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EIA: Renewable diesel increasingly used to meet California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard; 10.1% of total diesel supplied in 2Q18

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Renewable diesel net supply to California’s fuel market has increased since the state’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) program went into effect in 2011, reaching 100 million gallons during the second quarter of 2018, or 10.1% Source: US Energy Information Administration, based on California Air Resources Board.

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Volkswagen’s new Touareg to offer two PHEV variants

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All are paired as standard with an 8-speed automatic gearbox and the 4MOTION permanent all-wheel drive. The Touareg was offered with hybrid drive for the first time when the second- generation model was launched in 2010. The third generation made its debut in 2018 with a new plug-in hybrid drive. All use a 3.0-liter

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

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

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Volkswagen Group 2014 sustainability report shows progress on key environmental performance indicators; Strategy 2018 and leadership in e-mobility

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below the figure for the base year of 2010. lower than the 588 kg of the base year of 2010. of the global passenger car market. The largest sales market for the Volkswagen Group is the Asia-Pacific region, followed by Western Europe, North America, South America and Central and Eastern Europe. Strategy 2018.

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ICCT paper finds $123B benefit to Mexico from tighter heavy-duty diesel emission standards

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A new working paper by the the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) concludes that tighter heavy-duty diesel vehicle emissions standards in Mexico (NOM 044 standards) would result in a net benefit to Mexico of US$123 billion (1.6

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Roskill: Niobium industry looking for a future beyond steel; Li-ion batteries a possibility

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CAGR between 2010 and 2019, accelerating since 2016, according to Roskill Information Services. Consumption has benefited from the restructuring of the Chinese steel industry and from the new regulations prescribing stricter standards for construction. Another key characteristic of the niobium market is its highly concentrated supply.

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TRUE US database shows emissions characteristics of US fleet

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Over the past three decades, fleet-average emissions for nitrogen monoxide (NO), carbon monoxide (CO), and hydrocarbons (HC) have shown a significant downward trend and have remained particularly low after the phase-in of the US EPA Tier 2 standards in the mid-2000s. In older model years, the deterioration can exceed 0.2 gNO x /kg per year).

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