Green Car Congress

JULY 26, 2013

The price disparity between crude oil and other resources, coupled with the emergence of cheap and abundant shale gas, especially in the United States, is opening up opportunities to produce cheaper gasoline, according to a new report from Lux Research. times the current production.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 11, 2022

Despite the increases in production, EIA expects the Brent crude oil price to remain above $100 per barrel this year, according to the agency’s May 2022 Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO). in the United States this summer (June–August) compared with the summer of 2021. —EIA Administrator Joe DeCarolis. and by 1.5%

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Green Car Congress

MAY 24, 2022

On 16 May 2022, the average US on-highway retail diesel fuel price was $5.61 Although retail diesel prices have increased across the entire United States, prices in the Northeast have increased the most and are now among the highest in the country. gal, according to EIA’s Gasoline and Diesel Fuel Update.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 11, 2017

For summer 2017, EIA forecasts motor gasoline consumption to average 9.5 increase in fleet-wide vehicle fuel efficiency. EIA expects that domestic refinery production, including gasoline blendstock output, will be about 20,000 b/d lower this summer than last summer. of total gasoline consumption. million b/d this summer.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

Now, a study commissioned by the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) from eia.gov (a global provider of analysis on energy and commodities), finds that since the early 2000s, China’s consumption of methanol in fuel products has risen sharply. The report estimates consumption to have been more than 500,000 barrels per day (b/d) in 2016.

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Green Car Congress

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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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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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. by Brian J.

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Green Car Congress

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. The United States has been a net importer of energy since the 1950s.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 5, 2012

Transportation sector gasoline demand declines. 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. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 31, 2011

High oil prices, a global economic rebound, and new laws and mandates in Argentina, Brazil, Canada, China, and the United States, among other countries, are all factors behind the surge in production, according to research conducted by the Worldwatch Institute’s Climate and Energy Program for the website Vital Signs Online.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 7, 2010

Projected US CO 2 growth from fossil fuels. The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) estimates in the April 2010 release of its Short-Term Energy and Summer Fuels Outlook that CO 2 emissions from fossil fuels, which declined by 6.6% in 2011 as economic growth fuels higher energy consumption. Source: EIA.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 22, 2013

The United States and the European Union have some of the world’s most aggressive policies for alternative fuel promotion, including volumetric mandates, lifecycle fuel-carbon-intensity requirements, and fuel-taxation schemes. The Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS2) in the U.S. —Miller et al.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 15, 2016

In the fuel sector, it is presently used to manufacture isooctane, ETBE and MTBE which are valuable compounds used in gasoline mixes. It can also be converted into isododecane, a compound found in jet fuel. Isobutene—one of the main petroleum derivatives—is a platform molecule.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 16, 2013

Energy consumption by light-duty vehicles in the United States, AEO2013 and AEO2014, 1995-2040 (quadrillion Btu). 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. Source: EIA.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2021

Year-on-year gasoline sales in the United States have moved into positive territory for the first time on the one-year anniversary of the first major declines that resulted from COVID-induced stay at home orders. US gasoline same-store sales in gallons for the week ending 20 March 2021 were 10.1%

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 4, 2011

In the absence of major technological innovations or policy changes, the United States is unlikely to meet cellulosic biofuel mandates under the current Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS2) by 2022, according to a new report from the National Research Council.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

IHS Automotive projects regional light vehicle sales volume in North America to hit more than 20 million units in 2015, up 2.5% In the United States, IHS Automotive analysts continue to believe the upside risks for auto demand are more apparent than the downside risks. million units. million units. from last year.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 2, 2013

Gulf Coast refiners use both domestic crude oil produced in the United States, and crude oil imported from foreign countries to create various petroleum products. The crude oil from the WCSB is produced as raw bitumen, a viscous material that has the consistency of soft asphalt. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 10, 2009

The study, said Robert Carling, Director, Transportation Energy Center at Sandia, represents the first true value-chain approach to assessing the feasibility, implications, limitations, and enablers of large-scale production of biofuels in the United States. This is about 4 times the net energy ratio for gasoline (0.8).

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

Recent public policies in the United States and other countries have improved the prospects for initial commercialization of PEVs. However, consumer demand for PEVs is quite uncertain and, barring another global spike in oil prices, may be limited to a minor percentage of new vehicle purchasers (e.g., Policy Instruments.

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Plug In Partners

JANUARY 26, 2006

At Detroit's auto show, it unveiled a Chinese car that Geely plans to upgrade and sell in the United States in 2008. The price for what could be China's first foray into America's overheated love affair with cars: around $10,000. That's good, but it would behoove Ford to make sure that it doesn't lose sight of the larger issue.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 19, 2012

The National Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) Project has released two major reports that synthesize its findings from the past several years of work: a Technical Analysis Report (TAR) and Policy Design Recommendations. It does not include mandates for any particular fuel or technology and as such does not attempt to pick winners or losers.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 13, 2011

Subsidies that encourage wasteful consumption of fossil fuels jumped to over $400 billion. China consolidates its position as the world’s largest energy consumer: it consumes nearly 70% more energy than the United States by 2035, even though, by then, per capita demand in China is still less than half the level in the United States.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 1, 2014

However, demand persists for imported heavy crude by US refineries that are optimized to process that kind of oil. Meanwhile, Canadian production of bitumen from the oil sands continues to grow, the vast majority of which is currently exported to the United States to be processed by US refineries that want heavy crude oil.

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Get Electric Vehicle

MAY 30, 2021

Back then the rivals of an electric vehicle such as gasoline-powered and steam-powered personnel carriers or cars were very difficult to operate. On the other hand, the gasoline-powered vehicles were also in trouble because of the trail of exhaust gas, the gear shifting, and the cranking required to start the engine. The Lithium Rush.

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The Truth About Cars

JUNE 22, 2023

Washington has officially managed to surpass California as the state with the highest fuel prices and looks as though it’s on track to compete for that dubious honor indefinitely.& Washington’s fuel pricing isn’t a matter of it being isolated in the middle of the ocean.

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The Truth About Cars

AUGUST 8, 2023

With average fuel prices creeping back up, you’ve undoubtedly seen a slew of articles trying to explain why. & Over the past week, countless media outlets published stories about how oil refineries have had to scale back production targets to contend with exceedingly high temperatures. per gallon. Today’s U.S.

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