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Pike forecasts 26.4% CAGR for electric-drive buses to 2018; hybrid, battery-electric and fuel cell

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from 2012 to 2018. This latter development is due as much to the fact that developed bus markets may experience a general slowdown, due to austerity measures and the end of stimulus funding, as to any changes in demand for electric drive. Europe is behind on hybrid bus deployments, although stimulus. Li-ion batteries.

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IHS Markit: global commercial vehicle production to drop 22% in 2020 in wake of COVID-19

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IHS Markit is forecasting that global commercial vehicle production (GVW 4-8) volumes in 2020 compared to 2019 will be down 22% (more than 650,000 units) to 2.6 Most commercial vehicle factories in mainland China have returned to production. The local industry is already recovering, with commercial vehicle plants re-opened.

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Report: total investment of $8.1T in nature required over next 3 decades; tripling current investments needed by 2030

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of projected economic stimulus spending. The report says the annual investment of the private sector in nature-based solutions was $18 billion in 2018. The report says that structural transformations are needed to close the US$4.1-trillion Nature currently only accounts for 2.5%

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Pike Research forecasts surge in investment and growth in advanced biorefineries through 2022

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Growth in advanced biorefinery infrastructure will be moderate through 2015 as new commercial facilities seek to demonstrate viability at scale and government support retreats from post-stimulus highs across the United States, Europe, and China. take, or in what quantities specific products (e.g.,

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A New Wildfire Watchdog

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In the case of the 2017 Tubbs Fire, the 2018 Camp Fire, and the 2020 August Complex Fires, high winds blasted flames through populated areas in the early morning hours while residents were sleeping. government, and PurpleAir , created via crowd-sourcing of commercial sensors. You roust your family and run to the car.

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Next 10 report finds California must increase GHG reductions to 4.9%/year through 2030 to meet target

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This year’s Index finds that 2018 greenhouse gas emissions—the latest year for which data are available—rose overall for the first time since 2012, driven in part by increases in the power and commercial sectors. MMTCO 2 e (+0.2%) in 2018 compared to 2017. from 2017 to 2018 due to a strong growth in real GDP.

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2020 Top 10 Countries in the Global EV Revolution

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If you want to drown in EV numbers and analyses from around the globe, do subscribe to Jose’s new commercial endeavor EV Volumes (and no, I’m not getting a cut). Still, 61k is quite a slide from well over 100k in 2015-2018, and represents ~40% market share, not what one would expect considering the track record. E-buses were deployed.

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