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DOE: US Light-duty electric vehicle miles traveled reached 13.7 billion miles in 2020

Green Car Congress

The number of electric vehicle miles traveled (eVMT) has been increasing each year since the introduction of the first mass market plug-in vehicles in late 2010. Beginning in 2014, annual all-electric vehicle eVMT has exceeded that of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles in the US, reaching a new high of nearly 10 billion miles in 2020.

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Distances traveled on the road and in the air: 1970-2015

Green Car Congress

The present analysis examines the changes in passenger-distance traveled in both of these two transportation modes during a 45-year period from 1970 to 2015. From 1970 to 2015, the average passenger-distance traveled in airplanes per person increased by 291%, from 511 miles to 2,000 miles.

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2015 VW e-Golf EPA-rated at 116 MPGe combined, 83-mile range

Green Car Congress

announced that the compact battery-electric 2015 e-Golf ( earlier post ) has been rated by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) at 126 city, 105 highway, and 116 combined Miles per Gallon of Gasoline Equivalent (MPGe), and given a range of up to 83 miles. 2015 e-Golf. Volkswagen of America, Inc. 2014 BMW i3.

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Used Car of the Day: 2015 Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT

The Truth About Cars

Today's UCOTD comes to us from the South -- it's an Atlanta-based 2015 Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT. The seller has put 51,000 of the 97,000 miles on this hot-rod JGC, and he or she is selling due to an addition to their family. It's stock and fully loaded, according to the seller, and has lived in both Michigan and Georgia.

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ExxonMobil announces 6th oil discovery offshore Guyana with Ranger-1; Guyana may move from non-producer to regional powerhouse

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See How A 2015 Tesla Model S 70D Holds Up After 424,000 Miles

InsideEVs

The original owner used it for Uber, which explains the high mileage; the battery was changed under warranty at 250,000 miles.

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2015 Volkswagen e-Golf Rated At 83 Miles Range, 116 MPGe

Green Car Reports

The 2015 Volkswagen Golf is the latest car range to be offered with an electric powertrain as well as internal-combustion engines. Now, the EPA range and efficiency ratings have been released for the 2015 VW e-Golf, and they put it somewhere in the middle of the current crop of electric cars.

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