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NOVEMBER 12, 2019

In this analysis, I compare the age composition of buyers of new light-duty vehicles (cars and light trucks) in 2007 and 2017. The main findings are as follows: Middle-aged persons purchased proportionally fewer vehicles in 2017 than in 2007 (down from 29% to 14% for those 35 to 44, and from 24% to 20% for those 45 to 54).

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FEBRUARY 16, 2017

At the SAE 2017 Hybrid & Electric Vehicle Technologies Symposium last week, an overview of the plans for testing to validate power levels up to WPT 3, (11kW) for SAE J2954TM were shown along with a preview of the technology to be standardized in the upcoming Recommended Practice. Earlier post.). 7.7kW) in 2016. 7.7kW) in 2016.

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APRIL 14, 2020

The 2020 edition of US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) comprehensive annual report on nationwide greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions shows that emissions increased from 2017 to 2018 by 3.1% (after accounting for sequestration from the land sector). The number of vehicle miles traveled (VMT) by light-duty vehicles (i.e.,

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2018 2017 EPA 2005 243

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JANUARY 30, 2019

In 2018, the share of incoming orders for vehicles equipped with the latest diesel technology as a proportion of the overall vehicle portfolio was 43% compared to 39% in 2017. Demand for diesel cars was particularly strong among private customers, where the share almost doubled from 15% in 2017 to 27% last year.

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MAY 16, 2023

With more than 284 million vehicles in operation (VIO) on US roads, the average age of cars and light trucks in the US has risen again this year to a new record of 12.5 In addition, the continued rise of light trucks/utilities means the number of passenger cars on the road will fall beneath 100 million for the first time since 1978.

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APRIL 15, 2019

lower in 2017 than the prior year (after accounting for sequestration from the land sector), and power sector emissions fell 4.2%, according to the 2019 edition of the US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) annual report on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. In 2017, US greenhouse gas emissions totaled 6,456.7

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2017 EPA Transportation 2005 199

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MARCH 14, 2017

A team of scientists at the University of Cambridge has reported the light-driven photoreforming of cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin to H 2 using semiconducting cadmium sulfide quantum dots in alkaline aqueous solution. CdS is an inexpensive, visible-light-absorbing photocatalyst with a bulk electronic bandgap of around 2.4

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Light Solar Conversion Hydrogen 236

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NOVEMBER 8, 2016

A team led by researchers from Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is developing a lower-cost cast aluminum (Al) alloy capable of at least a 50 ˚C temperature increase over the current cylinder head alloys 319 and 356 for use in light duty engines.

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Light Engine Exhaust San Diego 259

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NOVEMBER 24, 2020

It will initially support eight V2V and V2I safety applications: Emergency Braking Warning, Control Loss Warning, Abnormal Vehicle Warning, Intersection Collision Warning, Speed Limit Warning, Signal Violation Warning, Hazard Location Warning and Green Light Optimization Speed Advisory.

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Buick China Vehicles GM 413

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FEBRUARY 5, 2019

The period covered is 1984 through 2017. Distances driven by all light-duty vehicles (passenger cars and light trucks) were obtained from the Federal Highway Administration. by 2017 (to 8,834 miles). by 2017 (to 22,796 miles). population). from 1984 to 2004 (from 6,612 miles to 9,314 miles), then decreased by 9.1%

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2004 United States Personal 2017 317

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JULY 2, 2021

These light-duty EVs fill the gap between full-sized trucks and small utility carts for low-speed logistics and cargo services in campus and urban environments. Beginning operations in 2017 and re-named in 2019, the Karma Innovation and Customization Center (KICC) is California-based Karma Automotive’s production hub.

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Karma Cars Manufacturer California 418

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NOVEMBER 17, 2016

Compared to its predecessor, the 2017 e-Golf offers almost 50% more range, more power and new features. The 2017 e-Golf, which should be onsale in the US in Q2 2017, should be priced comparably to its predecessor, Volkswagen said. The 2017 e-Golf runs zero to 60 mph more than a second faster than its predecessor—now in 9.6

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APRIL 29, 2020

The vision for the Colorado Electric Vehicle Plan 2020 is the large-scale transition of Colorado’s transportation system to zero-emission vehicles, with a long-term goal of 100% of light-duty vehicles being electric and 100% of medium- and heavy-duty vehicles being zero emission. This will require maintaining 50% plus annual growth rates.

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Colorado Electric Vehicles Vehicles Electrical 414

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DECEMBER 3, 2019

According to the Federal Highway Administration, the average fuel economy for all light vehicles on the road today is 22.3 Source: Calculated by Oak Ridge National Laboratory using average annual miles and average fuel economy of the light-duty vehicle population from the U.S. The Federal tax on gasoline is 18.4 cents in Alaska to 58.7

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Tax 2019 Gasoline Fuel Economy 345

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APRIL 2, 2020

At the 2019 Tokyo Motor Show in October, MFTBC unveiled the Vision F-CELL, a light-duty fuel-cell concept truck. The vehicle has been further elaborated into the concept eCanter F-CELL, a light-duty truck that was presented recently in Kawasaki. The modular high-voltage battery provides from 13.8 —MFTBC CEO Hartmut Schick.

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Mitsubishi Concept Fuel Production 418

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AUGUST 22, 2018

The 2017 National Household Travel Survey (NHTS) reported that the average vehicle—including cars, trucks, and vans—has increased from 9.3 years in 2017, suggesting that many households have delayed the purchase of a new vehicle and continuing a trend of US households operating vehicles longer. years in 2017.

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2009 Vehicles Fuel Economy 2017 284

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DECEMBER 8, 2021

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. Consumption per capita (gallons). The maximum consumption per capita (505 gallons) was reached in 1978.

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2020 Gasoline 2019 2000 415

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APRIL 22, 2019

In a recent article , I examined changes in distance driven in the United States during the period from 1984 through 2017. While this rate has been on a rebound since 2013, the 2017 rate is still down from 2004 by 5.2%. by 2017 (to 0.769 vehicles). by 2017 (to 0.769 vehicles). population).

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2006 United States 2004 Personal 277

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FEBRUARY 27, 2018

The warning came as a new report published by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) confirmed that the fleet average CO 2 of newly registered cars rose for the first time in 2017, despite vehicles becoming ever more efficient. in 2017 to 119,821 units. of the overall new car market in 2017. to a new low of 165.4

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2017 Diesel Auto Industry CO2 210

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JANUARY 24, 2022

The self-developed traffic light camera has a resolution rate 1.5 and NVIDIA’s relationship, which dates back to 2017 when the company first adopted the NVIDIA DRIVE platform. The central mechanical LiDAR has been replaced with solid-state LiDARs. times that of the previous generation. This builds on Pony.ai

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Design Toyota Light Fusion 395

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AUGUST 22, 2019

The examined data were for 1990 and 2017. The data in the table below show that the largest relative changes from 1990 to 2017 in greenhouse gas emissions by economic sector occurred in industry (a decrease from 36.3% to 23.3%), a decrease for cars and light trucks (from 63.1% The raw data came from EPA.

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Emissions Gas 2017 EPA 278

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JUNE 28, 2020

In 2016, BMW i Ventures—the venture capital arm of the BMW Group—invested in the Silicon Valley-based company Carbon, whose DLS (Digital Light Synthesis) technology achieved a breakthrough in planar processes, using a planar light projector to enable super-fast component production.

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BMW Manufacturer Industry Industrial 468

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MAY 14, 2019

In 2018, plug-in light-duty vehicles on the road displaced 323 million gallons of gasoline—about one quarter of a percent of all gasoline used in the United States, according to the US Department of Energy (DOE). 2017 and about twice as much as it was in 2016.

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Plug-in 2018 Gasoline Plug 285

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AUGUST 12, 2020

LIDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) is considered to be the key technology for self-propelled vehicles. Intel bought the company in 2017 for 15.3 Immune to sensor cross-talk and self-interference: Light impulses from other sensors cannot be confused or disturbed by own, previously sent impulses. billion US Dollars.

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Light Low Cost Taxi Range 370

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MAY 26, 2017

In 2015, light-duty vehicle emissions accounted for approximately 50% of Canada’s transportation-related greenhouse gas emissions, and 12% of the country’s total emissions. ZEVs offer the potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions significantly from the light-duty vehicle sector.

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Canada 2018 Emissions Vehicles 310

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OCTOBER 7, 2020

A team led by Southwest Research Institute has applied connectivity and automation to achieve a 20% improvement in efficiency on a 2017 Toyota Prius Prime. The driver advisory app connects with traffic lights and roadway infrastructure to “see” up to half a kilometer ahead and alerts drivers to drive more efficiently. Earlier post.).

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Connected Connect Fuel Fort Worth 418

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JUNE 30, 2021

Since 2017, the new Worldwide Harmonized Light Vehicle Test Procedure (WLTP) has been put in place with the objective to gradually replace the outdated New European Driving Cycle (NEDC). The provisional data are available through the EEA’s data viewer on CO 2 emissions of new cars and new vans.

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2020 CO2 Europe Emissions 435

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JULY 2, 2020

At the same time, global automotive markets hit a peak in 2017-2018, and before the coronavirus crisis, it was not expected to regain this peak until 2021-2022. The report, Guidehouse Insights Leaderboard: EV Upstarts , looks at the field of upstarts across light-, medium-, and heavy-duty vehicle classes producing BEVs, PHEVs, and FCVs.

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Insight PHEV Market Global 435

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Until recently, the energy intensity of domestic flying was higher than the energy intensity of driving light-duty vehicles (cars and light trucks). However, the energy intensity of flying became lower than that of long-wheel-base light-duty vehicles starting in 1995, and of short-wheel-base light-duty vehicles starting in 2005. (A

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2019 2020 Light 2005 313

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MARCH 11, 2020

In the previous analysis , I examined the data from 1984 through 2017. The calculations used the total numbers of light-duty vehicles (cars and light trucks) from the Federal Highway Administration and the resident populations from ProQuest. This analysis adds new calculations for 2018. population).

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2006 Personal Vehicles 2018 293

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MARCH 3, 2020

Light-duty vehicles (of all types) posted an increase in urban VMT of a scant 0.2% (from 2,066,824 million miles in 2017 to 2,071,605 million miles in 2018). increase in urban VMT in 2018, from 157,328 million miles in 2017 to 164,321 million miles in 2018. Total VMT in 2018 was 3.2 trillion miles.

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Miles 2018 2017 Vehicles 243

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MARCH 21, 2019

Vehicle fuel economy improvements have slowed globally, according to the latest report from the Global Fuel Economy Initiative (GFEI): Fuel Economy In Major Car Markets: Technology And Policy Drivers 2005-2017. per year between 2015 and 2017. —more than triple the improvement rate between 2016 and 2017. Source: GFEI.

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Global Fuel Economy Diesel SUV 308

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JULY 1, 2019

It turns out that, in the United States, the occupants of light-duty vehicles (cars, SUVs, pickups, and vans) annually contribute, on average, 7,958 pounds of carbon dioxide equivalent. Furthermore, indirect emissions, such as those from refining and transport of the fuel, were included by adding 24% of the direct emissions.

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Emissions Los Angeles Gas San Francisco 419

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MAY 18, 2018

The first four months of this year also saw US petroleum demand average 750,000 barrels a day above the same period in 2017 despite higher prices. above April 2017. versus April 2017. versus April 2017. compared with April 2017. versus April 2017. from March but 3.8% from March and 1.1% from March and 1.1%

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2007 Oil Prices Oil Production 259

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DECEMBER 20, 2024

The Tesla Cybertruck is being recalled again, this time because its tire pressure monitoring system (TPMS) light may not stay on, preventing drivers from seeing warnings of low tire pressure.

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Tesla 2017 2020 Light 206

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JUNE 26, 2019

In 2017 three scientists were awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry for their roles in developing cryo-EM. In the mid-1970s, scientists came up with the idea of freezing samples to preserve the natural structure of biological specimens and reduce damage from the electron beam, and cryo-EM was born.

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Carbon Light CO2 Climate Change 220

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JUNE 4, 2021

HYVIA’s activities will be carried out at existing Renault facilities in France: The head office of the joint venture as well as the R&D teams will be located at Villiers-Saint-Frédéric, with the light commercial vehicle engineering and development center for Renault Group, to maximize synergy across teams.

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