Issue: 4 , Volume: 28 , Уear of publication: 2017

The levels of energy consumption of passenger automobiles in different countries around the world have been considered, and the main trends in energy consumption have been analyzed. Several proposals have been made on how to improve the current methodological approaches to forecasting the energy consumption in transport. Mid- and long-term forecasts of the demand for traditional and alternative energy sources for passenger automobiles in Europe and Russia have been elaborated.