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Perspective: Drive Star Conversion Program Could Cut US Oil Use in Half by 2020

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How President Obama Can Announce Drive Star to Cut Oil Use in Half by 2020. Well, America’s auto industry delivered over 100,000. That helped us become the world’s greatest industrial power. It helps that the auto industry will be building more efficient new vehicles. Today we are under attack.

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Heard At The Show: Snippets from SAE 2009 World Congress

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Cash for Clunkers. There are two bills in the US House of Representatives to give people cash for replacing an old, fuel inefficient vehicle with a new, more efficient, one. by 2020 and in one case study they were able to save between 70 and 75 lbs (32 to 34 kg) of vehicle mass for a cost penalty of $280-$350 ($4-$5/lb).

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Can Electric Vehicles Speed Up As The Economy Slows Down?

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Moreover, EVs are not only proving to be more robust amidst an auto industry in decline, but they are also already displaying some signs of recovery. Additionally, the European Investment Bank has doubled down on its commitment to the European EV battery industry to boost green recovery, committing more than €1B to financings in 2020.

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