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Technology and Program Market Data – Vehicle Technologies
This Web page includes a summary of market data for the Vehicle Technologies Program. Data includes market penetration; industry trends; cost, price, and performance trends; policy and market drivers; as well as future outlook.
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory led an effort initiated by the Strategic Planning and Analysis group of the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) to produce a full report, which this page summarizes. The following documents are available as Adobe Acrobat PDFs. Download Adobe Reader.
2008 Vehicle Technologies Market Report
The 2008 Vehicle Technologies Market Report (PDF 1.8 MB) details the major trends in transportation energy and the underlying trends that caused them. The report opens with a summary of the economic sector, including sector-wide energy consumption trends. The second section discusses light vehicles, and the third section discusses heavy vehicles. The fourth section discusses the policies that shape the transportation sector, and the fifth section makes projections about what will happen in the transportation sector in the next five years. Highlights include:
- Energy consumed by the transportation sector decreased, and the number of miles traveled by Americans in 2008 declined from the previous year for the first time in 28 years. These contractions are a temporary aberration from the broader trend of a growing transportation sector.
- In 2008, the transportation sector used 28 quads of energy, which is 28% of total U.S. energy use. Nearly all of the energy consumed in this sector is petroleum (95%), with small amounts of renewable fuels (3%) and natural gas (2%).
- Light vehicles consume 76% of the energy used by the transportation sector on-road (excluding farm equipment, air, water, and rail transportation).
- Class 8 trucks comprise only 42% of the heavy- and medium-truck fleet, but they account for 78% of the fuel consumed by medium and heavy trucks.
- Of the top 100 global suppliers, the top four specializing in engines in 2003 are also the top suppliers in 2007. Though ranks remain unchanged, sales volumes to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) have increased for all of these suppliers.
- Due to myriad economic woes in the United States, sales of cars and light trucks in 2008 were dismal.
- Light trucks make up 48% of new vehicle sales. A decrease in light-truck sales' shares between 2005 and 2008 signify a consumer shifted toward cars.
- Average vehicle costs have fluctuated from 2004 to 2008, but the overall trend is a slight decline in average price.
- Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE ) rules increased slightly from 2004 to 2008.
- From 2004 to 2008, new cars gained an average of 79 pounds (2.3%) and light trucks gained an average of 32 pounds (1.6%). During the same period, transmissions have evolved along two dimensions to become more efficient.
- The number of HEVs sold increased 271% from its 2004 level.
- Since 2006, more than 50% of new cars sold in Europe have been diesels
- From 2004 to 2008, the total number of alternative fuel stations changed little—from 5,720 in 2004 to 5,756 in 2008—but the number of stations offering E85 and biodiesel increased significantly.
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