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Argonne report on characteristics of light-duty plug-in electric vehicles in US

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A new report from a team at Argonne National Laboratory examines the changing characteristics for light-duty plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) from 2010-2021, evaluating range, energy efficiency, costs, and performance. terawatt-hours of electricity to drive 19.1 billion miles, offsetting 700 million gallons of gasoline.

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ARPA-E Battery/Storage Exposition 14 Jan

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The US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) is hosting a pitch event, ARPA-E’s Battery/Storage Exposition, on 14 January 2021, from 1:00-3:00 pm EST. This event will feature pitches from a select group of ARPA-E teams developing energy storage technologies. Open funding solicitations.

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Lithium-ion battery capacity for new BEVs sold in US reached a record high in 2019

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With a 1% increase in sales and increasing battery pack size, all-electric vehicles (EVs) captured a record amount of total plug-in vehicle battery capacity sold in 2019, 17.4 PHEV sales decreased 32% from 2018 to 2019, about the same as the decrease in PHEV battery capacity.

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DOE: US Light-duty electric vehicle miles traveled reached 13.7 billion miles in 2020

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The number of electric vehicle miles traveled (eVMT) has been increasing each year since the introduction of the first mass market plug-in vehicles in late 2010. Beginning in 2014, annual all-electric vehicle eVMT has exceeded that of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles in the US, reaching a new high of nearly 10 billion miles in 2020.

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ANL estimates US energy savings due to light-duty PEV use at 44.8T Btu in 2019, up 47% from 2018

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In a recent report assessing multiple properties of plug-ion electric vehicles (PEVs) solid in the US, a team from Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) estimates that the energy savings in the United States due to light-duty PEVs in 2019 was 44.8 Gasoline conversion to Btu using gross heating value 125,000 Btu/gallon. More than 1.4

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DTF: Diesel dominates commercial truck, transit and school bus fleets in US

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Other fuels that play a role in commercial trucking include gasoline (23%) and compressed natural gas (0.4%). Electric and other categories each register less than 1%. About 32% of all electric trucks nationwide are in California, where for every electric truck there are about 300 diesel trucks (all years, Classes 3-8).

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GM’s Brownstown Battery Assembly expands; building new battery system for 2015 Chevrolet Spark EV

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General Motors Brownstown Battery Assembly Plant worker Tina Oaks attaches wiring harnesses on a Spark EV battery pack. A newly designed battery system features an overall storage capacity of 19 kWh and uses 192 lithium ion cells. Battery module for 2015 Spark EV battery pack. Click to enlarge. Click to enlarge.

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