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Friday Trio: Troubling US EV math, PET Tires, & New Exxon?

Aug 6, 2021 2:18:25 PM / by Graham Copley posted in ESG, Recycling, CO2, PET, ExxonMobil, Net-Zero, decarbonization, EV, carbon emissions, US Gasoline, electric vehicle goal, recycled PET, Continental

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There are several things worthy of comment today. First, the math looks wrong in the Biden EV executive order, especially when combined with tighter fuel efficiency standards that are also on the table. The US consumes around 340 million gallons (approx. 8.1 million barrels) of gasoline a day and a reduction of 340,000 would only be a 1% reduction by 2030, even assuming growth in driving over the next 10 years we would expect the fuel standards and EV introduction to have a much more meaningful impact if successful. We will write more on this is our dedicated ESG and climate work.

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