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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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This represents one of the highest annual increases the US auto industry has seen since IHS Markit began tracking VIO growth—second only to the 2.3% The youngest average age is in Vermont, where the average age of light vehicles is 9.9 million (2.2%) since 2018. growth in 2016. In the West, light vehicles increased 1.5%

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8-state alliance releases action plan to put 3.3M ZEVs on their roads by 2025

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The partner states are California, Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island and Vermont. Together they represent about a quarter of the nation’s new car sales. The governors of the 8 states began this latest collaboration with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding on 24 October 2013. Earlier post.)

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