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Actual fuel economy of cars and light trucks: 1966-2019

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Specifically, this study examines actual fuel economy of cars and light trucks (pickup trucks, SUVs, and vans) from 1966 through 2019. (My Annual statistics from the U.S. million cars and light trucks sold in the United States in 2019 accounted for only 6.7% of all registered cars and light trucks in 2019.). total Btu).

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Actual fuel economy of cars and light trucks: 1966-2017

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Specifically, this study examines actual fuel economy of cars and light trucks (pickup trucks, SUVs, and vans) from 1966 through 2017. Annual statistics from the U.S. million cars and light trucks sold in the United States in 2017 accounted for only 6.9% of all registered cars and light trucks in 2017.). total Btu).

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Monthly changes in key transportation indexes

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Sales of cars and light trucks. Sources of the underlying data: Bureau of Economic Analysis (sales of cars and light trucks). Bureau of Transportation Statistics (revenue passenger miles). Bureau of Labor Statistics (Consumer Price Index). Month-year. Price of gasoline. Vehicle miles traveled. Feb-2020. +4. Mar-2020. -38.

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Gainesville and Connected Signals delivering real-time traffic signal data to reduce red-light crashes and improve fuel efficiency

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Connected Signals securely aggregates real-time signal information via its patented data-capture device and feeds it through predictive algorithms to determine information (such as when lights will be changing from red to green and vice versa). This can be an issue when trying to determine which light a user is approaching.

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Monthly changes in key transportation indexes

Green Car Congress

Sales of cars and light trucks. Louis (sales of cars and light trucks). Bureau of Transportation Statistics (revenue passenger miles). Bureau of Labor Statistics (Consumer Price Index). They are adjusted for both population and 2020 being a leap year (all but price of gasoline) and for inflation (price of gasoline).

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CARB releases results of multi-year E15 study; multiple air quality benefits with slight reduction in fuel economy

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The twenty light-duty gasoline vehicles included a mixture of technologies, such as gasoline direct injection (GDI), port fuel injection (PFI) as well as PFI+GDI fuel systems that are representative of the current California gasoline fleet. The test fleet showed statistically significant effects for some pollutants, but not for others.

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Those who flew in 2020 had twice the environmental impact of those in 2019

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Until recently, the energy intensity of domestic flying was higher than the energy intensity of driving light-duty vehicles (cars and light trucks). However, the energy intensity of flying became lower than that of long-wheel-base light-duty vehicles starting in 1995, and of short-wheel-base light-duty vehicles starting in 2005. (A

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