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EPA: US GHG emissions in 2017 down 0.3% from 2016

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from 2016, according to the US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) latest Greenhouse Gas Inventory. The decrease in total greenhouse gas emissions between 2016 and 2017 was driven in part by a decrease in CO 2 emissions from fossil fuel combustion. above 1990 levels in 2007. In 2017, total gross U.S. below 2005 levels.

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Average fuel economy of new light-duty vehicle sold in US dropped in December 2016; down for full year

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The average fuel economy (window-sticker value) of new light-duty vehicles sold in the US in December was 24.9 They suggested that the change likely reflects the continuing increase in the proportion of light trucks sold. . They suggested that the change likely reflects the continuing increase in the proportion of light trucks sold. .

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EIA: US gasoline consumption hit all-time high in 2016

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Consumption of motor gasoline in the US hit an all-time high in 2016, reaching 9.327 million barrels per day, up 1.6% from 2015 and exceeding the prior peak of 9.286 million barrels per day in 2007, according to revised figures in the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) Monthly Energy Review. Source: EIA. Click to enlarge.

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EIA expects gasoline consumption in US to remain below 2007 peak despite increase in travel

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The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) expects that motor gasoline consumption in the US will remain below the 2007 peak despite an increase in travel. EIA attributes the outcome largely to improvements in light-duty vehicle fuel economy. million barrels per day (b/d) in both 2016 and 2017, about 0.6%

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IHS Markit: average age of cars and light trucks in US rises again in 2019 to 11.8 years

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The average age of light vehicles in operation (VIO) in the US has risen again this year to 11.8 From 2002-2007, the average age of light vehicles in the US increased by 3.5%. Light vehicles in operation in the US have now reached a record level of more than 278 million according to the analysis—an increase of more than 5.9

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Average US new vehicle fuel economy in December down from November; 2017 average unchanged from 2016

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This drop likely reflects the increased proportion of light trucks versus passenger cars in the sales mix, they suggested. l/100 km), unchanged from 2016. mpg since October 2007 (the first month of their monitoring), but down 0.5 The average fuel economy of new vehicles sold in the US 2017 was 25.2 mpg from the peak of 25.5

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Gasoline consumption per capita in 2020 was on par with that in 1965

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Not coincidentally, the first Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards for new cars and light trucks became effective with 1978 model-year vehicles. Total consumption (millions of gallons). Consumption per capita. Consumption per capita (gallons). The maximum consumption per capita (505 gallons) was reached in 1978.

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