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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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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. Europe is behind on hybrid bus deployments, although stimulus. million kWh by 2018, a CAGR of 42%. 22,240 kWh by 2018.

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

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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. thermochemical and hybrid conversion pathways are expected to increase over the remainder of the forecast period. Source: Pike Research.

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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 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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3 Years Of Painful Cuts Sets Oil Markets Up For Serious Supply Crunch

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That widens to more than a million barrels per day in both 2017 and 2018. If spot oil prices suddenly rise, forecasts are revised sharply upwards. To be sure, there are extremely large volumes of oil sitting in storage, which will take a few years to work through. Of course, these figures are not inevitable.

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