Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 14, 2018
Taxes are effective at cutting harmful emissions from energy use, but governments could make better use of them. In 2015, outside of road transport, 81% of emissions were untaxed, according to the report. Tax rates were below the low-end estimate of climate costs (EUR 30/tCO 2 ) for 97% of emissions.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 20, 2014
In addition, although many experts say that the solution to our energy and climate problems is sending the correct price signals to industry and consumers, the transport sector’s behavior is highly inelastic in that it does not change significantly in response to changes in fuel prices, at least in the range that is politically acceptable.
Green Car Congress
JUNE 25, 2013
Among the transportation-related elements of US President Barack Obama’s new climate action plan, which he is outlining today in a speech at Georgetown University, is the development of new fuel economy standards for heavy-duty vehicles post-2018. A proposal for existing plants is due in 2014, with targeted file rule in 2015.
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 30, 2018
The report shows that projected global ZEV adoption from 2015 to 2039 (based on the BNEF 2017 forecast) may follow an s-curve, similar to that of smartphone adoption in the US from 2005 to 2015. As of January 2018, California had a total of 16,549 public and nonresidential private-sector charging outlets. This works out to 0.05
Cars That Think
AUGUST 20, 2022
Most automotive manufacturers say they plan to use renewable energy in the future, but for now, most battery production relies on electric grids largely powered by fossil fuels. about 60 percent of its electricity from fossil fuels, primarily natural gas, which produces less carbon than coal does. Next, we turned to our model of the U.S
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