CleanTechnica EVs

JULY 19, 2022

Thanks to Covid-induced supply chain issues and Russia’s war with Ukraine, oil prices have jumped to over $100/barrel. That and the dearth of refining capacity (converting crude oil to gasoline/diesel) has pushed the price of gasoline and diesel to record highs.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 7, 2021

EIA’s annual Summer Fuels Outlook, released today with EIA’s Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO), expects a 15% increase in US highway travel this summer but still less highway travel than in the summer of 2019. EIA expects the retail price of regular-grade gasoline in the United States will average $2.78 gal last summer. gal on 22 March.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JUNE 24, 2022

Thanks to Covid-induced supply chain issues and Russia’s war with Ukraine, oil prices have jumped to over $100/barrel. That and the dearth of refining capacity (converting crude oil to gasoline/diesel) has pushed the price of gasoline and diesel to record highs.

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CleanTechnica EVs

AUGUST 2, 2023

The case needs to be made stronger about the positive effect of EVs on the US economy. It will be substantial.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 13, 2017

GE Aviation has begun jet engine combustor component testing with 100% Gevo renewable alcohol-to-jet fuel (ATJ). Specifically, this testing is designed to enable the greater displacement of petroleum-based jet fuel by bio-based alternative products.

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CleanTechnica EVs

OCTOBER 10, 2022

The oil price shock of 2022 has driven a great deal of new interest in EVs, which has just served to help answer the question of what happens to EV adoption rates when oil and gas prices fluctuate. It has supercharged EV demand, which is ultimately due to the economics of high oil prices, yet […].

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Removing fossil fuel subsidies would have only a small effect on CO 2 emissions and renewable energy use, according to a new study led by the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) and published in the journal Nature. This is facilitated by today’s low oil prices. This equates to 0.5-2

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JULY 7, 2012

Prices at the pump are falling in Japan not only due to lower crude oil prices, but also because the widespread popularity of fuel-efficient vehicles has lowered demand for gasoline.A

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JULY 18, 2020

The researchers conclude that their results imply that government intervention does impact the infection rate, which thereby impacts mobility and fuel demand. Therefore, beyond the immediate economic responses, the longer-term impact on the US economy may persist well beyond 2020.

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DECEMBER 5, 2012

new appliance standards and CAFE) and changes in the way energy is used in the US economy. Further, the fossil fuel share of primary energy consumption falls from 82% in 2011 to 78% in 2040 as consumption of petroleum-based liquid fuels falls, largely because of the incorporation of new fuel efficiency standards for light-duty vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 19, 2011

World energy growth over the next twenty years is expected to be dominated by emerging economies such as China, India, Russia and Brazil while improvements in energy efficiency measures are set to accelerate, according to BP’s latest projection of energy trends, the BP Energy Outlook 2030. Click to enlarge. Coal will increase by 1.2%

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DECEMBER 17, 2014

The average US household will spend about $550 less on gasoline in 2015 compared with 2014, as annual motor fuel expenditures are on track to fall to their lowest level in 11 years, according to projections by the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). The price for US regular gasoline has fallen 11 weeks in a row to an average $2.55

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NOVEMBER 4, 2021

New research led by Mohammad Masnadi, assistant professor of chemical and petroleum engineering at the University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engineering, offers a closer look at the relationship between decreasing demand for oil and a resilient, varied oil market—and the carbon footprint associated with both.

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APRIL 14, 2015

AEO2015 presents updated projections for US energy markets through 2040 based on six cases (Reference, Low and High Economic Growth, Low and High Oil Price, and High Oil and Gas Resource) that reflect updated scenarios for future crude oil prices. trillion cubic feet (Tcf) in the Low Oil Price case to 13.1

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AUGUST 27, 2013

The world’s consumption of gasoline, diesel fuel, jet fuel, heating oil, and other petroleum products reached a record high of 88.9 The rapidly industrializing economies of China and India fueled much of Asia’s demand increase, growing 2.8 Year-on-year changes in petroleum consumption by region. million bbl/d.

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JUNE 7, 2017

Compared to the reference case, in which gasoline vehicles (ICEVs) remain dominant through 2050 (BAU), OPT results in 16% and 36% reductions in LDV greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions for 2030 and 2050, respectively, corresponding to 5% and 9% reductions in economy-wide emissions. Credit: ACS, Keshavarzmohammadian et al. Click to enlarge.

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JULY 7, 2016

Since late 2014, the production of crude oil has outpaced demand, triggering a sustained collapse in world oil prices, which have remained mostly below $50 per barrel. As a result, these low prices have put pressure on the market for natural gas vehicles (NGVs) and the corresponding refueling infrastructure.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

Unconventional liquids become increasingly important in the total supply of liquid fuels, according to IEO2011. World oil prices remain high in the IEO2011 Reference case, but oil consumption continues to grow; both conventional and unconventional liquid supplies are used to meet rising demand. Click to enlarge.

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The Truth About Cars

OCTOBER 30, 2023

What was the most fuel-efficient (mass-produced, internal combustion-powered, highway-legal, non-gray-market, four-wheeled, et freakin' cetera) new car available in the United States during the 1980s? The Volkswagen Fox , base Subaru 3-door and Plymouth Horizon America undercut the Sprint's price as well.

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JUNE 1, 2016

According to a separate report from SAFE, a Washington-based think tank, the oil industry has cut somewhere around $225 billion in capex in 2015 and 2016, which will lead to global supplies 4 million barrels per day lower in 2018-2020, compared to what market analysts expected as of 2014. The price acts as a self-correcting mechanism.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2009

The oil price shocks of the 1970s led the Brazilian government to address the strain high prices were placing on its fragile economy. Brazil, the largest and most populous country in South America, was importing 80% of its oil and 40% of its foreign exchange was used to pay for that imported oil.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 30, 2016

A new study by consultancy Roland Berger defines an integrated roadmap for European road transport decarbonization to 2030 and beyond; the current regulatory framework for vehicle emissions, carbon intensity of fuels and use of renewable fuels covers only up to 2020/2021. BEVs fueled with low carbon, renewable electricity (for PC).

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MARCH 27, 2020

The region faces months of rolling disruption as the conjoined health and economic crises play out across economies. EVs also face another headwind with the low price of oil prices, making them less competitive in terms of fuel cost savings vis-à-vis their internal combustion engine counterparts.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 13, 2012

Oil remains the world’s leading fuel, but its 33.1% Emerging economies accounted for all of the net growth, with OECD demand falling for the third time in the last four years, led by a sharp decline in Japan. The averages hide a mixed picture by fuel, however. in the emerging economies. in the emerging economies.

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APRIL 23, 2018

This diversity of demand, both geographically and in terms of product mix, is an important factor, IHS Markit said, in determining the sustainability of the current cycle, which is key to keeping the oil market in balance, and supporting prices. —Eleanor Budds, principal analyst, oil markets and downstream, at IHS Markit.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

The low oil prices that boosted new-car sales and caused average fuel-economy gains to sputter last year may be here to stay, for a while at least. With fuel prices low throughout 2015, Americans bought more new cars, but many of them were less-efficient SUVs and crossovers.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 5, 2016

Whereas fuel cost used to be a major driver for fleet managers, the lowering of oil prices and the availability of low-cost natural gas has reduced this concern, Navigant notes. of all miles driven each year, and consume more than 25% of all the fuel burned annually. Medium- and heavy-trucks represent 4.3%

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 20, 2012

From a cost perspective, the potential of alternative fuels is of limited, if any value, according to the lead report written by James Bartis, a RAND senior policy researcher. While DoD and the services will have access to the wholesale fuel supplies they require, the purchase price may be uncomfortably high. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 21, 2015

It will also be due to the continued drive to reduce carbon emissions and improve vehicle fuel economy in the major developed vehicle markets. These include the dive in oil prices that began in mid-2014, as well as the phasing out of some local government purchase incentives. Electric Vehicle Market Forecasts”.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 27, 2011

Technically feasible levels of energy efficiency and decarbonized energy supply alone will not be sufficient to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 80% below 1990 levels by 2050, according to a detailed modeling of the California economy performed by a team from Energy and Environmental Economics, the Monterey. Subsequent work has. 875 Mt CO 2 e.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 18, 2022

While higher prices and a weaker economic outlook are moderating consumption increases, a resurgent China will drive gains next year, with growth accelerating from 1.8 In contrast to 2022 when the OECD led the expansion, non-OECD economies are set to account for nearly 80% of growth next year. mb/d in 2022 to 2.2 mb/d in 2022 and 1.8

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 8, 2015

Navigant notes that the primary driver for manufacturers adopting SSV technology is the increasingly challenging legislation on fuel consumption and emissions in most countries and world regions. —“ Start-Stop Vehicles ”. This also offers opportunities for other engine efficiencies such as electric boost.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Primary energy intensity—an indicator of how much energy is used by the global economy—improved by just 1.2% Oil represented the largest share of final demand, at around 41%, but demand growth slowed to 1.5% In 2018, higher oil prices helped dampen demand for road transport fuels.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 16, 2013

The rising fuel economy of LDVs more than offsets the modest growth in VMT, resulting in a 25% decline in LDV energy consumption decline between 2012 and 2040 in the AEO2014 Reference case. This is, however, less than the 13% share projected in AEO2013 because of the lower prices of competing fuels in AEO2014.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

In CCTF, the source of CO 2 determines the net carbon intensity of the fuel, Kreutz says. When that carbon is converted into a fuel, burned, and exhausted to the atmosphere, the overall cycle is roughly neutral. of origin of the carbon, e.g. fossil fuels vs. biomass.) —Kreutz (2010).

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

Particularly during the surge of what was called the “knowledge-based economy” from 1991 to 2000, global economic productivity increased without parallel increases in energy use. In addition to technological advances, price developments play a key role in determining overall energy usage, Worldwatch notes.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

This glut could be exacerbated by future carbon taxes and other policy restrictions on fossil fuels, he said. As recently as 2015, Saudi energy officials dismissed suggestions that the kingdom would seek to raise its crude oil production capacity above its theoretical maximum of 12.5 million barrels per day (m b/d).

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