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Light-truck sales declined less during the current pandemic than car sales

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This note examines the sales of all new light-duty vehicles (cars and light trucks) in the United States in March, April, and May 2020—the first three months of the current pandemic—and compares them with the sales in February 2020. The results are shown in the table below. before increasing to 12.213 million in May.

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Monthly changes in key transportation indexes

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Last updated on September 23, 2020. They are adjusted for both population and 2020 being a leap year (all but price of gasoline) and for inflation (price of gasoline). Feb-2020. +4. Mar-2020. -38. Apr-2020. -46. May-2020. -29. Jun-2020. -27. Jul-2020. -12. Aug-2020. -20. Month-year.

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Relationship between driving and GDP during the pandemic

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The sources of the raw data were the Federal Highway Administration and the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis , respectively. January - March, 2020. April - June, 2020. July - September, 2020. October - December, 2020. Specifically: During the first quarter of 2020, driving decreased by 5.6%

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Differential effects of the current pandemic on the sales of light-duty vehicles and heavy trucks

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Given the above rationale, the present analysis examines the sales of light-duty vehicles and heavy trucks in March through June of 2020—the first four months of the current pandemic—by comparing them with the corresponding sales in February 2020. Change from February 2020. March 2020. April 2020. Heavy trucks.

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WUSTL researchers demonstrate solar-panel-powered microbial electrosynthesis to produce n-butanol from light, CO2 and power

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Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have discovered a new way to train microbes to make n -butanol. Bai worked as a research assistant in the Bose lab in Arts & Sciences from 2015-2020. Bai is now a scientist at Amyris, a manufacturer of sustainable ingredients made with synthetic biology.

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WUSTL team develops high-power direct borohydride fuel cells; double the voltage of conventional H2 fuel cells

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Engineers at the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis (WUSTL) have developed high-power direct borohydride fuel cells (DBFC) that operate at double the voltage of conventional PEM hydrogen fuel cells. Their research was published in an open-access paper in the journal Cell Reports Physical Science.

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UPS enters into RNG supply agreements with Kinetrex and TruStar; up to 80M gallon equivalents

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The RNG will be used to fuel UPS’s LNG-powered trucks in Chicago, Columbus, Indianapolis, St. Louis and Toledo. When completed in March 2020, it will convert landfill methane to pipeline-quality natural gas. The plant is currently under construction.

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