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Actual fuel economy of cars and light trucks: 1966-2019

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Specifically, this study examines actual fuel economy of cars and light trucks (pickup trucks, SUVs, and vans) from 1966 through 2019. (My Department of Transportation were the sources of the information for 1986 through 2019. The graph below shows the changes in actual vehicle fuel economy from 1966 through 2019. per year.

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DOE: Adjusted for inflation, the price of gasoline in 2019 was similar to the price in 1929

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The average annual price of gasoline has fluctuated greatly over the past several decades, but when adjusted for inflation (constant dollars), the price of gasoline in 2019 was only nine cents higher than in 1929, according to the US Department of Energy (DOE). The graph below shows the effect of the oil embargo in the early 1980s.

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Revised PEUGEOT E-2008 to offer up to 406 km of range

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The PEUGEOT 2008 has been a best-seller in the B-segment SUV market for more than three years and has now taken a new step forward in terms of design, technology and electrification.

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Annual petroleum production in the US more than doubled from 2008 to 2018

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million barrels per day (mmbd) in 2008 to 15.3 Energy Information Administration, Monthly Energy Review, September 2019, Table 3.1. Annual petroleum production in the United States doubled from 6.8 mmbd in 2018, according to the US Department of Energy (DOE). Record levels of production began when the 11.8 mmbd from 1970. Source: U.S.

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Study finds damage due to premature mortality from PM2.5 decreased >20% from 2008 to 2014

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related damages, researchers from Carnegie Mellon University and Stanford have found that, US-economy-wide, gross external damage (GED) due to premature mortality has decreased by more than 20% from 2008 to 2014. GED was calculated for the 3 most recent NEI years: 2008, 2011, and 2014. In a new study of PM 2.5 Tschofen et al.

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Hybrids represented 52% of all Toyota Motor Europe sales in 2019; 63% in West Europe

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Toyota Motor Europe reported 2019 sales of 1,089,422 Toyota and Lexus vehicles, an increase of +5.2% A total of seven new model launches in 2019 across both brands provided additional momentum for year-on-year growth. in 2019 to a record 87,206 vehicles, posting a sixth consecutive year of growth with sales doubling since 2013.

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IHS Markit: average age of cars and light trucks in US rises again in 2019 to 11.8 years

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From 2008-2013, however, the increase was 12.2%. from 2018-2019 while in the Midwest they aged by just 0.4%. From 2018-2019, the average age of passenger cars increased 2.2% There is simply a lack of 2008 and 2009 model year vehicles due to the lower sales numbers during that timeframe.

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