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EIA projects nearly 50% increase in world energy usage by 2050, led by growth in Asia

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EIA projects most of this growth will come from regions where the consumption of energy is driven by strong economic growth, particularly in non-OECD Asia. This long-term trend of Asian energy consumption to support growing economies strongly influences the extraction, refining, and transport of oil, natural gas, and other fuels.

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Toyota halting production in Australia by end of 2017; will mark the end of major car manufacturing there

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TMCA), its production and sales subsidiary in Australia, will end Toyota vehicle and engine production in Australia by the end of 2017. Furthermore, Toyota is considering reducing the scale of the operations of Toyota Technical Center Asia Pacific Australia Pty. Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) and Toyota Motor Corporation Australia Ltd.

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IEA finds CO2 emissions flat for third straight year even as global economy grew in 2016

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Global energy-related carbon dioxide emissions were flat for a third straight year in 2016 even as the global economy grew, according to the International Energy Agency. gigatonnes last year, the same as the previous two years, while the global economy grew 3.1%, according to estimates from the IEA.

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BNEF: net-zero road transport by 2050 still possible, but big push needed

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Most of this is from electric two- and three-wheelers in Asia, but rising passenger EV sales push this to 2.5 Sales of internal combustion engine vehicles already peaked in 2017 and BNEF expects the global fleet of ICE passenger vehicles to start to decline in 2024. million barrels per day by 2025.

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Pike Research projects 138M electric motorcycles and scooters to be on the road worldwide by 2017

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Cumulative battery usage by vehicle, world markets, 2011-2017. According to a new report from Pike Research, the number of e-motorcycles and e-scooters on the road will increase from 17 million in 2011 to 138 million by 2017, the majority of which will be powered by lead-acid batteries. million, respectively, by 2017.

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Ford unveils global small car concept in Brazil; targeting sub-B compact segment in developing markets

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million vehicles by 2017, Ford said. Anticipated to grow by 35% from 2012 to 2017, this compact vehicle segment would far outpace the industry growth rate by 12 percentage points largely due to surging demand from urban consumers in developing countries. Ford Ka Concept. Click to enlarge.

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Pike Research forecasts global hybrid medium- and heavy-duty truck sales to surpass 100,000 vehicles annually by 2017; about 2.1% of total MD/HD sales

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MD/HD HEV Truck Sales as percentage of ICE trucks, World Markets: 2011 and, 2017. million by 2017. million by 2017. between 2011 and 2017 to reach 100,746 trucks, or about 2.1% million kilowatt hours (kWh) globally in the medium- and heavy-duty truck market by 2017. Source: Pike Research. Click to enlarge.

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