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FEBRUARY 18, 2012

The US Energy Information Administration estimates that US natural gas pipeline companies added about 2,400 miles (3,862 km) of new pipe to the grid as part of more than 25 projects in 2011. Natural gas pipeline capacity additions in 2011. billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) of new capacity to the grid in 2011. Source: EIA.

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The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) reported that after an increase in 2010 of 3.3%, energy-related carbon dioxide emissions in the US in 2011 decreased by 2.4% (136 million metric tons), while GDP grew by 1.8%. Emissions in 2011 were 526 million metric tons (9%) below the 2005 level. mpg) from 2010 to 2011.

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(The maximum—136,468 million gallons—was reached in 2014.). Total consumption (millions of gallons). 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). Consumption per capita (gallons).

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OCTOBER 9, 2010

The 2011 Shell Eco-Marathon Americas—a challenge for high school, university, and college students from across North and South America to design vehicles to go the farthest distance using the least amount of energy—has expanded its categories to include plug-in electric vehicles (PHEVs).

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DECEMBER 2, 2009

According to the latest US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) fuel economy report, Hyundai passed all major manufacturers in MY 2009 Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) as measured in EPA testing. MY 2009 EPA Lab 55/45 ( projected ). miles per gallon (mpg). Manufacturer Cars/Trucks mpg US. Volkswagen.

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AUGUST 2, 2010

A multi-Hubbert analysis of coal production by Tadeusz Patzek at The University of Texas at Austin and Gregory Croft at the University of California, Berkeley concludes that the global peak of coal production from existing coalfields will occur close to the year 2011. Gt C (15 Gt CO 2 ) per year, according to the study.

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APRIL 24, 2011

liters per 100km (32 mpg US) in 2011. In 2009, the average fuel consumption of IKCO cars was about 8.86 Iran-Khodro Company (IKCO) plans to reduce the fuel consumption of its products to 7.4 By 2014, the company plans to reduce average fuel consumption to 6.5 L/100km (36 mpg US). L/100km (26.6 mpg US), which was decreased to 7.9

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

Lotus has earmarked £20 million (US$33 million) for product investment in 2009/10, in addition to the £28 million (US$46 million) already invested in 2008/09. Investment for Lotus Cars will be in future variants of all Lotus products including an automatic gearbox version the Evora for the 2011 model year.

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JULY 20, 2012

At 3%, the 2011 increase in global CO 2 emissions is above the past decade’s average annual increase of 2.7%. combined, where emissions increased by 9% and 6% respectively in 2011. tonnes per capita, despite a decline due to the recession in 2008-2009, high oil prices and an increased share of natural gas. India (6%).

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JANUARY 16, 2012

United States M&A activity for upstream oil and gas deals set records in 2011 for both deal values and deal counts, according to PLS, Inc., Totals for 2011 are $86 billion (versus prior 2010 record of $75 billion) in 369 deals (versus prior 2010 record of 313 deals). Values of US upstream M&A oil and gas M&A deals, 2006-2011.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2010

trillion FY 2011 Budget to the US Congress. The President’s 2011 Budget provides $28.354 billion for the Department of Energy (DOE) in discretionary budget authority—an 8.9% increase over FY 2009 actuals and a 7.4% Program activity 2009 act. 2010 est. 2011 prop. increase over FY 2010 estimates. Solar energy.

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Among the specific targets agreed by both parties is a determination to register at least 1,000 EV sales by the end of 2011. As a first step to reaching that target, Nissan will deliver 100 Nissan LEAFs to fleet customers starting in February 2011. In June 2011, deliveries will begin to individual customers.

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MARCH 22, 2013

between 2011 and 2012—putting the company more than halfway toward its current goal of using an average of 4 cubic meters per vehicle globally by 2015. Ford has reduced the average amount of water used to make each of its vehicles by 8.5% billion gallons, or about 62%.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

2011 Toyota Highlander Hybrid. Toyota has significantly revised its Highlander and Highlander Hybrid crossover sport utility vehicles for 2011. liter V6 for 2011, replacing the previous 3.3-liter The 2011 Highlander Hybrid receives EPA estimated fuel economy ratings of 28 mpg city and 28 mpg highway (8.4 Click to enlarge.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2010

Avis Europe has partnered with the Renault-Nissan Alliance to offer electric cars to its customers from 2011. From 2011, Renault will progressively roll out four electric vehicles. —Pascal Bazin, Chief Executive for Avis Europe. Earlier post.) an electric version of Fluence; and the Renault Kangoo Express Z.E., g CO 2 /km.

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DECEMBER 17, 2010

The Annual Energy Outlook 2011 (AEO2011) Reference case released yesterday by the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) more than doubles the technically recoverable US shale gas resources assumed in AEO2010 and added new shale oil resources. quadrillion Btu in 2009 to 31.8 quadrillion Btu in 2009 to 18.4

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Highlights include wins in the Dakar Rally events in the years 2009-2011. Volkwagen initially launched the Touareg in 2002; since then, it has sold around one million units worldwide.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2011

The General Motors China Science Lab hosted the 2011 GM Global R&D Symposium in Shanghai. GM launched the China Science Lab in 2009 as part of its global R&D footprint. The one-day event focused on automotive lightweight material and battery research and technology development.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2009

Between 2009 and 2011, the Group is to invest a total of €4 billion (US$5.8 In China, we will see clear double-digit growth in 2009 and expect to remain the market leader in the future. percent) in the first half of 2009. The Volkswagen Group is set to continue its growth in China over the next few years. billion (US$1.9

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MARCH 18, 2013

According to the results, the total number of verified (US EPA- and/or California ARB-verified) diesel retrofit devices (for both on-road and off-road diesel engines) sold in the US (including California) by MECA member companies in 2012 was 16,262, reflecting an overall decline in unit sales since 2009.

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MAY 27, 2010

The new plant comes online in the third quarter of 2011 and will produce three million gallons of bioethanol made from corn stover a year. In 2009, we forged this partnership in China to develop biofuel from agricultural waste; today, we are one step closer to producing commercial quantities. Earlier post.).

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After leaving GM in 2009, Dr. Burns was a Professor of Engineering Practice at the University of Michigan (2011-2015), and Director of the Program for Sustainable Mobility at Columbia University (2010-2014). Woebcken, most recently President and CEO of Volkswagen Group of America Inc.,

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will lift its production capacity for the i MiEV electric vehicle to 20,000 units annually in fiscal 2011, double the initial target. The automaker originally planned to produce 2,000 plug-in electric cars in fiscal 2009, with plans to raise the number to 4,000 in fiscal 2010 and to 10,000 in fiscal 2011.

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plans to lift Thai production capacity to around 600,000 vehicles a year by the middle of 2011, up roughly 20% from present levels, to expand sales mainly in Southeast Asia. This was up 36% from 2009, with full-year sales forecast to top the 2008 record of 2.09 The Nikkei reported that Toyota Motor Corp. million units.

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MAY 31, 2012

In December 2009, A123 entered into an agreement establishing the terms and conditions of a $249.1-million Under the agreement, the DOE will provide cost reimbursement for 50% of qualified expenditures incurred from 1 December 2009 to 30 November 2012. Through 31 December 2011, A123 incurred $216.9 million and $0.8 million, $0.3

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FEBRUARY 26, 2011

During the latest financial reporting season, virtually every automaker increased their full-year 2011 global sales forecast and boosted their production schedule for the opening months of 2011. million units in 2011, overtaking the previous record of 6.2 —Carlos Gomes. Vehicle production in Germany will likely climb to 6.3

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

Volvo had first suggested the 2012 date for a diesel PHEV in September 2009. Volvo’s BEV, the C30 DRIVe Electric ( earlier post ), will go into production in early 2011 and run in test fleets in Europe, China and the US. Volvo Cars confirmed that it will introduce a series-produced plug-in hybrid diesel as early as 2012.

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The global fuel cell industry posted a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 83% during the period from 2009 to 2011. During 2011, for example, system shipments in the portable fuel cell sector contracted by 16% on a year-over-year basis, and in the process the sector lost a number of companies.

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DECEMBER 23, 2009

The first new bus will be on the streets of London in 2011, boosting London’s low emission bus fleet, which is already the largest in Europe. Although Wrightbus was chosen on Wednesday 23 December 2009, there will be a 10-day standstill period. Passenger capacity will be at least 87.

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JUNE 11, 2009

General Motors has announced that there will be no retail production of the Chevrolet Malibu hybrid for model year (MY) 2010 due to “elevated inventory levels of the 2009 model.” Hitachi Automotive Products produced the integrated starter-generators and the power electronics for GM’s 2007-2009 mild hybrids. 2008 Malibu hybrid.

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OCTOBER 18, 2010

Daimler subsidiary car2go GmbH and Hamburg-based Europcar Autovermietung GmbH will launch the car2go mobility concept in Hamburg in spring 2011. Since the end of March 2009 when the service was launched to the public, almost 350,000 journeys have been made, and more than 4 million kilometers (2.5 smart car2go with solar roof.

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When the law for emission credits trading was enacted by the country in 2011 , the regulations only allowed the trading of emission credits for automakers that sell more than 4,500 vehicles per year as of 2009. Tesla did not meet this metric.

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A Final Update Report will be presented to Australia’s Prime Minister on 31 May 2011. 3 February 2011. 7 February 2011. 11 February 2011. late February/early March 2011. 10 March 2011. 17 March 2011. 23 March 2011. 23 March 2011. late March 2011. Earlier post.)

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Adjusted CO 2 emissions and adjusted fuel economy, MY 1975-2011. Data for MY 2011 are final; data for MY 2012 are preliminary and based on projected vehicle production values provided to EPA by manufacturers. The fleet-wide average real world MY 2011 personal vehicle CO 2 emissions value is 398 g/mi and average fuel economy is 22.4

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MAY 1, 2012

Introduced in 2009 on the Ford Taurus SHO and Lincoln MKS, EcoBoost technology combines direct injection and turbocharging. liter EcoBoost V6 engines since 2009. In 2011, Ford sold a record 121,000 vehicles equipped with 3.5-liter In 2011, Ford sold a record 121,000 vehicles equipped with 3.5-liter 1 to meet demand for 3.5-liter

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DECEMBER 21, 2012

Succeeded by the RX 450h in 2009, it has claimed the largest share of Lexus hybrid sales (51.2%), with 259,000 units sold through to November this year. The HS 250h saloon was Lexus’s first hybrid-only model, launched in Japan and North America in 2009, since when sales have reached close to 56,000 units. Earlier post.). RX 400h/450h.

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In 2011, the largest dollar volume for Li-ion automotive applications could come from the mini EV and EREV segment. Reflecting the current difficulties in forecasting, Anderman, who publishes an annual market forecast for the sector, said he decided not to produce the 2009 report. Representative battery pack size is below each segment.

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