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Gasoline consumption per capita in 2020 was on par with that in 1965

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Michael Sivak is the managing director of Sivak Applied Research and the former director of Sustainable Worldwide Transportation at the University of Michigan. Total consumption (millions of gallons). Therefore, the table below shows the consumptions per capita for selected years between 1965 and 2020. Consumption per capita (gallons).

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Relationship between distance driven and economic activity: 1946-2017

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from 2000 to 2017. in 2000 to 0.7% in 2000 to 8.9% Michael Sivak is the managing director of Sivak Applied Research and the former director of Sustainable Worldwide Transportation at the University of Michigan. GDP attributed to truck transportation as a percentage of the total GDP decreased from 1.0%

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LG Energy Solution to invest $4.5B+ in own US battery business by 2025, expanding capacity by 70GWh; possible new JV plant with GM

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LG Energy Solution established its first US research facility in 2000 and invested $600 million to secure a production capacity of 5GWh at its first Michigan plant built in 2012. In the second half of last year, the Michigan battery plant began running entirely on renewable energy.

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Michigan State researchers propose SI-HCCI transition strategy for HCCI-capable SI engine

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A team at Michigan State University is proposing a new transition strategy for switching between spark ignition (SI) combustion and homogeneous charge compression ignition (HCCI) combustion for a transition boundary in which the engine speed is between 1100 and 2000 rpm and the corresponding load (indicated mean effective pressure, IMEP) is between (..)

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Production of crude oil as a percentage of proved reserves: Recent worldwide and US trends

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Michael Sivak is the managing director of Sivak Applied Research and the former director of Sustainable Worldwide Transportation at the University of Michigan. Production as % of reserves. Between 1980 and 2020, production of crude oil as a percentage of proved reserves of crude oil decreased for both the United States (from 10.1%

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UMTRI: More driving on city streets, less on country roads

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Despite a plethora of alternative transportation modes—buses, trains, bicycles—city dwellers are driving more miles than ever, say University of Michigan researchers. Overall distance driven (combining both urban and rural) rose by 15%—the same rate of increase for US resident population since 2000.

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Distances traveled on the road and in the air: 1970-2015

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The decrease in passenger-distance traveled in light-duty vehicles per person from 2000 to 2015 is the consequence of both the decrease in vehicle-distance traveled and the decreases in the average vehicle occupancy rates for both short-wheel-base vehicles and long-wheel-base vehicles assumed by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics.)

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