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The majority of vehicle buyers are older than 54

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In this analysis, I compare the age composition of buyers of new light-duty vehicles (cars and light trucks) in 2007 and 2017. The main findings are as follows: Middle-aged persons purchased proportionally fewer vehicles in 2017 than in 2007 (down from 29% to 14% for those 35 to 44, and from 24% to 20% for those 45 to 54).

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Choosing not to drive: A transient or a permanent phenomenon?

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(In contrast, the proportion of older persons with a driver’s license increased during the same period.) The second analysis provides information related to the degree of permanence of the decrease in licensure of young persons. Of those aged 20 to 24 and without a license in 2007, 45% had one by 2017. minus 81.7

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Does e-commerce affect the amount of travel in the United States?

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For example, retail e-commerce sales during the fourth quarter of 2007 totaled $36.2 Average time spent traveling per day for all persons in connection with purchasing goods and services. Average percentages of persons traveling per day in connection with purchasing goods and services. billion (in current dollars), or 3.5%

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Great Britain and the United States show the same pattern of recent changes in vehicle distance traveled

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Vehicle distance traveled per person in Great Britain is currently about one-half of the distance in the United States. I documented recent changes in distance traveled per person for cars and light trucks in the United States in a study published last month.). In Great Britain the peak distance (in 2007) was 15.4%

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Final California deadline for upgrading heavy-duty diesels to MY2010 or newer engines

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Any person, business, school district, tribal reservation, or federal government agency that owns, operates, leases or rents affected vehicles. Personal use motor homes or recreational vehicles. Privately and federally owned trucks and buses that operate in California. Public agency and utility vehicles (not federal).

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GM enters commercial agreement with and invests in Powermat, a personal device inductive charging company

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General Motors and Powermat, a provider of wireless charging technology for mobile personal devices, announced a commercial agreement that will eliminate the need for charging cords for personal electronic devices in many future Chevrolet, Buick, GMC and Cadillac products beginning mid-2012. Chevy Volt Powermat. Click to enlarge.

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NHTSA estimates 38,680 traffic fatalities in 2020, up 7.2% from 2019 despite 13.2% drop in VMT

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The projected fatality rate for 2020 would be the greatest since 2007. To be included in FARS, a crash must involve a motor vehicle traveling on a trafficway and must result in the death of at least one person (occupant of a vehicle or a nonoccupant) within 30 days of the crash. The fatality rate for 2020 was 1.37

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