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Scrapyard Find: 2010 Peugeot Bipper, Royal Mail Edition

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Imagine the United States Postal Service requiring its carriers to work a manual transmission in 2010! 2010 Peugeot Bipper Royal Mail cargo van in English junkyard. 2010 Peugeot Bipper Royal Mail cargo van in English junkyard. 2010 Peugeot Bipper Royal Mail cargo van in English junkyard. Maniabilité.

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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. million PEVs have been sold in the United States through December 2021, with 1.3 More than 2.1 Gohlke et al.

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DOE: EV battery manufacturing capacity in N America in 2030 projected to be nearly 20 times greater than in 2021

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Most of the planned projects in the United States are concentrated along a north-south band from Michigan to Alabama. Source: David Gohlke, Yan Zhou, Xinyi Wu, and Calista Courtney, Argonne National Laboratory, Assessment of Light-Duty Plug-in Electric Vehicles in the United States, 2010–2021, ANL-22/71, 2022.

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DOE: Light-Duty PEVs in US traveled 19B miles on electricity in 2021; less than 1% of total VMT

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million PEVs have been sold in the United States through December 2021, with 1.3 Gohlke, David; Zhou, Yan; Wu, Xinyi; Courtney, Calista (2022) “Assessment of Light-Duty Plug-in Electric Vehicles in the United States, 2010 – 2021” doi: 10.2172/1898424. More than 2.1

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EIA expects US petroleum trade to shift toward net imports during 2022

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In 2021, the United States returned to importing more petroleum (which includes crude oil, refined petroleum products, and other liquids) than it exports following its historic shift to being a net exporter of petroleum in 2020, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). million b/d. million b/d in 2023. million b/d.

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Study finds US air pollution deaths nearly halved between 1990 and 2010

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A new study led by researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has found that deaths related to air pollution in the US were nearly halved between 1990 and 2010. These health improvements likely have continued beyond 2010 as we observe that air pollutant concentrations have continued to decrease. and Wong, D.

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Most Battery Cells & Battery Packs In Plug-In Vehicles Sold In The US From 2010 To 2021 Were Domestically Produced

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According to Argonne National Laboratory, most battery cells and battery packs in plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) sold in the United States from 2010 to 2021 were domestically produced. In terms of total energy capacity in gigawatt-hours (GWh), 57% of battery cells and 84% of battery packs were produced in the United States.

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