A number of electric off-highway trucks were launched in 2018. While lithium is important to battery technology production, chemistry and vehicle architecture are also critical. More than 100 confirmed electric and hybrid bus and truck projects involving thousands of vehicles are slated to begin by 2020.
In 2017, Americans consumed only 0.006% less gasoline than they did in 2016, averaging about 9.2 million barrels a day. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, this will increase minimally to 9.33 million barrels a day this year and 9.4 million in 2019.
The U.S. leads the world in electric and hybrid truck orders with more than 50% of all purchases.
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Private fleets report a DOT Recordable crash rate of 0.504 crashes per million miles, a slight increase from last year’s 0.49.
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Large truck drivers killed in fatal crashes rarely have high blood alcohol concentrations (BACs).
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Many states that have passed hand-held phone bans and texting bans provide for various exemptions for emergencies, law enforcement personnel, emergency medical technicians, firefighters, state DOT employees, etc.
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Large truck crashes by operation classification have continued to increase from 2012 to 2016.
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Nevada was the first state to allow autonomous Class 8 trucks.
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Statistics covering driver accident rates for 2013-2018. In this report, we cover accidents by age of drivers, cell-phone use, seat-belt use, time of day, top five accident descriptions, accidents by day of the week, and accidents by weather type.
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Statistics covering driver accident rates for 2011-2016
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