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Green Car Congress
MARCH 27, 2020
The magnitude of gasoline demand decline will be much greater than the impact of the 2008 recession and could be further protracted depending on how effective social distancing measures are at controlling the spread of the COVID-19 virus. during the global recession in 2008/2009. IHS Markit forecasts 2020 US auto sales to be 14.4
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 1, 2011
” Their analysis is in the context of the “ surprising [oil] demand strength of 2010 “; 2010 saw absolute incremental demand at around 2.2mb/d of growth—the second highest in 30 years, despite oil prices in the $90/bbl region. In the US hybrids fell from about 3% of total sales in 2008-09 to 2.2%
Green Car Congress
APRIL 9, 2010
The Roadmap proposes completely transforming the US light-duty vehicle fleet into one in which grid-enabled mobility (grid-enabled vehicles, GEV) is the new conventional standard. By 2040, the report proposed, 75% of the light-duty vehicle miles traveled in the US should be electric miles. Oil Imports. Global Demand for Oil.
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 25, 2010
The improvement in product quality would also allow for pipeline transportation and sales of surplus bitumen volumes. These growth plans would result in Syncrude broadening its production from the current light, sweet synthetic blend to a slate including heavy and sour blends. and Imperial Oil.
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 17, 2010
After falling 3% in 2008 and nearly 7% in 2009, largely driven by the economic downturn, energy-related CO 2 emissions do not return to 2005 levels (5,980 million metric tons) until 2027. Beyond 2020, CAFE standards for both passenger cars and light-duty trucks are held constant. Unconventional vehicle sales. Source: EIA.
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 15, 2009
NRC projections of number of PHEVs in the US light-duty fleet. Costs of light-duty plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) are high—largely due to their lithium-ion batteries—and unlikely to drastically decrease in the near future, according to a new report from the National Research Council (NRC). Click to enlarge. Click to enlarge.
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 14, 2009
Bubble chart of plausible mainstream PHEV buyers’ battery requirements (light and dark gray circles) and experts’s requirements overlaid on a Ragone plot of NiMH and Li-ion batteries. We saw a horrible drop in vehicle sales last December [down] 36%. Hybrid sales 43%. Kurani (2008) The Early U.S. 20 concerns.
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