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

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The biggest drop was in April 2020 (a reduction of 40% compared with April 2019) followed by a gradual rebound later in the year. In December 2020, the reduction was 11% compared with December 2019. Overall , vehicle miles traveled in 2020 were down 13% compared with 2019. Total consumption. Consumption per capita.

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Safety of flying and driving after the attacks of 9/11 revisited

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In 2003, Brandon Schoettle and I published a detailed analysis of the relative safety of flying and driving in the United States. Specifically, of interest here is the number of fatalities in each of the two transportation modes during a 10-year period from 2010 through 2019. Motor-vehicle fatalities, 2010-2019.

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Researchers designs new deep eutectic solvent to recover valuable elements from spent LNCM batteries

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DESs, first proposed by Abbott in 2003, are a class of low eutectic mixtures comprising a combination of a hydrogen-bond acceptor (HBA) and a hydrogen-bond donor (HBD) through intermolecular hydrogen bonding, which have a melting point lower than that of either constituent.

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IHS Markit: global oil demand still growing in the short term despite increasing focus on EVs

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Current global total liquids oil demand growth is at similar levels to what was recorded during the 2003 to 2007 commodity super-cycle, referred to as the “golden age” of refining. in both 2018 and 2019, respectively, due to convergence of robust economic activity in many markets around the world.

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Study estimates California’s GHG reductions since 2003 could be wiped out by 2020 wildfires

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In an open-access report in the journal Environmental Pollution , researchers from UCLA and the University of Chicago estimate that California’s wildfire carbon dioxide equivalent (CO 2 e) emissions from 2020 (~127 mmt CO 2 e ) are approximately two times higher than California’s total greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reductions since 2003.

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Unifrax introduces Battery Advisory Board to support SiFAB silicon fiber anode battery technology

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He served as Chief Engineer for Ford’s hybrid technologies during 2003 and was also Chief Engineer for the Ford Escape Hybrid from 1998 to 2003. Goodenough in 2019 in Stockholm for his work on lithium-ion batteries. Rita Lane, former Vice President of Operations, Apple Inc., He has authored more than 850 journal articles.

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NTN to supply in-wheel motors to EV startup FSAT in China

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NTN began work on in-wheel motors in 2003, deploying and testing successive iterations on different types of compact, lightweight EVs. According to a report in the Nikkei , in 2019, FSAT plans to manufacture vehicles equipped with in-wheel motors with a range of 450 km (280 miles). NTN’s latest in-wheel motor.

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