Green Car Congress

JUNE 14, 2012

New Zealand is implementing revenue-neutral changes to its road user charges (RUC) system as of 1 August 2012. In New Zealand, diesel and electric-powered vehicles pay for their road use through road user charges. The fund—which was approximately $2.65 The fund—which was approximately $2.65 battery electric) or partly (i.e.,

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Reduce road traffic and traffic-related pollution by raising fuel taxes and parking fees, levying congestion charges, creating vehicle-free zones and cycle paths, and improving public transportation.

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Teslarati

JANUARY 9, 2023

While the tax initially sounds like an attack on EV ownership, Texas EV owners actually see it as a rebalancing of the responsibility to take care of the roads they drive on. EV owners would be paying for the same benefits via this tax. It’s unclear if this European-style tax system will come to the U.S.,

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 9, 2018

The report calls for a 20-year “blueprint for action,” which includes creating an “Interstate Highway System Renewal and Modernization Program,” increasing the federal fuel tax to help pay for it, and allowing tolls and per-mile-charges on more interstate routes. The study was sponsored by the US Department of Transportation.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 30, 2018

Add to that the advent of autonomous vehicles and new business models such as ride hailing and car sharing, and we could be on the brink of major disruption in the transportation sector. California has 16,549 public and nonresidential private-sector charging outlets—the most in the nation by far. But it works out to only 0.05

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 21, 2009

In the Pre-Budget Report (PBR) released on 9 December, UK Chancellor Alistair Darling announced that all electric cars will be exempt from Company Car Tax (CCT) for 5 years and electric vans will be exempt from Van Benefit Charge (VBC) for the same period. The PBR also has news of an additional £30 million (US$48.5 Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JULY 23, 2018

Policies to entice consumers away from fossil-fuel powered vehicles and normalize low carbon, alternative-fuel alternatives, such as electric vehicles, are vital if the world is to significantly reduce transport sector carbon pure-emissions, according to a new study. —Charlie Wilson.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 23, 2009

The UK Energy Research Centre (UKERC), the focal point for UK research on sustainable energy, today launched an extensive review of policies which could significantly reduce transport CO 2 emissions. It also discusses fuel taxes and prices, which affect both travel and vehicle choices.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 15, 2013

Imported fuels and products would also be charged the same carbon fee that domestic fuels and products play, unless the exporting nation has similar climate program and already charges a fee on carbon. International sources. Debt reduction. Approximately $300 billion would go to debt reduction over 10 years.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 22, 2021

A team of transportation and policy experts from the University of California released a report to the California Environmental Protection Agency (CalEPA) outlining policy options to significantly reduce transportation-related fossil fuel demand and emissions. —“Driving California’s Transportation Emissions to Zero”.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 8, 2013

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 —GFEI working paper.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

Tax credits for these plug-in electric-drive vehicles have multiple direct and indirect effects on the total amounts of gasoline consumed and greenhouse gases emitted by the US transportation sector. The transition to PEVs will be discouraged if electric-vehicle drivers who need to charge their cars face excessive electricity prices.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 25, 2009

In the short-term there is clear potential to reduce emissions through eco-driving, speed enforcement, improving off-peak utilisation of existing public transport in cities, expanding the use of non-motorised modes and improving vehicle occupancy.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2010

The report also recommends approaches that federal agencies could use to regulate these vehicles’ fuel consumption. Currently there are no fuel consumption standards for such vehicles, which account for about 26% of the transportation fuel used in the US. The report does not recommend a specific numerical standard.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 5, 2009

However, the survey also found that the public may not yet be prepared for the tradeoffs and challenges needed to make these proposals a reality, with majorities rejecting measures such as a floor on gasoline prices, congestion charges, or higher fuel taxes.

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EV Adoption

MARCH 9, 2021

Beginning with 2022 model-year, Volvo EVs will come with an expanded Care by Volvo package that includes service, roadside assistance, home charging, and insurance where possible. Batteries and Charging. “Now the federal government is in a position to look at all electric transportation with that same lens.”

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 20, 2022

Scientists and engineers have extended the range of EVs by cramming ever more energy into their batteries, and vehicle charging networks have expanded in many countries. But EVs come with important weaknesses, and so people shouldn’t count on them alone to do the job, even for the transportation sector.

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