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UC Davis report proposes mileage fee for EVs, maintaining fuel tax for ICEs to support road repairs

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A research report submitted to the California Legislature this week by the University of California, Davis’ Institute of Transportation Studies proposes switching EVs to a mileage-based road-funding fee (road user charge, RUC) while continuing to have gasoline-powered cars pay gasoline taxes.

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GFEI report suggests $2T savings from fuel economy improvements in ICE vehicles through 2025 can help fund long-term transition to plug-ins

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2025, this would require an average tax (or fee) of $500 per vehicle for all vehicles sold (projecting sales of 1 billion vehicles)—slightly higher if PEVs are not charged a fee. An alternative to a feebate that could raise similar revenue is raising fuel taxes by around $0.07 Fuel Efficiency Plug-ins Policy'

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UC report to CalEPA outlines policy options to decarbonize California transportation by 2045

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The University of California demand study was conducted by researchers from the UC Institute of Transportation Studies , a network with branches at UC Davis, UC Berkeley, UC Irvine, and UCLA. —Dan Sperling, director of the UC Davis Institute of Transportation Studies. Transportation pricing: Gasoline taxes.