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Senators introduce bill to expand E15 sales, ban Russian petroleum products

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This legislation would make the sale of E15 year-round permanent; create a tax credit for higher biofuel blends; streamline E15 labeling; provide funding for E15 infrastructure; extend the biodiesel tax credit for three more years; and ban imports of Russian petroleum products. introduced the Home Front Energy Independence Act.

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EPA issues emergency fuel waiver for E15 sales

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Specifically, the regulations require parties upstream of retailers and wholesale purchaser-consumers to turn over their storage tanks to low volatility summer gasoline and stop selling higher volatility winter gasoline by 1 May so that retailers and wholesale purchaser-consumers can meet the applicable low volatility gasoline standards by 1 June.

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Pike Research forecasts annual global sales of light-duty natural gas vehicles to reach 3.2M in 2019

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This level of sales results in a cumulative total of 25.4 market largely consists of fleet purchasers rather than individual consumers. Fleet sales of NGVs are growing at a rate of 10.8% Ukraine and Italy. are the largest LD NGV markets (2012 sales will reach 151,487 and 159,046. between 2012 and 2019, reaching 3.2

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Tesla is most popular used EV brand in Carmax’s 2023 Electric Vehicle Consumer Report

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This spike in interest was initially detected in February and March of the previous year, a time that saw rising gas prices amid the escalating war in Ukraine. Based on February 2023 sales data, all four of Tesla’s existing lineup of electric vehicles ended up in CarMax’s Top 10 list.

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Baker Institute report: China has positioned itself as a gatekeeper to the energy transition; nickel case study

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Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and other recent developments, not least post-pandemic recovery, undermined Tsingshan’s short position, forcing the company to purchase nickel at increasing prices to cover the positions, and the LME to increase margin requirements for market participants.

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Geely exports more than 100,000 vehicles in 2012; 164% year-on-year growth

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Zhejiang Geely Holding Group set a new export sales record in December with 11,000 cars being exported during the month, which also helped the company increase its export sales over the course of 2012 by 164%. Geely’s current major overseas markets include Ukraine, Russia, Iraq and Saudi Arabia.

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CU Direct developing tool to provide Tesla buyers easier access to credit unions

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In addition, the COO of CU Direct mentioned that more buyers are shifting from the new car sales market to the used car market. He noted that auto loans funding used vehicle sales have recently increased to about 77%. According to Credit Union Times , about 74% to 75% of auto loans funded used car sales.

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