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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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Oil and the Transport Sector: Reconfirming the End of Cheap Oil. The transport sector—which depends almost entirely on oil products, with 93% of all the fuel used in the sector being oil-based in 2010—remains the main driver of global oil demand as economic growth increases demand for personal mobility and freight.

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Ninth annual Green Innovation Index finds California light-duty vehicle emissions spike; major challenge to 2030 climate goals

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Between 2006 and 2015, California’s GDP per capita grew by almost $5,000 per person, nearly double the growth experienced by the US as a whole. According to the report, it appears that emissions from light-duty vehicles accounted for the entire increase in GHG emissions. in emissions from on-road vehicles. million MTCO 2 e of the 4.9

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2025 Hyundai Inster review: $1 to go 100km as new EV pairs small car frugality with a big personality for a fresh alternative to the BYD Dolphin and MG4

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Hyundai’s cheapest EV, the Inster , isn’t at cheap as some. But it makes up for it with a big personality – and the most efficient EV running we’ve ever experienced. The Cross also gets faux leather, ventilated and heated front seats, a heated steering wheel, ambient lighting, 360-degree camera and front parking sensors.

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Forget JPEG, How Would a Person Compress a Picture?

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We live in an age in which it's cheap to take photos but will eventually be costly to store them en masse, as backup services set limits and begin charging for overages. Was it not the same person because the friend's jaw was more angular? Why would I bother to do that, you ask? That, however, isn't really true.

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Stuff We Use: OBD2 Code Readers

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Having a handheld code reader in yer box of tools can help douse that infernal check engine light or, as weve found in today's revisitation of this topic, accurately diagnose which wheel speed sensor is wonky on a 12-year-old Lincoln. As always, some definitions wont go astray to start this post. Sure beats the guessing game.

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2027 Slate Truck Previewed: Both Inspired And Inane

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But a person would need to use their phone to upload anything to the truck. Driving range is supposed to be about 150 miles, which almost tragically makes this an errand vehicle with the ability to do some light work within the nearest county. Of particular interest is the fact that this isn't strictly a "connected vehicle."

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The Top 10 Semiconductor Stories of 2023

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But you’re also a discerning and forward-looking person. As engineers at ASML explained in Spectrum ‘s August issue , the version of the technology in use now is limited to making patterns with a resolution of about the wavelength of its light, 13.5 Basically, no color of light with an energy less than silicon’s bandgap gets used.

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