Alternative Fueled Vehicles (AFVs) Number in the Hundred Thousands
October 1st, 2008 
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There is an ever widening variety of vehicles running on different fuels than fossil gasoline of diesel. Some of these are mass produced, but a great many of them are made by individuals or small companies doing aftermarket conversions.
Trying to keep the varieties straight is hard enough to do on a single level. The major variations include hydrogen cars, electric power cars and biofuel cars. There are also cars running on liquid propane and compressed natural gas. Dig down another layer and you have electric battery only vs. plug ins, biodiesel vs. ethanol and hydrogen fuel cell vs. HHO on demand.
Fortunately, the Energy Information Association of the US Federal Government has provided a convenient catchall name for them. They refer to any vehicle that is not run entirely on gasoline or diesel as an alternative fueled vehicles (AFVs). More than that, they keep track of the growing numbers of these vehicles in use each year.
The user groups surveyed are: Federal and State governments, alternate fuel providers, and transit companies. EIA combines these two sets of data and other external information to develop an estimate of AFVs for the remaining users, municipal governments and private fleets. The result is a set of AFV supply and use data that represents all AFVs in the United States.
Their latest data is broken down by number of vehicles, state, and type of fuel used. The chart is available at www.WeMakeHybrids.com What it shows for 2006 (the latest year available) will surprize you.
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