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Estimated Number of Alternative Fueled Vehicles in Use, by User Group
Data for: 2008
Report Release: April 2010
Next Release Date: April 2011
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Table V7. Estimated Number of Alternative Fueled Vehicles in Use, by User Group, 2004 - 2008
User Group 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Federal Agencies 85,309 89,182 107,125 122,288 137,809
State Agencies 57,452 63,391 71,798 79,261 93,221
Electric Fuel Providers 9,833 9,034 9,003 9,679 9,370
Natural Gas Fuel Providers 8,597 7,867 7,078 6,051 5,707
Propane Fuel Providers 14,355 14,666 13,100 10,303 7,875
Transit Agencies 10,842 11,210 11,651 11,280 11,924
Other Private & Municipal Governmentsa  379,104 396,775 414,807 456,904 509,761
Total 565,492 592,125 634,562 695,766 775,667
  aIncludes Private business entities except Fuel Providers, which are shown separately in this table.  Also includes municipal (local) government agencies except Transit Agencies, which are shown separately in this table.  
  Notes:   Excludes gasoline-electric and diesel-electric hybrids.  Excludes E85 vehicles used by private individuals (non-fleet users) because most of those are believed to be in use as traditional gasoline-powered vehicles. Vehicles in Use do not include concept and demonstration vehicles that are not ready for delivery to end users.  
  Source: U. S. Energy Information Administration, Office of Coal, Nuclear, Electric, and Alternate Fuels and the DOE/GSA Federal Automotive Statistical Tool (FAST).