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Aral car buying trends study: German new car buyers looking to gasoline, hybrid vehicles

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Interest in gasoline engined and hybrid vehicles has jumped in Germany while interest in diesel is falling, according to the latest biennial study on automotive buying trends in that country by leading German fuel retailer Aral. According to the new Trends report, 52% of buyers want a conventional gasoline engine.

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EVs dominate list of efficient cars in ORNL 2022 Fuel Economy Guide

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For the first time, two electric vehicles with a 500-mile driving range (two variants of the Lucid Air) sit at the top of the guide’s 10 most fuel-efficient vehicles. The top 10 “fuel sippers” among 2022 models in the new guide are all-electric vehicles offering a minimum of 111 miles per gallon-equivalent fuel economy.

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Analysis finds annual running cost of EVs less than ICE; but with purchase price factored in, it flips

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Across the US the average annual cost of running an electric vehicle is $2,721.96, while gasoline vehicles cost an average of $3,355.90 When the purchase cost of each type of vehicle is factored in, average gasoline vehicles are $1,454 per year cheaper to run. per year to run—a difference of $633.94

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Michelin doesn’t want you to buy as many EV tires

Baua Electric

And yet it acknowledges that EV drivers shouldn’t be buying as many tires as they are. It also provided an update on how it’s working to effectively reinvent retread technology with sustainability in mind, allowing the original tire plus four retreads to provide up to a million miles of service in heavy commercial trucks. “If

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T&E concludes that diesel cars emit more CO2 on a full lifecycle basis than gasoline cars

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tonnes more CO 2 than an equivalent gasoline car over its lifetime due to a more energy-intensive refining of the diesel fuel; more materials required in the production of heavier and more complex engines; higher emissions from biodiesel blended in the diesel fuel; and longer mileage because fuel is cheaper. l/100 km (37.3 mpg US) and 7.1

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Buying an EV amid high demand and supply chain issues

Plug in America

With record-setting gasoline prices across the nation, an increasing number of drivers are considering electric vehicles (EVs). While used EVs may not have the 250+ miles range of new vehicles, they provide a solution to skyrocketing energy costs while still being useful and fun to drive.

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Researchers find consumers compensate for fuel-efficient car by buying bigger second vehicle; losing 60% of fuel economy savings

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An analysis by a team from the University of California, Davis, MIT and Yale suggests that households that buy a fuel-efficient vehicle tend to compensate for that purchase by buying a bigger, more powerful second vehicle. That can be good if it reduces gasoline use. —author David Rapson, UC Davis.