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Lux Research: despite cheap oil, niche plug-in vehicle sales will be resilient; conventional hybrids to be hardest hit

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The current plunge in oil prices will likely negatively affect plug-in and hybrid vehicle sales in the short term; automakers such as BMW are already warning of lower sales of plug-in vehicles given the market context. Anticipated price of oil and forecast plug-in sales. Source: Lux Research. Click to enlarge.

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Cheap Gas Will Cause Electric-Car Sales To Plummet: True Or False?

Green Car Reports

In this case, it''s the notion that electric car sales will plummet with the arrival of vastly lower gasoline prices. There''s been a lot of conventional wisdom floating around lately. We''d suggest that perhaps this is not quite as much of a foregone conclusion as many pundits think.

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NADA forecasts light-duty vehicle sales of 16.94M in US in 2015; 56% trucks and SUVs

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Low gasoline prices and pent-up consumer demand will combine to drive new car and light truck sales to an estimated 16.94 NADA’s original sales forecast of 16.4 We expect to see significant growth in sales of light trucks, particularly in the large-size CUV and SUV segments. Lower gasoline prices accelerate that shift.

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Adamas: China rare earth consumption for catalytic converters down on weak passenger vehicle production

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Vehicle exhaust gas catalysts comprising platinum-group metals are used in three-way catalytic converters of gasoline-powered vehicles to convert harmful pollutants in the vehicle’s exhaust stream into less harmful varieties.

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Lexus lowers hybrid prices to reduce premium over gasoline substantially

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Gas is cheap in the U.S. The result is that hybrids have been quietly ebbing as a proportion of total vehicle sales. and has been for years. Hybrids are no longer a cutting-edge or cool technology; they're just another powertrain.

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Will Cheap Gas, Soaring SUV Sales Sink Fuel-Economy Goals?

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Hits New All-Time High; Gasoline. Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards require carmakers to achieve a fleet average of 54.5 mpg by 2025. That's equivalent to roughly 40 mpg on the window sticker. DON'T MISS: Miles Driven In U.S.

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Ford expects inner combustion engine quantity, earnings to develop thru 2025

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expects gross sales and benefit margins from its inner combustion engine automobiles to develop for no less than the then two years ahead of the industrywide transition to electrical automobiles begins to truncate that trade. ICE and hybrid sales well into the next decade.” DETROIT — Ford Motor Co. by means of 2026.

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