U.S. Department of Energy - Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

Vehicle Technologies Office

Fact #61: May 12, 1998
Growth in Motor Vehicles: 1940-1996

Graph showing growth in motor vehicles 1940 to 1996

Supporting Information

  1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 1996
United States 32.4 49.2 73.9 108.4 155.8 188.8 206.4
World 46.1 70.4 126.9 246.4 411 583 671.4

Source: American Automobile Manufacturers Association, World Motor Vehicles Data 1998 Edition, 1998.

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