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NADA forecasts light-duty vehicle sales of 16.94M in US in 2015; 56% trucks and SUVs

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Low gasoline prices and pent-up consumer demand will combine to drive new car and light truck sales to an estimated 16.94 million in 2015, according to the National Automobile Dealers Association. million new cars and light trucks for 2014 was on target. in 2015, with the potential for growth to exceed that level.

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Looking to get in a hybrid for cheap? Used Toyota Prius 1.5 HSD 2004-2009 Review

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I knew I wanted something for her that was cheap to maintain, had a reliable automatic transmission, came with cruise control, AC. That 10 years is now only applicable for the Generation 3 made from 2010-2015, but at least there are options. The symptoms start with a check engine light (CEL) that sometimes comes on. Code P0016.

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Ninth annual Green Innovation Index finds California light-duty vehicle emissions spike; major challenge to 2030 climate goals

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Between 2006 and 2015, California’s GDP per capita grew by almost $5,000 per person, nearly double the growth experienced by the US as a whole. Job growth between 2006 and 2015 in California outpaced rates experienced prior to 2006, and outpaced total US employment gains by 27%. in emissions from on-road vehicles. —Adam Fowler.

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$67 Oil Has All The Majors Converging in Argentina

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Prices for light oil are set at $67 per barrel and natural gas prices fixed at $7.50 That means consumers are not reaping the benefits of cheap fuel. The company spent only $4 billion in 2015, down from the original $6 billion it had planned on spending. per million Btu (MMBtu).

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Opinion: How Much Longer Can OPEC Hold Out?

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However, OPEC has been in the line of fire from the western world in light of its stance of not reducing the production levels of its member nations (excluding Iran). The EIA even predicts that OPEC’s net oil exports (excluding Iran) could fall to as low as $380 billion in 2015. Source: opec.org).

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Five-year Update: Your Author's 2015 Lexus GS 350

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At home I swapped out the cabin filter and air filter, both parts were of course cheap and readily available.& Time flies, doesn’t it? Seems just a year or two ago your author took a troubled and stressful trip to Austin to pick up a lightly used GS 350. But that was a full five years ago now, prior to pandemic times!

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Delivery of renewable isooctane to Audi tips interesting potential non-biomass pathway for biogasoline; “e-benzin” as solar fuel

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The basic process for the oligomerization of light olefins (isobutene and isobutane) in FCC units at refineries has received attention for a number of years in terms of catalyst design and process tuning. So here our isobutene would allow us to integrate this very cheap fossil component into the fuel. —Thomas Buhl. Audi e-fuels.

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