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Number of vehicles per person is still down from its maximum in 2006

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The focus in this series is on vehicles per person, as opposed to total number of vehicles (which depends, in part, on the continuously increasing size of the U.S. The main findings (summarized in the table below) are as follows: Vehicles per person increased by 18.2% In comparison, distance driven per person is down by 4.9%

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Elon Musk net worth falls further behind world’s new richest person

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Earlier this month, Elon Musk lost his title as the world’s wealthiest person by net worth. In comparison, Arnault is currently listed in the index with a net worth of $171 billion, $7 billion more than the Tesla, SpaceX, and Twitter CEO. . This also made Elon Musk the first person to be worth $300 billion or more. .

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Number of vehicles in the United States: Did we reach the peak in 2006?

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Distance driven per person reached a maximum in 2004. The focus is on vehicles per person, as opposed to the absolute number (which depends, in part, on the continuously increasing size of the U.S. The main findings (summarized in the table below) are as follows: Vehicles per person increased by 18.2% population).

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Tesla drivers have the cleanest cars in the UK: survey

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The survey, which involved 1,000 motorists in the UK, was conducted in March 2024 by UK-based end-of-life scrap vehicle comparison service Scrap Car Comparison. Credit: Scrap Car Comparison Honda and BMW owners followed Tesla, though owners of these vehicles only washed their cars 52 times per year, or about once a week on average.

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Fiat, French, MG boosted by way of condo automotive rebound in key relief markets

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In Italy, Fiat used to be the marketplace chief as a result of a 69 % achieve latter year in comparison to latter April, when the condo marketplace used to be starved of product as a result of more than one elements. The French marketplace’s greatest beneficiaries had been Citroen (+195 %), Renault (+149 %) and Peugeot (+62 %).

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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. It is typical to see an increase in the price of gasoline in warmer weather due to an increase in personal driving.)

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Electra raises $85M to advance Low-Temperature Iron process; electrochemical refining at 60?C

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By comparison, 69% of steel today is made at approximately 1,600 degrees Celsius (2,912 degrees Fahrenheit) using coal, emitting about two tons of carbon dioxide for every ton of steel produced. The 50-person company recently opened a new office in Boston, MA to help expand its roster of engineers, scientists, and professional support staff.

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