Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2021

Gasoline superusers drive three times more miles than the average driver (30,348 miles per year, compared to 8,698), are more likely to drive pickups and SUVs, and are more likely to live in rural areas. Louisiana, Wyoming, and Mississippi are the states with the highest concentration of superusers, while Houston, Detroit, St.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Meanwhile, the states with the lowest levels of EV adoption—Michigan, Iowa, Kansas, Arkansas, Mississippi, Wyoming, Louisiana, South Dakota, West Virginia and North Dakota—have gone in the opposite direction, with adoption rates declining on average in the first half of 2023.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 7, 2017

The number of diesel car, SUV, full-size pickup trucks and vans in operation reached 8 million in 2016. Three Northeastern states had the highest percentage of new diesel car and SUV registrations in 2016: Vermont (+35%), Maine (+29%) and New Hampshire (+12%). The 2016 increase in diesel sales was about 6.7%

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 5, 2014

When looking only at cars and SUVs over that period, diesel registrations in the US increased 30% from 640,779 units to 833,324 units; registrations of hybrid cars and SUVs climbed 65% from 1,714,966 units to 2,821,599. Hybrid car and SUV registrations were 3.4 times those of diesel cars and SUVs. Diesel Hybrids Sales'

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Driivz

MARCH 1, 2022

In the US , the contribution is 28%, with light-duty vehicles – cars, SUVs, and small trucks – responsible for 59% of transportation emissions and 17% of all US emissions. EVs will be greener in Washington state, where almost half of electricity comes from hydropower, than in Wyoming, where electric generation is primarily fueled by coal.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 11, 2022

Both recently traded their respective SUVs for electric vehicles (EVs), and happily swore off every buying another internal combustion engine (ICE) powered vehicle. When 10 percent of drivers use a third of all gasoline, one must consider the mainly rural areas where they reside and the pickup trucks and SUVs they likely drive.

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Clean Fleet Report

APRIL 2, 2023

Flash Drive: 2023 Hyundai Ioniq 6 EV A Stand-Out Electric Sedan Not all auto manufacturers are abandoning sedans for SUVs; some are even growing their stables of what for decades was the most popular car in America.

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