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A modest increase between 2004 and 2008 (from 19.6 A minor increase between 2008 and 2017 (from 21.8 In comparison, the change between 2008 and 2017 (from 4.59 Michael Sivak is the managing director of Sivak Applied Research and the former director of Sustainable Worldwide Transportation at the University of Michigan.

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The previous study compared data for 1983 (as the baseline) with those for 2008, 2011, 2014, and 2017. Michael Sivak is the managing director of Sivak Applied Research and the former director of Sustainable Worldwide Transportation at the University of Michigan.

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AUGUST 29, 2010

American Process Incorporated (API) recently launched a waste-to-cellulosic ethanol biorefinery project in Alpena, Michigan. API is one of Michigan’s bioenergy Centers of Energy Excellence (COEE). The biorefinery will convert the process waste effluent from the plant into cellulosic ethanol, sodium acetate and clean, warm water.

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APRIL 10, 2009

A new wind turbine assembly plant opening later this year in Novi, Michigan will create about 250 manufacturing jobs which are being sought by displaced autoworkers.The company received $7.3 million in tax credits from the Michigan Economic Growth Authority in December to create 256 direct jobs over six years. The Detroit News.

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JANUARY 9, 2014

mpg from the revised value in November, according to the latest monthly figures from Michael Sivak and Brandon Schoettle at the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI). mpg from 2008. The average fuel economy (window-sticker value) of new vehicles sold in the US in December was 24.8 l/100 km), down 0.2

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JANUARY 19, 2016

An analysis by Dr. Michael Sivak and Brandon Schoettle at University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI) has found recent decreases in the proportion of persons with a driver’s license across all age groups in the US. The percentages for 1983, 2008, 2011, and 2014 were 55.0%, 78.4%, 79.2%, and 79.0%, respectively.

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APRIL 14, 2009

The Michigan Economic Growth Authority (MEGA) Board awarded $543.5 Today marks a defining moment for Michigan's future as we see a new industry begin to take root and grow new jobs. Michigan Governor Jennifer M. The Michigan Economic Growth Authority (MEGA) board approved a state tax credit valued at $48.5

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FEBRUARY 2, 2019

In a 2011 article , Brandon Schoettle and I showed that the proportion of young Americans aged 16 to 39 years with a driver’s license decreased substantially from 1983 to 2008. (In Michael Sivak is the managing director of Sivak Applied Research and the former director of Sustainable Worldwide Transportation at the University of Michigan.

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MAY 30, 2018

The Energy Information Administration (EIA) estimates that in the United States from 2008 to 2017, crude oil represented only 61% of the retail price of gasoline. The 10-year period covered was from April 24, 2008 through April 23, 2018. During the examined 10-year period, crude-oil prices peaked on July 3, 2008 at $145.31/barrel,

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FEBRUARY 20, 2015

mpg between model years 2008 and 2014, University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI) researchers Michael Sivak and Brandon Schoettle have documented sales-weighted distributions for the same model year vehicles (cars, pickup trucks, vans and SUVs). mpg for model year 2008 to 25.3 Click to enlarge.

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OCTOBER 22, 2014

In the three years since the new CAFE standard for fuel economy has been in effect, automakers have surpassed it each year, improving new-vehicle fuel economy by about a mile per gallon annually, according to an analysis by Brandon Schoettle and Dr. Michael Sivak of the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI).

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OCTOBER 19, 2009

In the summer of 2008, amid staggering gas prices, Central Michigan University (CMU) invested $23,000 into an electric vehicle. Just over a year later, the school is requesting a refund, citing the vehicle's poor performance in cold weather.

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MAY 27, 2009

Shown is an example of graphite from Maire (2008). Researchers from General Motors R&D Center and the University of Michigan are developing a method for the direct in situ measurement of lithium ion (Li + ) transport rates in a functioning Li-ion cell. Click to enlarge. Electrochem.

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OCTOBER 21, 2009

A newly released University of Michigan study found widespread consumer interest in buying plug-in hybrid electric vehicles; however, the cost of the cars is much more influential than environmental and other non-economic factors as a predictor of purchase probabilities. Source: Curtin et al. 2009) Click to enlarge.

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JULY 24, 2012

The University of Michigan Solar Car Team won the 2012 American Solar Challenge (ASC) with its car Quantum, snagging a fourth consecutive ASC title, and also breaking the record the team set in 2008. Major sponsors of the U-M Solar Car team include IMRA America, Michigan Engineering, Ford Motor and General Motors.

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DECEMBER 15, 2012

Vilsack highlighted the announcement with a visit to Michigan State University, a grant awardee. Fiscal year 2012 awards include: University of Arizona, $36,000. Arizona State University, $350,000. University of Georgia, $345,689. University of Florida, $496,996. University of Florida, $497,851.

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JANUARY 8, 2013

million (2008-2012). MBI is a Lansing, Michigan-based not-for-profit company with 30 years of experience in accelerating the commercialization of bio-based technologies. MBI is affiliated with Michigan State University, and is a member of the MSU BioEconomy Network. Earlier post.).

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FEBRUARY 13, 2012

mpg from December, according to figures from the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI). All vehicles purchased from October 2007 through September 2008 were assumed to be model year 2008. The average fuel economy of new vehicles sold in the US. in January was 23.0 mpg US (10.2

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MAY 8, 2009

Michigan Business Review. Sakti3, the Michigan Li-ion manufacturing battery startup headed by Dr. Ann Marie Sastry ( earlier post ) will pursue loans to accelerate its commercialization plans from the US Department of Energy’s $2 billion Electric Drive Battery and Component Manufacturing Initiative, funded through the Recovery Act.

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JUNE 20, 2013

As a result, Sivak concludes, it is likely that the declines in these rates prior to 2008 reflect other societal changes that influence the need for vehicles (such as, increases in telecommuting and in the use of public transportation). million in 2008. The number reached a maximum of 236.4 —Michael Sivak. In 1984 there were 0.66

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DECEMBER 18, 2014

The sixth in a series of reports on peak motorization in the US by Dr. Michael Sivak at the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI) finds that distance driven per GDP reached its highest values in a broad plateau from the early 1970s through the early 1990s, and then decreased steadily.

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OCTOBER 20, 2015

Much of the Nostrum development work is being carried out at Michigan Technical University, but Nostrum also has contracts with two engine research companies: Ricardo and Mahle. Both are running the Nostrum cycle on commercial engines they have retrofitted. Both are running the Nostrum cycle on commercial engines they have retrofitted.

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OCTOBER 3, 2013

Average monthly and model year fleet-wide achieved CAFE performance levels (light purple) versus NHTSA projected achieved CAFE levels (blue) for model years 2008 through 2016. Additionally, they found, achieved CAFE performance has consistently increased annually from model year 2008 through model year 2013. Schoettle and Sivak 2013.

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JULY 29, 2013

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.

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MAY 27, 2011

A 2008 paper by a team at the University of Michigan. 2008) LEDs and power consumption of exterior automotive lighting: Implications for gasoline and electric vehicles ( UMTRI-2008-48. The JFL2S draws 14 watts of power. Schoettle, B., Fujiyama, Y.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2013

The rate increased to a maximum of 611 gallons in 2003. The rate for 2011 was 530 gallons. Measures of motorization in the US. Peak year(s). Reduction in 2011 from the peak. Vehicles per person, per licensed driver, and per household. 2001 to 2006. -5%. Distance driven. Distance driven per person, per licensed driver, per household, and per vehicle.

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The most recent (April 2011) value of the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute ( UMTRI ) Eco-Driving Index (EDI) stands at 0.86, indicating that in April 2011 there was a 14% reduction of emissions per driver of newly purchased vehicles in the US compared to the situation in October 2007. Source: UMTRI.

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JANUARY 12, 2010

Life Cycle Analysis will be performed by Michigan Tech University. In 2008, UOP received a $1.5 UOP also earlier announced that Italian power company Industria e Innovazione selected the RTP technology for the development of a facility to convert biomass into pyrolysis oil for renewable power generation. Earlier post.).

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Decades later, the Commission to Assess the Threat to the United States from Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) Attack determined as early as 2008 that the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the University of Colorado, illuminates the role of the solid Earth in determining the magnitude of any EMP hazard.

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AUGUST 5, 2013

Prior to the Olympic Games in 2008, Beijing was notorious as one of the world''s most polluted cities: so what would the impact be of introducing plug-in electric vehicles to its taxi fleet? The issue has been examined by researchers from the University of Michigan in the ACS journal Environmental S[.].

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

a fuel economy penalty), according to a new report by Michael Sivak and Brandon Schoettle at the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI). Average on-road fuel economy in the US for all vehicles in 2008 was 17.4 mpg US (13.5 L/100km); in 1923, the average was 14.0

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JUNE 16, 2009

These projects were selected under the battery materials and manufacturing topic area from the Vehicle Technologies Program Wide Funding Opportunity Announcement released early in 2008. Earlier post.) Earlier post.). Angstron Materials LLC of Dayton, Ohio, teamed with Applied Sciences Inc. million with a DOE share of up to $1.6

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The study, led by GLBRC scientist and Michigan State University professor of ecosystem ecology Stephen Hamilton, is the first multi-year effort to compare the water use of conventional corn crops to the perennial cropping systems of switchgrass, miscanthus, native grasses, restored prairies, and hybrid poplar trees.

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AUGUST 7, 2009

US Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced the delivery of $377 million in funding for 46 new multi-million-dollar Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRCs) ( earlier post ) located at universities, national laboratories, nonprofit organizations, and private firms across the nation. Pennsylvania State University. Purdue University.

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MAY 24, 2012

His body of work on on the underlying the theory and algorithms for this this extends back several years to his 2008 doctoral thesis at the University of Michigan (subsequently published as a book: Real-time, self-learning identification and stochastic optimal control of advanced powertrain systems ).

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DECEMBER 7, 2011

The current vehicle footprint-based Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards create a financial incentive for automakers to increase vehicle size, except under certain limited conditions of consumer preference for vehicle size, according to a study by University of Michigan researchers Kate Whitefoot and Steven Skerlos.

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JUNE 4, 2009

ORNL is working with a number of university partners (Texas A&M University, University of Wisconsin, Illinois Institute of Technology, University of Alabama, University of Michigan, Dearborn) on the project, as well as Delphi on the catalyst side, a not-for-profit R&D institution, and an unnamed OEM.

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