consumption of heavy vehicles (mainly trucks and buses)<br />

and the increasing percentage of LDVs in India that run on diesel. The share of<br />

diesel is not expected to change significantly over the <strong>Outlook</strong> period, because the<br />

decrease in two-wheelers and the increasing share of diesel passenger cars is partly<br />

offset by the increase in buses and trucks for freight.<br />

8. Two-wheelers refer to two- and three-wheel vehicles.<br />

474 <strong>World</strong> <strong>Energy</strong> <strong>Outlook</strong> <strong>2007</strong> - INDIA’S ENERGY PROSPECTS

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