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NHTSA 2019 data shows significant improvements in traffic safety, including the lowest percentage of alcohol-impaired driving fatalities on record

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The US Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has released its annual 2019 traffic fatality data from the Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS). There were 36,096 fatalities in motor vehicle traffic crashes in 2019. As a result, the fatality rate for 2019 was 1.10

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CNCDA: registration of electrified vehicles up 3.6% in California in 2019, while total car reg down 5.5%

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to 250,566 units in 2019, up from 241,970 units, according to the California New Car Dealers Association (CNCDA), using data from IHS. from 2018 to 2019 (2,002,047 to 1,892,672 units), while the total US market fell 1.1% (17,115,072 units to 16,931,012 units). market share in California in 2019, EVs held a 5.3% in 2019.

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EIA expects summer US real gasoline and diesel prices to be the highest since 2014

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After adjusting for inflation, this summer’s forecast national average price would mark the highest retail gasoline and diesel prices since 2014. US gasoline and diesel consumption continue to remain below their 2019 averages. The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) forecasts that retail gasoline prices will average $3.84

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Abandoned History: The Apple Electric Car Project, Rest in Peace (2014-2024)

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Let’s start at the beginning, in 2014. In the latter portion of 2014 the project was approved by CEO Tim Cook. A product unveiling in 2019 was generally believed. Thereafter, it was reported that a team from Canadian parts powerhouse Magna International was embedded at Apple’s laboratory in California.

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Honeywell Global Turbo Forecast projects 49M turbocharged vehicle sales, $12B revenue per year by 2019

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The automotive turbocharging industry will generate $12 billion in revenue by equipping 49 million vehicles with turbochargers annually by 2019, according to Honeywell Turbo Technologies’ 2014 Global Turbo Forecast. million turbocharged vehicles by 2019.

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JATO: new car average CO2 emissions highest in Europe since 2014; slow EV uptake insufficient to counter fewer diesels and more SUVs

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In addition to the European car market recording tepid growth in 2019, CO 2 emissions have continued to increase, despite new regulation designed to curtail this, according to JATO Dynamics. Last year, the volume-weighted average CO 2 emissions for European markets were at their highest recorded levels since 2014. —Felipe Munoz.

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EIA: US, Qatar and Russia provided almost 70% of liquefied natural gas received in Europe in 2021

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Bcf/d in 2019, according to data by Refinitiv Eikon, reported by the EIA. Bcf/d in 2019 and in 2020 to 11.1 MMBtu during 2019, and $6.45/MMBtu MMBtu from 2014 through 2018. Bcf/d of import pipeline capacity from Russia) averaged 10.7 Bcf/d in 2021, compared with 11.8 Bcf/d in 2020 and 14.1 The TTF price peaked at $60.20/MMBtu

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