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

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However, IHS Automotive analysts still expect light vehicle sales in China to grow by 7% in 2015 to 25.2 —Lin Huaibin, manager, China light vehicle sales forecast, IHS Automotive. North America continues to be an impetus to global light vehicle demand levels. North America. from last year. million units. million units.

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Mad Power thoughts

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Wind can indeed be light everywhere and the grid still needs vast extra investment to transfer wind power from northern Scotland to southern England. As for batteries,it would take billions of pounds to build ones that could keep the lights on for a few hours let alone a week. . Energy Solutions. Gas is the only answer.

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Opinion: Oil Market ShowdownCan Russia Outlast The Saudis?

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Venezuela, an OPEC member, has even proposed an emergency summit meeting. and China markets, while the Russian Finance Ministry recently backed away from a tax proposal which Russian crude producers said would reduce their output. Their suffering has led some to call for a change in strategy to “balance” the market and boost prices.

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

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The study predicts that electric vehicles with this type of pricing will account for 64 per cent of light vehicle sales and comprise 24 per cent of the U.S. light-vehicle fleet by 2030. million barrels per day, equivalent to the amount currently imported daily from the Persian Gulf region and Venezuela.