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Gas Prices: You Could Pay $10 A Gallon. Or Just 6 Cents. Why?

Green Car Reports

What did you pay for gasoline the last time you filled up? But you may wish you were in Caracas, Venezuela, where enormous government subsidies cut the price to a ridiculous 6 cents per gallon. And you may thank your stars you're not in Asmara, Eritrea, where taxes. If you're in the U.S., probably about $2.70 per gallon.

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IHS Automotive forecasts 88.6M unit global light vehicle market in 2015; 2.4% growth

Green Car Congress

With a strong exit to 2014, and gasoline prices currently plunging, consumers may feel even more positive throughout 2015. Uncertainty lingers over Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Venezuela for 2015. The IHS Automotive US light vehicle sales forecast for 2015 is 16.9 million units. million units. The year preliminarily closed with 5.34

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Electric cars to account for 64 per cent of car sales by 2030

Green Cars News

This level of adoption is made possible by the lower purchase price and reduced per-mile driving cost of electric cars with switchable batteries as compared to gasoline-powered cars. million barrels per day, equivalent to the amount currently imported daily from the Persian Gulf region and Venezuela.