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bp Statistical Review shows 4.5% drop in primary energy consumption in 2020; mainly driven by oil

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bp released the 70 th annual edition of the bp Statistical Review of World Energy ; the data collected in this year’s edition includes energy data for 2020. World oil production fell for the first time since 2009 by 6.6 Production only increased in a few countries, mainly Norway (260,000 b/d) and Brazil (150,000 b/d).

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The New bp Statistical Review of World Energy — What Does It Mean?

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The bp Statistical Review of World Energy is a venerable survey of the world’s energy production and consumption — the oil giant has been publishing it yearly since 1952.

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Volvo Trucks starts series production of heavy-duty electric trucks

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Volvo Trucks is beginning series production of the electric versions of the company’s most important product range, its heavy-duty trucks: Volvo FH, Volvo FM and Volvo FMX. With these new additions, Volvo Trucks has six electric truck models in series production globally—the broadest electric truck line up in the industry.

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Volvo Trucks had 42% market share of heavy-duty electric trucks in Europe in 2021

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New statistics show that Volvo Trucks was the market leader for heavy all-electric trucks in Europe 2021 with a market share of 42%. Statistics from the market analysis group IHS Markit show that during 2021 a total of 346 electric trucks (?16 An increasing number of heavy all-electric trucks are now running in commercial traffic.

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Transportation accounted for 8.8% of all US Gross Domestic Product in 2017

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gross domestic product (GDP) in 2017. US Gross Domestic Product by Category from 1991 to 2017. Other” includes all other categories, e.g., entertainment, personal care products and services, and payments to pension plans. Adjusted by the Gross National Product Implicit Price Deflator. in the late 1990s to a low of 8.8%

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UK researchers report that alcohols in windshield washer fluid are major unreported source of VOCs emissions from cars, including EVs

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Scaling of industry sales statistics enabled the discrepancy to be attributed to the use of ancillary solvent products such as screenwash and deicer which are not included in internationally applied vehicle emission methodologies. the products used for “car care,” such as windshield washer fluid.

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Tesla Giga Berlin ramps production to 5,000 vehicles per week

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Considering Tesla just celebrated the factory’s one-year anniversary earlier this week , the growth and ramp-up of Tesla’s first vehicle production facility in Europe have been imperative to the company’s success in the region. Registration data tracked by EU-EVs shows Tesla has dominated 2023 thus far.