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Study estimates fuel economy improvements to US light-duty vehicles from 1975–2018 saved 2T gallons of fuel, 17B tons of CO2

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A team from the University of Tennessee and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has the fuel savings due to fuel economy improvements over the past 43 years amount to approximately two trillion gallons of gasoline. Fleet-wide fuel economy gains produced large fuel savings. the rebound effect).

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Deutsche Bank Forecast sees slower transportation electrification and greater gasoline demand near-term; increased confidence in the pace and breadth of long-term shift to efficient transportation systems

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” Their analysis is in the context of the “ surprising [oil] demand strength of 2010 “; 2010 saw absolute incremental demand at around 2.2mb/d of growth—the second highest in 30 years, despite oil prices in the $90/bbl region. Volt manufacturing capacity will rise from 10K in 2011 to about 65K in 2012.

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Nissan’s Big Gamble

Revenge of the Electric Car

“Customers have already been asking about the cars since the news broke about Nissan’s plans to build the car here in Tennessee.&#. “A lot of Americans really want to stop using imported oil,&# he says. The Tennessee factories will have capacity for 150,000 vehicles and 200,000 battery packs a year.

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