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Growing Number of EU Countries Levying CO2 Taxes on Cars and Incentivizing Plug-ins

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EU countries with CO 2 -based taxation policies by year since 2006. At present, 17 of the 27 EU Member States levy CO 2 -related taxes on passenger cars, and 15 governments provide tax incentives for electrically chargeable vehicles, according to the newly published European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) Tax Guide 2010.

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MIT Energy Initiative report on transforming the US transportation system by 2050 to address climate challenges

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The report addresses topics related to the evolution of vehicle technology and its deployment, the development of alternative fuels and energy sources, the impacts of driver behavior, and the implications of all of these factors on future GHG emissions in the United States, Europe, China, and Japan. —John Heywood.

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Can Alt-Fuel Credits Accelerate EV Adoption?

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The United States is home to the world’s largest biofuel program. From 2006, the RFS set a schedule of yearly obligations through 2022, with annually rising RIN targets. friendly governments in Europe, Japan, and South Korea have criticized the plan for purportedly discriminating against non-U.S. ever actually produced.

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Nissan Updates on Nissan Green Program 2010; New Vehicle CO2 Needs to Be Reduced 90% by 2050

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Along with the mid-term NGP 2010 plan, originally announced in December 2006, Nissan is reviewing its long-term CO 2 emissions-reduction scenarios. in the United States; and Israel, Portugal, Monaco, United Kingdom, France, Switzerland, Ireland, China, Hong Kong and Singapore. Raleigh, N.C. and Washington, D.C.

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Nissan’s Big Gamble

Revenge of the Electric Car

This is before the $7,500 federal tax credit. YOKOHAMA, Japan — Nissan Motor Co. The vehicles will be made in the United States, Japan and Europe. maker of Subaru cars, began leasing electric cars in Japan. – BMW AG’s Mini brand is testing a plug-in model in the United States.

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Big Science tools for clean transportation: neutron scattering at ORNL

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First up is a quick look at the two advanced neutron-scattering facilities at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in Tennessee, which Green Car Congress recently had the opportunity to tour: the newer (2006) $1.4-billion FIE-TAX: Fixed-Incident-Energy Triple-Axis Spectrometer. WAND: US/Japan Wide-Angle Neutron Diffractometer.

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Perspective: Why Carbon Emissions Should Not Have Been the Focus of the UN Climate Change Summit and Why the 15th Conference of the Parties Should Have Focused on Technology Transfer

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It’s still unknown how much other wealthy nations, such as the US and Japan, will contribute. According to Tol, the impact of a tax hike of this magnitude could reduce world GDP 12.9% Ceccagnoli (2006), “Patent Protection, Complementary Assets, and Firms’ Incentives for Technology Licensing”, Management Science 52 (2006), pp.