Green Car Congress

MAY 29, 2013

A new white paper published by the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) comparing official and “real-world” fuel consumption and CO 2 emission values for passenger cars in Europe and the United States shows that the average discrepancy between the values in Europe increased from less than 10% in 2001 to 25% in 2011.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 24, 2011

The percentage of flared gas in North Dakota is considerably higher than the national average; in 2009, less than 1% of natural gas produced in the United States was vented or flared.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 28, 2009

The scheme includes tax breaks for EV buyers, as well as dedicated EV-only zones and parking spaces. In August, Nissan revealed the LEAF, a medium-size hatchback that will be launched in late 2010 in Japan, the United States and Europe. In 2008 135,568 vehicles were produced at NMISA. Earlier post.) Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 12, 2009

The European Union is imposing temporary anti-dumping and anti-subsidy duties on imports of biodiesel from the United States. The EC launched an investigation into US biodiesel on 13 June 2008 following complaints received from EU industry. US exports of biodiesel to Europe have surged, and represent the bulk of US production.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 27, 2009

The business has a significant part of its production at Raufoss in Norway, with other plants in China, Czech, Denmark, France, Germany, Sweden and the United States. billion (US$389 million) in 2008 and the business had about 1,200 employees at the end of third quarter 2009. Revenues amounted to NOK 2.2

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

Mr. Immelt’s point is that the spike in oil prices to $147/barrel in 2008 is not enough on its own to get automakers to make electric vehicles. Following the end of World War I, there was a significant decline in aircraft production in the United States. The fear that a carbon tax is unworkable must be overcome.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

ConocoPhillips suspended the project in fall 2008 due to the deteriorating economy and a loss of federal tax credits. is the largest publicly traded, food processing by-products recycling company in the United States. Tyson is continuing ahead with a second renewable diesel venture with Syntroleum in Louisiana.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 2, 2013

Gulf Coast refiners use both domestic crude oil produced in the United States, and crude oil imported from foreign countries to create various petroleum products. A previous application from TransCanada for a Keystone XL project (2008 application) was for a pipeline that would have been more than 1.5 —Draft SEIS.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2010

by enacting a carbon tax or setting emission limits for each source type (“command-and-control)—the option to use offsets is generally discussed in the context of a cap-and-trade regime. Example: if the United States were to cap emissions from specific domestic industries (e.g., Emission reductions from regulated sources (e.g.,

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 21, 2010

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. Generally, registration taxes threaten fleet renewal.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

Mineta specifically points to the success of the significant reductions in pollutant emissions from passenger cars during the past three decades in response to ever-stricter limits set by state and federal regulators. Impact of different sales mix on new car average fuel economy.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2009

Automobile manufacturers were given tax breaks to produce cars that ran on hydrous ethanol, and, by 1980, every automobile company in Brazil was following this lead. Use of Hydrous Ethanol in the United States. Hydrous ethanol has been used in the United States as a transportation fuel for at least one hundred years.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2016

During past eight years the number of plug-in electric vehicle models has increased from one to more than 20, battery costs have decreased 70%, and the number of electric vehicle charging stations has increased from less than 500 in 2008 to more than 16,000 today—a 40-fold increase. Electric vehicle coalition. Berkshire Hathaway Energy.

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Plug In Partners

MAY 7, 2007

snip At an initial 40 mile module installed price of $10,000 supported with a $3500 tax credit , the payback period for a fleet owner with $3.00/gallon Here is a significant announcement by David Vieau , CEO of A123 Systems. gallon gas is 2.5 years , against an expected life of 10 or more years.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

JANUARY 15, 2009

And all of the energy will be from domestic sources, not some Saudi oil field protected by billions of our tax dollars and our soldiers’ lives. The Roadster Sport starts at $128,500 in the United States and €112,000 (excluding VAT) in Europe. Deliveries will begin in late June.

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The Truth About Cars

DECEMBER 18, 2023

On Monday, Japan's Nippon Steel expressed its intention to purchase the United States Steel Corporation. However, the United Steel Workers don’t seem pleased with the arrangement and were said to have backed an earlier offer from domestic rival Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. Nippon Steel is reportedly offering a deal worth $14.9

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Baua Electric

APRIL 25, 2024

Since the 2008 advent of the Tesla Roadster (or since the 1996 debut of GM’s EV1?), Now the US government is reportedly pressuring Mexico not to smooth the Chinese automakers’ path by offering incentives such as low-cost public land or tax breaks. US automakers are currently protected from Chinese competition by a 27.5%

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Green Car Congress

MAY 2, 2009

United States. fuel tax); and there needs to be assurances regarding OEM viability—all of which may involve government action. Strategic Vision shared data that only a small portion of consumers in the US are “ truly green ”, which means the customer is willing to pay significantly more for a green vehicle.

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EV Connect

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

This is illustrated by the rate of electric vehicle adoption in California, which leads the United States in EV adoption. In fact, its per-capita numbers are closer to those of Europe and China than to the remainder of the United States, despite having a strong rural population in the Central Valley and a broad array of terrain.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 1, 2014

The State Department released the long-anticipated and voluminous Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (Final Supplemental EIS) for the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline project. The document is posted on State’s Keystone project site , which it has run since the beginning of the Keystone XL Presidential permit process in 2008.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 22, 2009

Other actions included: In April 2009, Nissan introduced the Nissan ECO Series (NECO Series), which qualify for tax breaks under Japan’s new preferential tax scheme for environment-friendly vehicles. Introduction of an original EV test vehicle in August 2008. Raleigh, N.C. and Washington, D.C. The reduction target was 7%.

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The Truth About Cars

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Ultra Low Emission Zones (ULEZ) seem to be the next step, as they’re reliant on the same camera systems and vehicle tracking used for congestion taxes. Truth be told, the program likely goes back to the UK speed camera push that fell onto the shoulders of former Prime Minister Boris Johnson when he became mayor in 2008.

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Creative Greenius

JULY 19, 2009

Yes, even these unfortunate dimwits can still save what’s left of their retirement funds while helping out the rest of us who weren’t fooled by the right wing, unabashed carbon pimps who ran things in the US government from 2000-2008 and did more damage to our environment than any government in history. The Big Dick Cheney Effect.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 19, 2010

The US emitted approximately 7 gigatons of CO 2 equivalent in 2008 (the most current year for which such data were available). Either cap-and-trade, a system of taxing emissions, or a combination of the two could provide the needed incentives. A carbon-pricing system is the most cost-effective way to reduce emissions.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

The high cost of manufacturing the Volt is exactly why the tax credits of $2500 for a vehicle with 4 kWh of battery capacity and $417 for every kWh over 4 (so that there is a $7500 credit for the Volt) were legislated. Galbraith joined The New York Times in June 2008 to write about renewable energy. Staff Tom Zeller Jr.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 22, 2009

Department of Energys Transportation Electrification stimulus program for a federal grant that would enable a nationwide demonstration fleet with the United States Postal Service (USPS) * Potential partnership with USPS to include infrastructure support from ConEd, Duke Energy, DTE Energy and Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) Washington, D.C.,

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Vehicle-to-grid is, I believe, the salvation of the automotive industry in the United States,” declared Marc Spitzer, an agency commissioner who was also on the panel. February 17, 2009 9:43 am Link No matter how you slice it we need a carbon TAX to accelerate all these important projects. link] — Chris Dudley 13.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

In late 2008, BYD started selling the first production PHEV in China. First Escape PHEV delivered to SCE Nov 2007; 20 in 2008-2009. Beginning in 2005, we excerpted individual statements of intentions by carmakers, but by the start of 2008, the number of comments became too numerous for us to track. Batteries not ready.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 16, 2016

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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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Not to be outdone, on Tuesday the Norwegian electric car startup, Think, was in Portland being wooed by the state as one of 8 potential places to site their first car manufacturing facility in the United States. Next post States’ Proposals for Gas Taxes Sputter 11 Comments 1. Next: a carbon tax.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Kelly Blue Book earlier this month reported that the the estimated average transaction price for a light vehicle in the United States was $37,401 in August 2019, up 2% from August 2018. It’s one thing for the American public to directly subsidize electric vehicles through tax incentives. The George W.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2010

Cap-and-trade was first tried on a significant scale twenty years ago under the first Bush administration as a way to address the problem of airborne sulfur dioxide pollution–widely known as acid rain–from coal-burning power plants in the eastern United States. The first auction for allowances was held on September 25, 2008.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2009

According to Tol, the impact of a tax hike of this magnitude could reduce world GDP 12.9% The Renergie Field-to-Pump strategy establishes the first commercially viable large-scale decentralized network of modular-designed SABMFs in the United States capable of operating 210 days out of the year. Earlier post.)

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Green Cars News

JULY 11, 2009

The bill, which was sponsored by Democratic Senator Robert Menendez, will extend tax credits for 10 years on buying vehicles that run on natural gas as well as installing natural gas refuelling stations.

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Plug in America

AUGUST 12, 2022

For more than a decade, Plug In America’s top policy priority has been to extend and expand the federal EV tax credits. The original EV tax credits were approved by George W. Bush back in 2008. In 2008, the Tesla Roadster was the only commercially available EV! Here are some of our favorites. .

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