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AUGUST 20, 2012

Pike Research forecasts that the global market for all electric-drive buses—including hybrid, battery electric, and fuel cell buses—grow steadily over the next. from 2012 to 2018. North America is the leading market for this technology, with hybrids capturing 30% to 40% of annual transit bus sales.

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2018 Li-ion Hybrid Fuel 276

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2012

Cumulative capital investment in biorefinery infrastructure by generation, world markets, 2012–2022. Pike Research forecasts that biorefineries globally will attract $170 billion in new capital investment between 2012 and 2022, reaching 81 billion gallons per year (BGY) of installed capacity. Source: Pike Research. Click to enlarge.

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Brazil Italy Stimulus United States 236

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APRIL 18, 2020

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 These forecasts are informed by the latest IHS Markit global economic forecast updates, which reflect a 3.0% million units, in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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2020 Commercial Global Production 191

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JUNE 1, 2016

Although markets have dealt with the supply overhang for the better part of two years, the surplus could flip to a deficit as early as this year, as declines exceed new sources of production by a few hundred thousand barrels per day. That widens to more than a million barrels per day in both 2017 and 2018.

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Oil Supplies Market Oil Prices 150