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DOE: US plug-in vehicles consumed nearly 3 TWh of electricity in 2018

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terawatt-hours in 2018, according to the US Department of Energy (DOE). In 2018, EV accounted for 61% of all PEV electricity consumption while PHEV accounted for the remaining 39%. In 2018, EV accounted for 61% of all PEV electricity consumption while PHEV accounted for the remaining 39%. terawatt-hours in 2016 to 2.85

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75% of plug-in vehicles sold in the US in 2018 were made in the US

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In 2018, the United States produced 75%, Japan 9%, and Germany 5%, while the remaining eight countries listed produced a combined 11%. US PEV Sales by Production Location from 2011 to 2018. Source: Argonne National Laboratory, Assessment of Light-Duty Plug-In Electric Vehicles in the United States, 20102018, ANL/ESD-19/2, March 2019.

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Study finds US air pollution deaths nearly halved between 1990 and 2010

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A new study led by researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has found that deaths related to air pollution in the US were nearly halved between 1990 and 2010. These health improvements likely have continued beyond 2010 as we observe that air pollutant concentrations have continued to decrease. Hogrefe, C.,

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ANL estimates US energy savings due to light-duty PEV use at 44.8T Btu in 2019, up 47% from 2018

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trillion Btu, up 47% from 2018. Source: Argonne National Laboratory, Assessment of Light-Duty Plug-In Electric Vehicles in the United States, 2010 – 2019, June 2020. million PEVs have been sold, driving more than 37 billion miles on electricity since 2010, thereby reducing national gasoline consumption by 0.34% in 2019 and 1.4

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Adamas Intelligence: all metals/materials but manganese for passenger vehicle battery cells see accelerated gains in 2018

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In 2018, global deployment of nickel, graphite, copper, LCE, aluminum and cobalt by passenger vehicle cell suppliers increased by 75% to 99% versus the year prior, according to data from Adamas Intelligence’s “ EV Battery Capacity and Battery Metals Tracker ”. kWh in January 2010 to 24.8 kWh in December 2018.

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NACTO: 84M shared bike and scooter trips in US in 2018

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According to the National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO), the number of shared bike trips in the 100 largest US cities increased from 321,000 in 2010 to 45.5 million in 2018. Shared scooter trips were added to the NACTO study in 2018. 2018, April 2019. There were 38.5

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Interim assessment finds Volkswagen’s “Think Blue. Factory.” environmental program tracking to meet 2018 goals of 25% improvement vs. 2010

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environmental program remains on track to meet its 2018 goals of reducing energy and water consumption as well as the share in waste, CO 2 and solvent emissions at all Volkswagen plants throughout the world by 25% compared with 2010 levels by 2018. Under the program, some 5,000 individual measures are to be taken by 2018.

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