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Average annual highway vehicle miles traveled per capita varies by state

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On a per-capita basis, the number of vehicle-miles traveled (VMT) on the nation’s roads varies from a low of 5,300 annual miles in the District of Columbia to 16,900 annual miles in Wyoming. Census Bureau, “State Population Totals and Components of Change: 2010-2018,” accessed October 15, 2019. Resident population – U.S.

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2020 Thanksgiving week gasoline consumption in US lowest since 1997

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Year-on-year comparisons are even more significant at the regional level, with some regions seeing declines of 20% or more from Thanksgiving Week 2019. New Jersey is the hardest hit state, with gasoline volumes plunging by nearly 30% from 2019. Data within the OPIS report shows considerable variation across the country.

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Senators introduce bipartisan bill to boost production, use of renewable diesel, sustainable aviation fuel

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Wyoming is already a leading producer of renewable diesel and is expected to produce a lot more in the near future. In California, use of renewable diesel has grown by 528% between 2013 and 2019. In 2019, it displaced 618 million gallons of conventional diesel.

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Electrify America to more than double its current EV charging network by end of 2025

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In addition to adding to its existing network in the US, Electrify America will also expand its Electrify Canada charging network which began installations in 2019. The announcement expands Electrify America’s previous commitment to invest $2 billion over 10 years in Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) infrastructure, education, and access in the US.

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USBR cuts 613,000 acre-feet of water from Colorado River users; Lake Mead to operate in Shortage Condition 1 for 1st time

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The Colorado River is a critical resource in the US West because seven basin states—Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming—depend on it for water supply, hydropower production, recreation, fish and wildlife habitat, and other benefits.

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MTU researchers develop optimization model to fill in the gaps in connected vehicle data

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—Zhao and Zhang (2019). The next step in this research is for the model to be applied to existing connected vehicle testbeds in Florida, New York and Wyoming, and provide insights there on how to use connected vehicle data. This is a big data era. —Kuilin Zhang. 2019.03.012.

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‘West Electric Highway’ develops EV charging in eight Western States

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ChargeWest and Utah Clean Cities have formed a coalition of at least 21 different partners from eight states, including Montana, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Idaho, Wyoming, Arizona, and New Mexico, as well as two national organizations, the Department of Energy’s Vehicle Technologies Program and the National Association of State Energy Officials.

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