Gas Prices
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Gas purchases are inelastic, and a small part of average U.S. household spending, a new report finds.
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U.S. Drivers Covered Record High Number Of Miles So Far This Year
Miles driven in the first quarter of 2015 were at a record high for that period.
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IMF: Fossil Fuels Subsidies Are $5.3 Trillion A Year If Climate Costs Included
Governments incur significant costs from dealing with the effects of fossil-fuel pollution, the International Monetary Fund finds.
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Why Higher Gas Taxes Would Have Been Best Way To Save Fuel
It's now a widely-accepted tenet of today's U.S. political landscape: You just can't come out and advocate for higher taxes. For any purpose, under any circumstances, no matter what the end purposes. Any politician who does so will be punished by voters. DON'T MISS: Low Gas Price An Opportunity For...
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GM To Fall Short Of 500,000 Hybrid & Electric Vehicle Goal For 2017
General Motors says it won't achieve a previously-set goal for hybrid and electric-car sales.
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Green-Car Decline: Combined Hybrid, Electric Sales Started Falling Last June
Hybrid and electric car sales began to decline before gas prices collapsed, new data shows.
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The Toyota Prius will go down in history as a truly ground-breaking vehicle, both the first and the highest-production hybrid vehicle built to date. It's also the sole vehicle sold in the U.S. this year that is rated at 50 miles per gallon combined--for three different models, no less. But a new analysis suggests that the perception of the Prius brand may be changing, and rapidly at that. DON'T MISS: 2016 Toyota Prius Was Delayed Due To Redesign For Sportier Style According to an analysis of social media conversations by Networked Insights, a marketing analytics firm, the "brand health" of...
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Will Fuel Economy Rules Require Future Cars To Use Premium Gas?
Premium gasoline offers potential fuel-economy benefits, but will consumers pay?
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Suppose Two-Thirds Of Gas Stations Gave Away Free Gasoline...
The majority of public electric car charging stations are free to use, survey finds.
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The Five Most Ignorant Media Myths About Electric Cars
We spend more time than we probably should in grumbling at media coverage of plug-in electric cars. Journalists try to get it right, in general, but often the specific and complex issues around electric cars, who buys them, and how they're really used get lost or ignored in general reporting. At...
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Will Oil Price Collapse Because We're Out Of Room To Store It?
Oil storage tanks may soon run out of room, triggering a major price drop.
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Honda Accord Hybrid: Supply Now Sufficient To Meet Demand
The Honda Accord Hybrid was launched as a 2014 model, and the first few were sold back in October 2013. But over the next year, despite favorable reviews and a handful of awards, the Accord Hybrid remained a rare beast indeed on dealership lots. Now, more than a year later, it appears that supply...
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A new study says consumers expect gas prices to increase eventually.
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Gas Prices Don't Affect Electric-Car Sales: Finally The Word Gets Out
New studies show low gas prices don't hurt electric-car sales.
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BMW Diesel Model Sales Unaffected By Lower Gas Prices, Exec Says
BMW will continue to pursue its diesel-heavy strategy.
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Once More: Low Gas Prices Don't Hurt Electric-Car Sales
Data is important. Data on the effects of changing economic factors is very important to the car industry. Which is why it's disappointing to see a Nissan executive repeating the canard that falling gas prices can hurt sales of plug-in electric cars. DON'T MISS: Plug-In Electric Car Sales Continue...
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Do Low Gas Prices Hurt Renewable Energy Adoption? Unlikely, Says Analyst
Low oil prices won't affect renewable energy, analysts say.
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2016 Honda HR-V Subcompact SUV Rated At 31 MPG Combined
Gas-mileage ratings for the 2016 Honda HR-V.
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It's downright confusing trying to calculate how much it costs to run green cars, whether it's a 50-mpg Toyota Prius or a highly efficient electric car like the 124-MPGe BMW i3. One of the problems is how to use different efficiency ratings for various powertrains--gasoline, hybrid, electric--to calculate actual cost. As it turns out, the AfterOilEV blog has suggested a metric that covers all of these options: How many miles do you get from different cars when you buy $1.00 worth of energy? DON'T MISS: One Owner's Chevy Volt Running Cost: 2 Cents Per Mile (Jan 2013) On new-car window...
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Obama: Buy A Fuel-Efficient Car, Gas Won't Stay Cheap Forever
President Barack Obama encourages Americans to buy more-efficient cars despite low gas prices.
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Low Gas Price An Opportunity For Higher Gas Tax? Not A Chance
With gasoline costing 40 percent less than it did just six months ago--and under $2 a gallon in many states--you might think this would be a good time to discuss raising the Federal gas tax. You would be wrong. The Federal gas tax hasn't risen since 1993, and the U.S. Highway Trust Fund has been...
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Cheap Gas Will Cause Electric-Car Sales To Plummet: True Or False?
There's been a lot of conventional wisdom floating around lately. In this case, it's the notion that electric car sales will plummet with the arrival of vastly lower gasoline prices. We'd suggest that perhaps this is not quite as much of a foregone conclusion as many pundits think. DON'T MISS...
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Average Fuel Economy Falls In New Cars, First Time In 4 Years
The Wards Auto Fuel Economy Index recorded a decrease in new-car average fuel economy in November compared to the same time last year.
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Low Gas Prices Won't Affect Loyal Owners As 2016 Toyota Prius Hybrid Looms
Toyota expects current Prius owners to stick with the car even if gas prices stay low.
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