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
JULY 10, 2011
For the first three years, the carbon price will be fixed, before moving to an emissions trading scheme in 2015. From 1 July 2015, the carbon price will be set by the market. Transport fuels will be excluded from the carbon pricing mechanism. a year in real terms. We have had a long debate about climate change in this country.
Green Car Congress
MAY 15, 2017
Renewable diesel is an excellent transition fuel as we move toward our zero-emission vehicle future powered by 100% renewable energy or biofuels. —Debbie Raphael, Director of San Francisco’s Department of the Environment.
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 8, 2013
The paper estimates PEVs to have a total incremental cost close to $500 billion between 2015?2025. While this would be paid back by fuel savings, Fulton assues that to sell the cars, the full $500 billion would need to be offered as incentives to prospective buyers. For a PEV subsidy of $500 billion from 2015?2025,
Green Car Congress
APRIL 10, 2009
A new study by the French institute Enerdata, commissioned by the European Federation for Transport & Environment (T&E), suggests that the European CO 2 standards for new vehicles due to come into effect in 2012 will lead not only to a European savings on oil (mainly via lower oil import volumes) but also to slightly lower global oil prices.
Green Car Congress
MARCH 6, 2009
These take into account an improvement in the fuel efficiency of new cars based on existing fuel economy regulations, mainly in OECD countries, with improvements slowing in most regions after 2015. Worldwide, cars currently account for close to half of the transport sector’s fuel consumption and CO 2 emissions.
Cars That Think
AUGUST 20, 2022
passenger-vehicle fleet over the period between 2015 and 2050. Even so, working within that budget would require a 30 percent reduction in the projected cumulative emissions from 2015 to 2050 and a 70 percent reduction in annual emissions in 2050, compared with the business-as-usual emissions expected in a world without EVs.
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