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NACFE releases guidance report on hydrogen fuel cell heavy-duty trucks

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Key findings from the report include: Hydrogen fuel cells trucks are just starting to see real-world use and their adoption is being driven by regional or national considerations that are much bigger than what exists for trucking fleets. Hydrogen is a regional solution, cheap hydrogen even more so.

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IEA World Energy Outlook view on the transport sector to 2035; passenger car fleet doubling to almost 1.7B units, driving oil demand up to 99 mb/d; reconfirming the end of cheap oil

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The passenger vehicle fleet doubles to almost 1.7 Without a bold change of policy direction, the IEA warned at the launch, the world will lock itself into an insecure, inefficient and high-carbon energy system. Oil and the Transport Sector: Reconfirming the End of Cheap Oil. billion in 2035. Click to enlarge.

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IDTechEx: market value of on-road fuel-cell vehicles to grow to $160B in 2042; 23.9% CAGR over 20 years

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Germany has already built around 100 hydrogen refueling stations (HRS), offering a capacity to support 40,000 passenger cars, though their current fleet is less than 1,000. Relatively small fleets of heavy-duty FCEV could provide sufficient hydrogen demand to viably operate an HRS.

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BNEF: steel industry set to pivot to hydrogen in green push; additional $278B for clean capacity and retrofits

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Steel production could be made with almost no carbon emissions through $278 billion of extra investment by 2050, according to a new report from research firm BloombergNEF (BNEF). Converting a significant portion of the fleet to hydrogen would require more DRI plants and more electric furnaces. Source: BloombergNEF.

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Report finds US automakers remain profitable under future CAFE standards even with fuel price fluctuation

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When gas is very cheap, people tend to buy bigger, more profitable trucks. But even if gas prices tank, falling 25% below US Energy Information Administration projections to an unlikely $1.80 per gallon, the analysts found that automakers and their suppliers would still make money under the current mileage and emissions standards.

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Earth Policy Institute Joins

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automotive fuel economy, the key to greatly reducing oil use and carbon emissions is gas-electric hybrid cars. We have not only an inexhaustible alternative to dwindling reserves of oil, but an incredibly cheap one." Hybrids of the future For the U.S. This could cut U.S. costs the equivalent of 50 cents a gallon of gasoline.

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CMU study finds controlled EV charging can reduce generation cost, but at greater health and environmental costs depending upon the generation mix

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Stacked bars show the change in generation cost combined with the median damages by pollutant assuming the 2010 social cost of carbon given by the Office of Management and Budget ($31 in $2010). Small Battery: For this scenario, they modified the base case so that the vehicle fleet is based on the Toyota Plug-in Prius.

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