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Total Sales of Toyota and Lexus Hybrids Top 1M Mark in US

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Toyota plans to introduce 10 new hybrid models between now and 2012 in various global markets, with sales of one million gas-electric hybrids per year, worldwide, sometime early in the next decade. The second-generation Prius launched in the fall of 2003 as a 2004 model year. million Prius sold worldwide.

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BP Statistical Review finds global oil share down for 12th year in a row, coal share up to highest level since 1969; renewables at 2%

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Oil demand grew by less than 1%—the slowest rate amongst fossil fuels—while gas grew by 2.2%, and coal was the only fossil fuel with above average annual consumption growth at 5.4% Gas production globally grew by 3.1%; the US recorded 7.7% The EU’s decline in gas production was the highest on record (-11.4%).

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Global auto production may hit 80+ million units this year; hybrids below 2% of total output

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Electric vehicle (EV) production remains at barely perceptible levels, according to the report. China, for instance, wants to put 5 million plug-in hybrid-electric and fully electric vehicles on its roads by 2020, which could account for more than 40% of the global EV fleet that year. million EVs and a fleet of 3.5

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FEV, Inc. to Show Full-Sized Pickup Truck with Solid SCR System for NOx Reduction

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A number of companies have investigated ammonium carbamate-based SCR systems; sublimation of the carbamate is achieved by a local heater (spray or electrically warmed oil circulation). Sublimation is also reversible as the cooling gas reforms back to ammonia carbamate. Eberhard Jacob of Emitec at the 2006 Aachener Kolloquium.

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EPA Proposes to Streamline Approval Process for Fuel Conversion Systems

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Conversion systems allow vehicles to run on alternative fuels; most conversions involve switching gasoline or diesel vehicles to operate instead on a gaseous fuel such as natural gas or propane; an alcohol fuel; or electricity. MY 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and < useful life mileage.

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KPMG study identifies 10 sustainability “megaforces” with accelerating impacts on business; imperative of sustainability changing the automotive business radically

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Vehicle and electrical appliance suppliers, manufacturers and retailers must prepare for significant energy consumption increases in the developing world, and adjust product design and development strategies accordingly. billion in 2005. Global food prices are predicted to rise 70 to 90 percent by 2030.

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Perspective: US Needs to Transition to Hydrous Ethanol as the Primary Renewable Transportation Fuel

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Consumption of anhydrous ethanol has grown steadily since the 1990s, peaking in 2003. Brazil introduced its current generation of ethanol-powered cars in 2003, the same year in which anhydrous ethanol consumption peaked. In 2005, their sales increased even further, accounting for approximately 54% of all new car sales.