Transportation revenue impacts from a changing light-duty vehicle fleet.

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• Creators:
  Hall, Andrea ; Walton, C. Michael ; Jin, Peter J.
• Corporate Creators:
  University of Texas at Austin. Center for Transportation Research
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Research and Innovative Technology Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Fuel consumption
  • Light vehicles
  • Revenues
  • Fuel taxes
  • Electric vehicles
  • Hybrid vehicles
  • Internal combustion engines
  • Vehicle fleets
  • Transportation policy
  • Economic impacts
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• Publication/ Report Number:
  SWUTC/13/600451-00073-1
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Texas
• Corporate Publisher:
  Southwest Region University Transportation Center (U.S.)
• Abstract:
  Advanced fuel economies in both traditional internal combustion engine vehicles (ICEs) and ; electric vehicles (EVs) have a strong influence on transportation revenue by reducing fuel ; consumption per vehicle and ultimately drawing down the amount of fuel tax revenue received. It is ; expected that more ICE vehicles with advanced fuel economies and EVs, especially gasoline hybrid ; EVs, will enter the roadway in coming years, and fuel tax revenues and the Highway Trust Fund will ; increasingly become more affected. This study estimates the impact that increased sales of advanced ; ICEs and EVs will have on future fuel tax revenues by drawing on industry estimates of future EV ; and ICE market shares and anticipates future fleet mix and fuel economy for both vehicle ; technologies. An estimation process overview is provided and assumptions are described. ; Fuel tax revenue amounts that would be expected from future light vehicle fleets with ; increased shares of EVs are compared to equivalently sized fleets composed of all ICEs, and future ; fleet mixes are estimated. Results show that as more EVs enter the light vehicle fleet, greater ; revenue losses are expected, and total losses from years 2011 through 2050 depend on fleet ; composition and fuel economy of both vehicle types. It is found that the amount of fuel taxes paid by ; ICE drivers each year remain greater than fuel taxes paid by EV drivers even with advances in the ; average ICE vehicle fuel economy. Finally, a review of alternative revenue generation methods that ; states are employing to cover fuel tax revenue gaps is given.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  DTRT12-G-UTC06
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/27391/dot_27391_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.01 MB]
• Collection(s):
  University Transportation Centers ; US Transportation Collection
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