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JANUARY 12, 2022

The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) forecasts that US oil production will average 12.4 million barrels per day during 2023, surpassing the record high for domestic crude oil production set in 2019. EIA also expects OPEC to increase its crude oil production to 28.9 million barrels per day in 2021. increase from 2020.

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JUNE 23, 2022

President Biden called on Congress to suspend the federal gas tax for the next 90 days, through the busy summer driving season—18 cents per gallon for gasoline and 24 cents per gallon for diesel. He also continued his calls for the oil industry to increase refinery capacity to increase production.

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Baua Electric

MAY 19, 2024

Rajesh Jejurikar, ED and CEO, Automotive and Farm Business at Mahindra & Mahindra says the Indian market has “very functional EVs,” and not products that can, “wow the customers,” and the company is banking on its Born EVs to build excitement with its future EVs and building penetration. People buy wow products.

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JUNE 10, 2020

BMW i Ventures has invested in Prometheus Fuels ( earlier post ), a company removing CO 2 from the air and turning it into zero-net carbon gasoline that it will sell at gas stations, at a price that competes with fossil fuels, starting as early as this year. to C 2 fuel products such as ethanol.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 11, 2022

As we await the reveal of Volkswagen’s production-bound electric Microbus reboot, the VW ID.4 4 electric SUV is ramping up from a slow delivery start here and, with a second model year, getting ready to realize its mass-market potential versus gasoline models like the Toyota RAV4 or Honda CR-V.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 1, 2024

The cost of gasoline and the carbon footprint of EVs could both fall in the new year. Energy Information Administration (EIA) expects combined electricity generation from solar and wind to exceed coal for the first time in 2024. energy mix points toward all emissions-free sources together adding to 40% of total electricity generation.

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JULY 8, 2021

US regular gasoline retail prices averaged $2.78 In June, monthly retail gasoline prices averaged $3.06/gal, EIA forecasts regular-grade gasoline prices to average $2.92/gal EIA forecasts regular-grade gasoline prices to average $2.92/gal Electricity. million b/d in 2022. gal in 1H20.

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APRIL 15, 2021

To meet the goal of transitioning fleets and car buyers to all electric, governments and automakers have a substantial challenge ahead, the market research company said. The overall experience needs to match the price point. —Kevin Nolan, VP, UX Innovation Practice.

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JANUARY 7, 2022

At CES 2022, Vietnam-based VinFast announced its new development strategy and revealed its complete electric vehicle lineup covering five segments. The company will instead focus research and development efforts on all-electric powertrains for their vehicles. All five electric vehicles were designed by Pininfarina and Torino Design.

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Clean Fleet Report

JUNE 4, 2022

Significant Price Reduction Repositions Entry-Level EV. Chevrolet announced this week that its 2023 Bolt EV and Bolt EUV are going to get major drops in price. The new 2023 pricing (2022 pricing in parenthesis) includes the mandatory $995 destination fee. Same car, less cost. Same car, less cost. But it is more than that.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 11, 2017

In its latest Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO), the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) projects that US crude oil production, which averaged an estimated 8.9 For summer 2017, EIA forecasts motor gasoline consumption to average 9.5 of total gasoline consumption. million barrels per day (b/d) in 2016, will average 9.2

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Clean Fleet Report

JULY 2, 2022

Toyota and Lexus held their annual new product showcase the first week of June at their Plano, Texas, headquarters. The Corolla Cross, launched in 2021 with a gasoline engine, will be joined in 2023 by the compact crossover Corolla Cross Hybrid, one more gasoline-electric hybrid offering from Toyota. Toyota New Stuff.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 22, 2014

The collapse in world oil prices in the second half of 2014 will have only a moderate impact on the fast-developing low-carbon transition in the world electricity system, according to research firm Bloomberg New Energy Finance. However, the slump in the Brent crude price per barrel from $112.36 on 30 June to $61.60

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 9, 2020

California’s energy policy agency thinks hydrogen has a future and will reach price parity soon with gasoline. Lordstown Motors is rolling out the production-bound version of its electric truck this week. And the million-mile battery is up for grabs for more than just Tesla. This and more, here at Green Car Reports.

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AUGUST 12, 2022

HP Taxis, Prins Alternative Fuel Systems and SBL-Automotive revealed [link] of the plug-in hybrid range-extended electric LEVC TX taxi and VN5 van allowing the range extender engine to run on LPG and CNG and their renewable counterparts of biopropane and biomethane. LPG/biopropane fuel tank or CNG/biomethane fuel tank.

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APRIL 22, 2021

The research project, called “H2 SilverSTARS,” will produce renewable hydrogen to fuel SunLine’s fleet of 17 hydrogen fuel cell electric buses and support further expansion. The goal is to produce emissions-free renewable hydrogen for fuel cell electric cars and other vehicles at a price competitive with gasoline.

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APRIL 7, 2021

The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) forecasts an increase in demand for petroleum products during the 2021 summer driving season as the impacts of COVID-19 diminish in the United States. EIA also forecasts the Brent crude oil price will average $64 per barrel this summer, a 78% increase from last summer’s average of $36 per barrel.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 27, 2024

Which automaker priced its hardware set allowing its EVs to back up the home? The Tesla Model Y undercuts the Model 3 by $5,000 —for those who are EV tax credit eligible—under the latest round of Tesla price cuts made last weekend. made electric SUV —in Princeton, Indiana, starting in 2026. Toyota confirmed a second 3-row U.S.-made

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Baua Electric

MARCH 10, 2024

Rivian on Thursday provided the most significant future-product preview since the debut of its R1 series trucks at the 2018 LA auto show. Rivian used the moment to pause (and delay) plans for its massive Georgia plant to get the R2 to production by early 2025. Ford has given its 2024 E-Transit electric van lineup more range.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 21, 2019

Last week at China’s Auto Shanghai motor show, Aston Martin Lagonda revealed the final production-ready iteration of its first all-electric production car, the Rapide E. A special edition with a production run strictly limited to 155 units, Rapide E was developed in collaboration with Williams Advanced Engineering (WAE).

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Get Electric Vehicle

JANUARY 8, 2022

Battery prices have dropped dramatically over the years, and though there may be some fluctuations it appears that they will continue to do so at a rapid pace. According to Bloomberg New Energy Finance’s annual battery survey, annual battery pack prices fell 6% from 2020 to 2021. Prices in Europe are 60% higher.

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AUGUST 22, 2020

Price in Germany starts at €39,781.18 (US$46,900). Base price: €41,667.40 (US$49,000). By the end of the year, a total of eight different Golf and Golf Variant models will be available with hybrid drive—the Golf will therefore be the brand’s product line with the greatest level of hybridization.

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MARCH 22, 2022

The new model is the latest product from Geely’s decade-long 3 billion RMB (US$470-million) investment into methanol vehicle development. With methanol fuel price at Chinese pumps around 3RMB/L (€0.42/L In the face of rising global gas prices, methanol fuel offers a viable cleaner affordable alternative, Geely said.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Hertz and GM believe this plan is the largest expansion of EVs among fleet customers and the broadest because it spans a wide range of vehicle categories and price points—from compact and midsize SUVs to pickups, luxury vehicles and more. The company’s current goal is for one-quarter of its fleet to be electric by the end of 2024.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 21, 2021

On Wednesday Cadillac gave a first look at the production version of its first fully electric vehicle, the Lyriq. Starting at $59,990 it’s not significantly more than what the price tag might be for a gasoline model sized, styled, and equipped like the Lyriq.

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DECEMBER 17, 2020

Lightning eMotors has announced a new model of its Class 3 Lightning Electric Transit Van. The new, longer-range Lightning Electric Transit Van is the fourth generation of its battery-electric and fuel cell electric platform, based on the Ford Transit 350HD chassis. —Tim Reeser, CEO of Lightning eMotors.

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Batteries Battery Fuel Electric 448

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 28, 2012

Cool Planet Energy Systems projects that using its patented mechanical process and novel scaling approach ( earlier post ), it will be able to produce high-octane carbon-negative (with the use of its bio-char byproduct) renewable gasoline at a cost of $1.50 The control car used 100% regular gasoline. earlier post ).

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Sales in Germany and other European countries begin in fall 2020 at a base price of €30,705.88. This is supplemented by the additional range offered by the reserve gasoline tank with a net usable volume of 9 liters (2.4 A narrow steel cylinder with a capacity of approximately 4 kilograms of gas is mounted in front of the gasoline tank.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

The i8—the first plug-in hybrid vehicle from the BMW Group—will have a manufacturer’s suggest retail price of $135,925 (including destination and handling) when it arrives in US showrooms in spring of 2014. The BMW i8 is the first BMW production model to be powered by a three-cylinder gasoline engine.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 1, 2021

BEEST (Batteries for Electrical Energy Storage in Transportation). The projects in BEEST sought to develop a variety of rechargeable battery technologies that would enable EV/PHEVs to meet or beat the price and performance of gasoline-powered cars, and enable mass production of electric vehicles that people will be excited to drive.

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Batteries Battery Energy Storage Grid 418

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OCTOBER 31, 2022

The Responsible Battery Coalition, in partnership with the University of Michigan Center for Sustainable Systems, launched a comprehensive research project to compare the total cost of ownership of gas and electric vehicles (EVs). Projections of future gasoline and electricity prices. Anticipated driving patterns.

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JANUARY 11, 2023

Despite efforts to continue stimulating the US economy in the wake of the pandemic, high inflation put a damper on economic growth, which was exacerbated by a spike in oil prices as a result of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Consequently, the US economy grew 1.9% in 2022, down from a 5.7% GDP increase in 2021. compared to the previous year.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

For the first time, the IHS Markit base case scenario for refined products expects total global demand in 2050 to be lower than 2019 levels. Under the new IHS Markit Inflections base case scenario, global refined product demand is expected to peak in 2036. MMbd), placing it below 2019 baseline levels. —Sandeep Sayal.

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DECEMBER 16, 2013

Among the more detailed transportation projections in AEO2014 are: LDVs powered by gasoline remain the dominant vehicle type in the AEO2014 Reference case, retaining a 78% share of new LDV sales in 2040, down from their 82% share in 2012. New vehicle sales shares are generally similar in AEO2014 and AEO2013 but with moderate variation.

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Oil Light Energy Vehicles 290

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JULY 26, 2023

The Net-Zero 1 plant is expected to produce up to 65 million gallons of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), diesel, renewable gasoline that, when consumed, is designed to have a lifecycle net-zero greenhouse gas footprint.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 12, 2012

The interaction of battery and fuel costs will determine the size of the market for electric vehicles. These figures represent the price per effective kWh, assuming batteries with 70% depth of discharge (DoD), and include the price of battery cells, battery-management systems, and packaging. Lower components prices.

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AUGUST 6, 2022

Reflecting increased research interest in synthetic liquid fuels produced using renewable low-carbon electricity and CO 2 sources, e-fuels were added to the potential future fuel technologies that are evaluated. High production volume is assumed unless explicitly specified. Fuel production pathways considered.

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