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GHSA report: 6,590 pedestrians killed on US roads in 2019, highest since 1988

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GHSA’s projection represents a 5% increase from 2018 in the number of pedestrian fatalities. This projection represents a continuation of an increasing trend in pedestrian deaths going back to 2009 and would be the largest annual number of pedestrian fatalities in the US since 1988. Source: GHSA.

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GMC 2018 Terrain offers 1.6L diesel with start/stop in US

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At the 2017 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS), GMC introduced the 2018 Terrain compact SUV. The recently announced 2018 Chevrolet Equinox compact SUV will also feature the same powertrain choices: 1.5 The new Terrain offers a choice of three all-new available turbocharged propulsion systems, including a 1.6-liter

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DOE proposes $99M for Energy Frontier Research Centers in FY 2018

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US Secretary of Energy Rick Perry announced a proposed $99 million in Fiscal Year 2018 funding for Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRCs) to accelerate transformative scientific advances for the most challenging topics in materials sciences, chemical sciences, geosciences, and biosciences. ( DE-FOA-0001810 ).

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California adding new certification requirement for HVIP: ZEPCert

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California’s Hybrid and Zero-Emission Truck and Bus Voucher Incentive Project (HVIP), launched in 2009, accelerates commercialization of zero-emission and near-zero-emission technologies by providing point-of-sale vouchers to make advanced vehicles more affordable.

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2018 Volkswagen Tiguan powered by 2.0L EA888 Gen3B engine

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The all-new 2018 Volkswagen Tiguan arrives in US dealerships this summer powered by the most advanced version yet of Volkswagen’s EA888 four-cylinder engine, the Gen3B. liter TSI engine will be the only powerplant offered in the 2018 Tiguan. Audi engineers described the development of the Gen3B at the Vienna Motor Symposium in 2015.

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Report: Mercedes-Benz introducing fuel cell GLC SUV next year, 4 EVs starting in 2018

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The release of the GLC F-Cell will be followed by the introduction of four battery-electric cars starting in 2018. The most recent Mercedes-Benz light-duty fuel cell vehicle is the B-Class F-Cell, which began production in 2009. Weber also told Autocar that the first BEV to emerge in 2018 would have a 250- to 300-mile range.

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

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Total consumption (millions of gallons). Consumption per capita (gallons). The maximum consumption per capita (505 gallons) was reached in 1978. Not coincidentally, the first Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards for new cars and light trucks became effective with 1978 model-year vehicles.

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