Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 8, 2014
The nationwide average tax on gasoline is $0.4972/gallon (49.72 22 cpg from the October 2013 study. The federal tax on gasoline is 18.40 The average state gasoline excise tax is 20.88, down nearly.50 50 cpg from October 2013. The nationwide average tax on motor diesel fuel is 55.41
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 21, 2013
In a study published in the journal Energy Economics , MIT researchers have found that a fuel economy standard is at least six to fourteen times less cost effective than a fuel tax when targeting an identical reduction in cumulative gasoline use (20% by 2050). Babiker (2013) Energy Economics , 36: 322–333 doi: 10.1016/j.eneco.2012.09.001.
Green Car Congress
MARCH 6, 2013
Sivak found that while the vehicle fuel economy of the entire light-duty fleet improved by 40% (from 13 mpg US to 21.6 l/100km), because of the decrease in vehicle load, the occupant fuel economy only improved by 17% (from 24.8 —Sivak 2013. occupants carried) decreased by 27% (from 1.9 mpg US, or from 18.1 l/100km to 10.9
Green Car Congress
JUNE 14, 2012
(Since some 36% of diesel is used off-road, such as on farms, by manufacturing, industrial and commercial ventures, and boats, a fuel tax for road use would impose an unfair burden onto these sectors, the government says.). The exemption applies to any motor vehicle the power of which is wholly (i.e., battery electric) or partly (i.e.,
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 26, 2015
Iowa Governor Terry Branstad signed into law a bill ( Senate File 257 ) which, among other things, raises the state’s fuel tax while providing a small incentive for biodiesel. A provision of the bill gives a partial exemption to the new tax for diesel blended with at least 11% biodiesel (B11).
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 27, 2013
As on a volumetric basis, diesel contains more carbon than gasoline, the tax on diesel fuel would increase. Recent work from the French transport accounts commission confirmed previous results of the French Ministry for Sustainable Development: gasoline is overtaxed, and diesel fuel is undertaxed.
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 21, 2009
Other elements of the PBR to support lower-carbon transportation include: The PBR 2009 confirms that—as announced at Budget 2009—fuel duty will increase by one penny per liter (US$0.06 per gallon US) in real terms on 1 April each year from 2010 to 2013. Tags: Climate Change Electric (Battery) Emissions Europe Fuels Policy.
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