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Refineries in the Americas produce a greater share of gasoline per barrel of crude oil than refineries in other world regions

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When processing petroleum, refineries can produce products in varying amounts to meet regional demands. In the Americas, gasoline accounted for just above 40% of the products refined from petroleum in 2019, while in Europe and Asia Oceania, gasoline was less than 20%. OECD Asia Oceania: Australia; Israel; Japan; Korea; New Zealand.

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Study finds that EV-specific factors rather than socio-demographic variables better predictors of EV uptake

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Data came from Australia; Austria; Belgium; Canada; China; Croatia; the Czech Republic; Denmark; Estonia; Finland; France; Greece; Germany; Iceland; Ireland; Israel; Italy; Japan; the Netherlands; New Zealand; Norway; Poland; Portugal; Slovenia; Spain; Sweden; Switzerland; Turkey; the United Kingdom, and the United States.

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European consortium investigating graphene-based materials for lightweight cars; energy-efficient and safe vehicles

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The researchers will explore the properties of graphene to determine how it behaves when used to enhance advanced composite materials used in the production of cars. There will be challenges with this project, the issue is not only producing graphene-based products, the issue is applying them on a large-scale in cars.

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