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Toyota Europe Q1 hybrid sales up 82.3% for 20% of total sales; Auris Hybrid the leader

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Cumulative sales of Toyota and Lexus full hybrid models in Europe since 2000 reached 544,184 units at the end of March 2013, contributing to some 10% of Toyota’s global full hybrid sales. The European automotive industry is still experiencing an increasingly shrinking market. Both models performed strongly across markets in Europe.

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Study reports non-US global shale gas recoverable resources of 5,760 Tcf; global shale gas boosts total recoverable natural gas resources by 40%

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These include France, Poland, Turkey, Ukraine, South Africa, Morocco, and Chile. Tcf in 2000. The first is those countries that currently depend heavily on natural gas imports but that also have significant shale gas resources. In 2010, US shale gas production reached 4.87

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War in Ukraine: We Need to Talk About Fossil Fuels

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He took the first step in Crimea in 2014 , and in the early morning hours of 24 February he ordered a large-scale invasion of Ukraine. produced fuels was further reduced by an accelerated shift away from coal, which in 2020 was down to 11 percent of primary supply, from 18 percent in 2000. Consumption of E.U.-produced

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Cupra Born to be priced about $60K; Tavascan, UrbanRebel confirmed for Australia

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Cupra global head Wayne Griffiths was in Australia for the local launch of the brand and says the company is honing in on a specific part of the market. “We The company suggests it will sell maybe 1000 or 2000 EVs annually in 2023 and 2024 as part of that plan. “We Focus on performance, design. We don’t want to be that.