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European car market logs best year for alternative fueled vehicles, lowest diesel share since 2001

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Diesel vehicles posted their lowest market share since 2001, as demand fell by double digits in 20 of the 27 markets included in JATO’s analysis, with the biggest drops in the UK (-30%), Scandinavia (-22%) and Benelux (-22%). and recorded its lowest volume since 2014.

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US EPA extends E15 fuel waiver to MY 2001-2006 light-duty vehicles

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The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) waived a limitation on selling gasoline that contains more than 10% ethanol for model year (MY) 2001 through 2006 passenger vehicles, including cars, SUVs, and light pickup trucks. MY 2001 and newer medium-duty passenger vehicles (SUVs). Earlier post.) Vehicles that can use E15.

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Yongsoo OWC pilot plant in Korea is being prepared to produce green hydrogen

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Ocean Energy Systems (OES) is the short name for the Technology Collaboration Programme on Ocean Energy Systems, an intergovernmental collaboration between countries founded in 2001 which operates under a framework established by the International Energy Agency (IEA) in Paris.

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New Data Show Bicycling and Walking in US Up by 25% Since 2001

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The US Department of Transportation released new data from the Federal Highway Administration’s 2009 National Household Travel Survey which shows that both bicycling and walking trips have increased by 25% since 2001. The report details trends and changes in bicycling and walking since 1994.

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Prague buying 20 Solaris bi-articulated Trollino 24 electric trolleybuses

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The company added these zero-emission vehicles to its offering back in 2001. In 2020, the trolleybus was test-driven in regular passenger traffic in Bratislava. This is yet another trolleybus model in the Solaris range. Since then, it has delivered 1,800 Trollinos to customers all over Europe.

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US drivers log more than 1B miles on E15

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The EPA approves E15 for use in any vehicle manufactured since 2001, which equates to 9 out of 10 cars on the road today. That’s why Congress should pass the Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act and give drivers freedom to choose E15 year-round. Today, E15 is sold at more than 800 retail outlets across 29 states.

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Safety of flying and driving after the attacks of 9/11 revisited

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The flying data were for 1992 through 2001, and thus they included the year of the 9/11 attacks. by Michael Sivak, Sivak Applied Research. In 2003, Brandon Schoettle and I published a detailed analysis of the relative safety of flying and driving in the United States.

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