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Study finds rates of LDV fuel consumption in US peaked in 2004; indications of peak motorization

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Based on the present data, his best estimates of the current annual fuel-consumption rates are: 398 gallons (1,507 liters) per person, 585 gallons (2,214 liters) per licensed driver, 1,033 gallons (3,910 liters) per household, and 530 gallons (2,006 liters) per registered vehicle. Fuel consumed per person. 2003 to 2004. -13%

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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. While this rate has been on a rebound since 2013, the 2017 rate is still down from 2004 by 5.2%. The present study analyzes corresponding changes in the number of vehicles during the same period. In comparison, distance driven per person is down by 5.2%

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Great Britain and the United States show the same pattern of recent changes in vehicle distance traveled

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Vehicle distance traveled per person in Great Britain is currently about one-half of the distance in the United States. The issue of interest in this study is whether, despite this difference, the two countries show similar patterns of recent changes on this measure. decrease from the peak in 2004 to 2013. in the United States.

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Studies indicate US population has fewer light duty vehicles and drives them less

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The findings from two recent studies by Dr. Michael Sivak at the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute together suggest that the US now has—per person, per driver, and per household—fewer light-duty vehicles and that they are driven less than a decade ago. —“Has Motorization In The U.S.

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NTSB recommends nationwide ban on personal electronic devices while driving; also calls for modifications to the equipment and the completion of a NHTSA rulemaking on collision warning systems

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Following a Board meeting on a 2010 multi-vehicle highway accident in Gray Summit, Missouri, the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) called for the first-ever nationwide ban on driver use of personal electronic devices (PEDs) while operating a motor vehicle. Globally, there are 5.3

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Up close and personal with Volkswagen’s e-Golf carbon offset project: Garcia River Forest

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TCF acquired the 23,780-acre tract in 2004 for $18 million ($10 million California Coastal Conservancy, $3.5 Applying a -10% uncertainty factor to this outcome, over 100 years (2004 to 2104) the GRF will have 3,745,208.7 Garcia River Forest. million The Nature Conservancy, $2.5 million Packard loan, $2 million TCF). Click to enlarge.

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Arizona State University Professor’s Work to Stabilize the Grid Pays Off

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From synchronous machines to fast response power electronics That article was an update of a 2004 article that Vittal coauthored as a member of a joint task force formed by the IEEE Power & Energy Society and CIGRE , an international association of power system professionals, headquartered in Paris.

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