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OCTOBER 18, 2022
In an open-access report in the journal Environmental Pollution , researchers from UCLA and the University of Chicago estimate that California’s wildfire carbon dioxide equivalent (CO 2 e) emissions from 2020 (~127 mmt CO 2 e ) are approximately two times higher than California’s total greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reductions since 2003.
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DECEMBER 8, 2021
Because of the pandemic, there was a substantial reduction in 2020 in vehicle miles traveled. The biggest drop was in April 2020 (a reduction of 40% compared with April 2019) followed by a gradual rebound later in the year. In December 2020, the reduction was 11% compared with December 2019. Total consumption.
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Green Car Congress
MARCH 17, 2022
In 2021, coal exports from the United States increased by 23% to 85 million metric short tons (MMst) from 69 MMst in 2020, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). A trade dispute between Australia and China that began in late 2020 resulted in China banning coal imported from Australia.
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 28, 2020
The data collected by FMCSA shows a surge in losses of authority for motorcoach operators in 2020, which means these companies are no longer providing transportation—in some cases forever. Nearly 72% of these losses of authority occurred between April and August 2020, during the height of the pandemic.
Green Car Congress
MARCH 1, 2022
Sales of new light-duty plug-in electric vehicles, including all-electric vehicles (EVs) and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs), nearly doubled from 308,000 in 2020 to 608,000 in 2021, according to data gathered by the US Department of Energy (DOE). EV sales accounted for 73% of all plug-in electric vehicle sales in 2021.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 26, 2020
The US Energy Information Administration released its annual US Biodiesel Plant Production Capacity report, containing data for all operating US biodiesel plants as of 1 January 2020. The data show a slight decrease in production capacity from 2,563 million gallons per year in 2019 to 2,514 million gallons per year in 2020—a drop of 2%.
Green Car Congress
JUNE 8, 2021
In 2020, net petroleum imports (total imports minus exports) were negative for the first time since the US Energy Information Administration began tracking them—i.e., the United States exported more petroleum than it imported. This includes crude oil and petroleum products. Net imports peaked in 2005 at 12.5 million barrels per day.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 10, 2020
Argonne National Laboratory’s Systems Assessment Center has released the 2020 version of the suite of GREET models and associated documentation. The following low-carbon alternative ammonia production pathways have been implemented in GREET 2020 release. road, air, marine, and rail) and other end-use sectors, and energy systems.
Green Car Congress
JULY 7, 2021
In 2020, total consumption of fossil fuels in the United States, including petroleum, natural gas, and coal, fell to 72.9 2020 marked the largest annual decrease in US fossil fuel consumption in both absolute and percentage terms since at least 1949, the earliest year in the EIA annual data series.
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JUNE 5, 2021
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA’s) statistical projection of traffic fatalities for 2020 shows that an estimated 38,680 people died in motor vehicle traffic crashes. Preliminary data from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) shows vehicle miles traveled (VMT) in 2020 decreased by about 430.2
Green Car Congress
MAY 5, 2021
In 2020, Tesla deployed 18,700 tonnes of LCE onto roads globally in the batteries of its newly sold passenger EVs, more than the next four EV makers (BYD, VW, Renault and Audi) combined, according to data from Adamas Intelligence’s EV Battery Capacity and Battery Metals Tracker. Lithium Hydroxide leads but Lithium Carbonate making inroads.
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 6, 2020
The 2020 Global Status on CCS report also finds that there are a total of 65 commercial CCS facilities in various stages of development globally. Source: 2020 Global Status on CCS. 2020 saw increased ambition and support for CCS in Europe as well. World map of CCS facilities at various stages of development.
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 4, 2021
Xpeng Inc, a Chinese smart electric vehicle company, announced its vehicle delivery results for December 2020, the fourth quarter and year-ended December 31, 2020. In the fourth quarter 2020, 8,527 P7s were delivered. A total of 11,979 G3s were delivered in 2020.
Green Car Congress
JULY 12, 2021
bp released the 70 th annual edition of the bp Statistical Review of World Energy ; the data collected in this year’s edition includes energy data for 2020. in 2020—the largest annual decline since 1945. Carbon emissions from energy use fell by more than 6% in 2020, the largest decline since 1945. million b/d). The US (-2.3
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MARCH 10, 2021
million barrels per day (b/d) in 2020, down 935,000 b/d (8%) from the record annual average high of 12.2 The 2020 decrease in production was the largest annual decline in the EIA’s records. The production decline resulted from reduced drilling activity related to low oil prices in 2020. million b/d in 2020. million b/d.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 19, 2021
A 2020 fuel cell vehicle fueled by hydrogen from natural gas (gray hydrogen) clocked in at 237 g CO 2 e/mi; however, when fueled by a 40% blend of renewable hydrogen, the FCEV emissions dropped to 167 g CO 2 e/mi. Life cycle GHG emissions (g CO 2 e/mi) for current (2020) and future (2050) fuels and vehicle technologies for small SUVs.
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 15, 2021
The purpose of this brief note is to examine the energy intensities through 2020—the first year of the pandemic. The annual energy intensities during a 10-year period from 2011 through 2020 are shown in the table below. In conclusion, the energy intensity per passenger mile flown in 2020 doubled from that in 2019.
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 11, 2020
of the necessary Level 2 and DC fast EV charging equipment (EVSE), respectively, required to meet projected demand in 2030, have been installed as of Q1 2020. As of Q1 2020, there were 13,627 public and workplace DC fast EVSE and 71,975 public and workplace Level 2 EVSE available in the United States, according to the report.
Green Car Reports
DECEMBER 13, 2022
The recall is very small, however, affecting just 872 vehicles from the 2020 model year. Early Kia Niro EV models are being recalled for drive-unit components that may have been improperly sealed. The recall involves the electric power control unit (EPCU), one of the most critical and expensive components in an EV.
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APRIL 1, 2021
higher than 2020, according to OPIS Demand, a weekly survey of more than 25,000 fuel stations nationwide. Week Ending March 20, 2021 compared to 2019 and 2020. The Southwest region surpassed 2020 volumes by 15%. US gasoline same-store sales in gallons for the week ending 20 March 2021 were 10.1% Source: OPIS by IHS Markit.
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JULY 15, 2020
US airlines carried 89% fewer scheduled service passengers in May 2020 than in May 2019, according to preliminary data filed with the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) by 20 airlines that carry more than 90% of the passengers. million passengers in May 2020, up from 3.0 Source: DOT BTS. The large airlines carried 7.9
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 25, 2022
The 2020 NextGen National Household Travel Survey (NHTS) data show that there were more truck trips that year originating in New York with a destination in New Jersey than any other state to state origin-destination (OD) pair (29.3 million trips).
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SEPTEMBER 9, 2021
Beginning in 2014, annual all-electric vehicle eVMT has exceeded that of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles in the US, reaching a new high of nearly 10 billion miles in 2020. Between 2015 and 2020, the eVMT of all plug-in electric vehicles more than quadrupled. Total US Light-Duty Annual eMVT, 2012-2020. In 2020, PEVs used 4.4
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 13, 2021
In 2020, Volkswagen Passenger Cars delivered more than 212,000 electric cars in total (+158 percent versus 2019), including nearly 134,000 battery electric vehicles (+197 percent versus 2019). 3 were ordered in 2020. 3 was the top-selling car in December 2020 in absolute numbers—regardless of the type of drive.
Green Car Congress
MARCH 15, 2022
Beginning in March 2020, the number of trips outside of the home declined sharply to just below 30 billion trips per month as the effects of the pandemic took hold. Daily travel remained low throughout 2020 as many worked from home and received supplies via delivery services.
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MAY 18, 2022
increase from the 38,824 fatalities in 2020. Some categories showed large shifts in fatalities and fatality rates in a given month, compared to the corresponding month in 2020. For example, the share of fatalities on urban roads went from 57% in March 2020 to 62% in March 2021, a 5-percentage-point increase. fatalities in 2020.
Green Car Congress
JUNE 29, 2021
This trend toward domestic production has grown over time, with 70% of battery cells and 87% of battery packs produced in the US in 2020. Total capacity (MWh) of Li-ion batteries supplied to the US PEV market by production location, 2010–2020. Zhou et al. Zhou et al. United States: N. doi: 10.2172/1778934.
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FEBRUARY 3, 2021
Roskill expects that rare earth permanent magnet applications represented 29% of total demand in 2020—the largest single end use—consuming a mixture of neodymium (Nd), praseodymium (Pr), dysprosium (Dy), along with other elements used at fillers such as cerium (Ce) and gadolinium (Gd).
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JANUARY 1, 2021
Global aviation data firm Cirium released its new Airline Insights Review 2020 which reveals the deep impact on aviation of worldwide travel restrictions to curb COVID-19. In comparison to last year, passenger traffic is estimated to be down 67% in 2020. This marks an extraordinary 86% reduction in flights. million flights to just 16.8
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 17, 2021
The United States continued a trend of significant growth in large-scale battery capacity, with US battery power capacity reaching 1,650 megawatts (MW) by the end of 2020. Five states account for more than 70% of US battery storage power capacity as of December 2020, with California alone accounting for 31% of the US total (506 MW).
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 31, 2021
The largest recall is for all Model Year 2017 to 2020 Model 3 vehicles—potentially 356,309 units. The recalled component was discontinued with the end of MY 2020 Model 3 vehicle production. Tesla is recalling some 475,000 of its vehicles to address defects in design/assembly.
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OCTOBER 23, 2021
For 2020, the average crude intensity rose 7% from the 2019 value to 13.39 Every year, the California Air Resources Board (ARB) posts an Annual Crude Average carbon intensity calculation, using the the Oil Production Greenhouse Gas Emission Estimator (OPGEE) Model. Source: CARB. g CO 2 e/MJ.
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 1, 2021
The company said that it believes that the results from the tests, covering a group of three single-layer cells, are consistent with those initially reported by QuantumScape in December 2020. We are happy that these independent test results substantially replicate the cycling performance we reported at our December 2020 Battery Showcase.
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 1, 2021
This marks a 6% drop from $140/kWh in 2020. Lithium-ion battery pack prices, which were above $1,200 per kilowatt-hour in 2010, have fallen 89% in real terms to $132/kWh in 2021, according to a new report from BloombergNEF (BNEF). All prices are in real 2021 $, unless stated as nominal.)
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 7, 2020
At the Chicago Auto Show, Hyundai introduced its new 2020 Sonata Hybrid, featuring up to 686 miles of driving range and an EPA-estimated 52 mpg combined fuel economy rating on the Blue trim. The connected car team at Hyundai continues to improve Blue Link’s services, and the 2020 Sonata Hybrid received many system enhancements.
Green Car Congress
MAY 24, 2021
In 2020, although the volume of crude supplied to refineries dropped to 476,730,992 barrels from 584,313,143 the year before, the average carbon intensity (CI) rose to 13.41 With the 2020 value, the Three-Year avewrage is 12.71 gCO 2 e/MJ from 12.52 gCO 2 e/MJ—greater than the baseline of 11.78 gCO 2 e/MJ plus 0.10 gCO 2 e/MJ.
Green Car Congress
JULY 21, 2021
Despite volatility in global oil markets, US crude oil exports reached a record high in 2020, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). As of 9 July 2021, US crude oil exports have averaged 3.00 million barrels per day (b/d). The most recent four-week rolling average of US crude oil exports reached 3.51
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 4, 2020
In the second quarter of 2020, the market share of electrically-chargeable vehicles increased to 7.2% During the second quarter, passenger cars with conventional internal combustion engines took the biggest hit from the coronavirus crisis, with sales falling by more than half across the EU from April to June 2020. Source: ACEA.
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JANUARY 14, 2019
unveiled the new 2020 Passat at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit today. While the 2020 Passat retains the underpinnings of the previous model, it has been completely restyled. Infotainment technology gets a boost in the 2020 Passat. Volkswagen of America, Inc., Together with the Beetle (21.5
Green Car Congress
MARCH 10, 2020
The California Air Resources Board (CARB) Executive Officer has certified the 2020 annual update to the carbon intensities (CI) of the lookup table pathways for a) California Average Grid Electricity Used as a Transportation Fuel in California and b) Electricity Supplied under the Smart Charging or Smart Electrolysis Provision. gCO 2 e/MJ.
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 8, 2021
The Continental Mobility Study 2020 shows that enthusiasm for electric cars is strong in China, while reservations still need to be overcome in Germany, France, the US and Japan. In the first stage in September 2020, a representative sample of the population was surveyed in five countries on three continents.
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 3, 2021
In 2020, Tesla produced and delivered half a million vehicles (509,737 and 499,550, respectively), in line with it most recent guidance. In addition, Model Y production in Shanghai has begun, with deliveries expected to begin shortly.
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 11, 2021
Mercedes-Benz experienced a sharp increase in xEV deliveries in 2020, with more than 160,000 plug-in hybrids and all-electric vehicles sold worldwide (+228.8%), including about 87,000 units in the fourth quarter alone. Our internal forecasts for 2020 indicate that we will have achieved the European CO 2 targets for passenger cars last year.
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