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Number of vehicles per person is still down from its maximum in 2006

Green Car Congress

The focus in this series is on vehicles per person, as opposed to total number of vehicles (which depends, in part, on the continuously increasing size of the U.S. The main findings (summarized in the table below) are as follows: Vehicles per person increased by 18.2% In comparison, distance driven per person is down by 4.9%

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Elon Musk net worth falls further behind world’s new richest person

Teslarati

Earlier this month, Elon Musk lost his title as the world’s wealthiest person by net worth. In comparison, Arnault is currently listed in the index with a net worth of $171 billion, $7 billion more than the Tesla, SpaceX, and Twitter CEO. . This also made Elon Musk the first person to be worth $300 billion or more. .

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Ford’s next-gen EV SUV is a ‘personal bullet train’

Teslarati

Ford has been teasing its next generation of electric vehicles for some time, and the speculation regarding what the automaker could bring to the table persisted today as the automaker detailed its upcoming SUV as a “personal bullet train,” only giving the mind’s eye full reign of what could be to come.

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Are insurance comparison sites really all they seem?

Greenways Insurance

has shown that the information provided by price comparison sites contains a number of discrepancies compared to what’s actually detailed in the policy itself. Showing vastly incorrect levels of cover for personal accident. The post Are insurance comparison sites really all they seem? An investigation by Which?

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First videos of Rivian R2 and R3 driving on public roads show size comparisons

Baua Electric

Now video has emerged showing these cars driving on public roads, next to other cars, offering a better visual size comparison, and a look at the cars in motion in the sunlight. In the R2 unveiling, Rivian did tell us all the dimensions of the R2, so the comparisons there aren’t as important.

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Number of vehicles in the United States: Did we reach the peak in 2006?

Green Car Congress

Distance driven per person reached a maximum in 2004. The focus is on vehicles per person, as opposed to the absolute number (which depends, in part, on the continuously increasing size of the U.S. The main findings (summarized in the table below) are as follows: Vehicles per person increased by 18.2% population).

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Diesel and gasoline prices drop in early 2020, but diesel drops substantially less

Green Car Congress

While personal driving (which uses primarily gasoline) is down greatly because of various stay-at-home mandates, commercial truck transport (which uses primarily diesel) has been substantially less affected. It is typical to see an increase in the price of gasoline in warmer weather due to an increase in personal driving.)

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