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USTMA report finds that recycling of end-of-life tires dropped from 96% in 2013 to 76% in 2019

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This is down from 96% in 2013, when scrap tire recycling peaked. Three decades after we successfully eliminated 94% of the over 1 billion scrap tires stockpiled around the country, this report reveals that efforts to find and develop new uses for scrap tires have stalled.

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SEMI: 200mm semiconductor fab capacity set to surge 21% to mitigate supply-demand imbalance

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200mm installed semiconductor capacity and fab count, 2013 to 2024. The SEMI 200mm Fab Outlook Report , covering the 12 years from 2013 to 2024, also reveals that foundries will account for more than 50% of fab capacity worldwide this year, followed by analog at 19% and discrete/power at 12%. After climbing to $5.3 Source: SEMI.

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GM investing $632M in Fort Wayne Assembly for future ICE truck production

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billion since 2013. billion in Indiana manufacturing operations since 2013. Product details and timing related to GM’s future trucks are not being released at this time. The announcement brings GM’s US manufacturing and parts distribution facility investment commitments to more than $31.6

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Distance driven per person is still down from its maximum in 2004

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from 2004 to 2013 (from 9,314 miles to 8,472 miles). from 2013 to 2018 (from 8,472 miles to 8,855 miles). This rate is on a rebound since 2013, but it is still down by 4.9% The main findings concerning distance driven per person (summarized in the table below) are as follows: An increase of 40.9% A decrease of 9.0%

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Distance driven in the United States: Did we reach the peak in 2004?

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by 2013 (to 8,468 miles), and then increased by 4.3% by 2013 (to 21,866 miles), and then increased by 4.3% by 2013 (to 21,866 miles), and then increased by 4.3% Both rates are on a rebound since 2013, but they are still down from 2004 (by 5.2% from 1984 to 2004 (from 6,612 miles to 9,314 miles), then decreased by 9.1%

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Gasoline consumption per capita in 2020 was on par with that in 1965

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Total consumption (millions of gallons). Consumption per capita (gallons). Consumption per capita (gallons). The maximum consumption per capita (505 gallons) was reached in 1978.

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CARB: CA’s 100-station hydrogen refueling station target could be met by end of 2023

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The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has released the 2021 issue of its Annual Evaluation of Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle Deployment and Hydrogen Fuel Station Network Development , pursuant to the requirements of Assembly Bill 8 (2013). This report is the eighth annual publication.

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