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Diesel and gasoline prices drop in early 2020, but diesel drops substantially less

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While personal driving (which uses primarily gasoline) is down greatly because of various stay-at-home mandates, commercial truck transport (which uses primarily diesel) has been substantially less affected. During the first 17 weeks of 2020, the price of diesel decreased by 20.9% (from $3.079 to $2.437).

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GM posts 2016 delivery record in China; 3.87M vehicles, more than 1/3 of global sales

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For comparison, GM brands reported retail sales in the US of 2,446,582 vehicles for CY 2016. Last year, GM launched 13 new and refreshed models in China, putting it on track to fulfill its plan to introduce 60 models through 2020. About 40% of GM’s product launches in China through 2020 will be SUVs and MPVs.

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PSI team develops web tool for consumers to compare environmental impact of passenger cars in detail

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Noise emissions [Person-Pascal/second]. The Carculator graphically presents these values for all selected vehicles in parallel, for ease of comparison. 2020) Submitted to Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. Formation of fine particles [kg PM 10 -eq.]. Human toxicity [kg 1,4-DC-eq.]. Ionizing radiation [kg U235-Eq].

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Tesla turns twenty years used: How Elon Musk reworked the car trade

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It will most probably form sense to assemble a compact automotive in addition to a van or minivan,” Musk stated in September 2020 in a – uncommon – interview with Car Information Canada’s German associate Automobilwoche. His fanatics adore the entrepreneur, self-made billionaire, nerd and richest particular person on the earth.

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Up close and personal with Volkswagen’s e-Golf carbon offset project: Garcia River Forest

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MRC lists the amount of chemical usage on its website, monitors chemicals in the water table, doesn’t use the herbicide within the watercourse protection zones, and plans to phase out the use of the chemical by 2020. The main focus of the comparisons is on five environmental impact categories during production, use and recycling.

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Global Carbon Project: Global carbon emissions growth slows, but hits record high

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Around the world, the average person is responsible for about 4.8 By comparison, the average person in the United States is responsible for more than three-and-a-half times that amount. oil consumption per person is 16 times greater than in India and six times greater than in China. Success stories, such as the E.U.,

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Evaluating Mobile Health Tools Is Comparing Apples to Oranges

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Like a doctor on one’s wrist, mobile health (mHealth) tools offer the promise of providing personal physiological data on demand. What might be motivating for one person, such as a personalized encouraging message, may seem intrusive to another. How many steps did you take today? Press the button. Push the button. Glucose level?