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EIA Annual Energy Outlook explores implications of behavior and demographics on light-duty vehicle energy demand

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Light-duty VMT is beginning to decouple from traditional drivers. The most recent of these In Focus articles explores the impact of demographics and behavior on light-duty vehicle (LDV) energy demand. The Reference case in AEO2014 assumes that VMT per licensed driver begins to increase after 2018. Source: EIA. Click to enlarge.

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Forget JPEG, How Would a Person Compress a Picture?

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JPEG, like most other video and image compression algorithms, also preserves more intensity (brightness) information than it does color, since the human eye is much more sensitive to changes in light intensity than it is to minute differences in hues. These messages could include references to images found on public websites.

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EIA projects nearly 50% increase in world energy usage by 2050, led by growth in Asia

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EIA’s annual long-term assessment of world energy markets includes a Reference case and four core side cases, which use different assumptions for the projections in each case. Light-duty vehicles. OECD electric light-duty vehicle stocks increase from 3.5 million vehicles in 2018 to 269 million in 2050.

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MITEI releases report on 3-year study of future mobility; technological innovation, policies, and behavioral changes all needed; “car pride” an issue

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The report highlights the importance of near-term action to ensure the long-term sustainability of personal mobility. Understanding the future of personal mobility requires an integrated analysis of technology, infrastructure, consumer choice, and government policy. —MITEI Director Robert C. From Insights into Future Mobility.

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News: 2026 Genesis GV70

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The Next Generation GV70 Keeps a Split Personality North American automotive journalists were invited to Culver City, California, for the reveal of the 2026 Genesis GV70 gasoline and all-electric models that will be on-sale in mid-2025. This is what we know so far. The 19-inch and 21-inch wheel designs are also new for 2026.

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TSMC R&D Chief: There’s Light at the End of the Chip Shortage

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The commercial term nanometer refers to a new, improved generation of silicon semiconductor chips.). In his personal opinion—not necessarily that of TSMC—it is going to take two to three years to bring new fabs online to resolve the situation. But it requires more innovation now, he says.

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Lewis H. Latimer: A Life of Lightbulb Moments

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Meanwhile, he wrote poetry, played the flute, became a renowned public intellectual writing about the confluence of art and science, and even taught himself to speak French well enough to supervise an electrical lighting installation working with francophones in Montreal. Supreme Court, in the 1857 Dred Scott v.

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