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

Green Car Congress

And oil only seems cheap. Over time, we can conserve by reducing the miles we drive. That means we’ll be powering some miles with increasingly renewable electricity that isn't made from imported oil. And magically, as more electricity comes from lower-carbon fuel sources, our cars will get cleaner as they get older!

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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

Green Car Congress

Oil and the Transport Sector: Reconfirming the End of Cheap Oil. But vehicle-miles travelled usually tend to rebound as consumers become accustomed to the new level of price or as the economy recovers. Key challenges for Russia are to finance a new generation of higher-cost oil and gas fields and to improve its energy efficiency.

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Greentech Media | ECOtality CEO: Fast Charging and Why Battery Swapping Is Doomed

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Safe, reliable and sturdy battery systems currently exist that provide well over 100 miles on a single charge and technology advances will soon provide comfortable ranges in excess of 250 miles between charges. As a civilization, we have committed ourselves to electricity and we must make cleaner electricity.

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Dodge Circuit EV First Drive: electric car makes grand promises on Earth Day

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

I also think it will be cheap, which is why I think someone will buy the group. As more renewables come online, battery electrics just keep getting cleaner and greener. Automotive.coms auto loan locator can help you get a lower new car finance rate. Or maybe just snap up the engineers. But where does Hydrogen come from?