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AirCapture, OCOchem and partners win $2.93M DOE grant for direct air capture of CO2 and conversion to formic acid

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AirCapture develops on-site, modular technology that captures CO 2 from the air using waste heat from manufacturing plants, enabling customer operations to go carbon neutral and even negative. We are converting common industrial waste streams into product streams —Todd Brix.

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Motor vehicle taxation brings in €440.4B for governments in major European markets

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New data shows that motor vehicles generate more than €440 billion in taxation per year for national governments in the major EU markets plus the UK, the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) reports. The top 5 countries with the highest motor tax revenues are: Germany ?

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EVs sold and registered in Uttar Pradesh between October 14, 2022 and October 13, 2025 will be tax-free

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Earlier this week, the Uttar Pradesh government issued a long-awaited Government Order (GO) paving the way for the purchase of electric vehicles in the state to be exempted from road tax and registration fees. From 14 October 2022 to date, 3,997 electric vehicle owners in Agra have been charged taxes and registration fees.

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UK auto industry warns anti-diesel agenda and slow uptake of EVs could mean missing 2021 CO2 targets; rising CO2 average in 2017

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The warning came as a new report published by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) confirmed that the fleet average CO 2 of newly registered cars rose for the first time in 2017, despite vehicles becoming ever more efficient. HEVs, PHEVs and BEVs respectively made up 60.6%, 28.1% of the AFV market and 2.9%, 1.3%

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Panasonic partners with Sila to deliver EV batteries with unparalleled performance

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Sila is a next-generation battery materials manufacturer that debuted Titan Silicon during WHOOP 4.0 Panasonic plans to produce Sila’s anode material in its Moses Lake, Washington facility, qualifying it for tax credits under the Inflation Reduction Act. The aim is to reduce charging time to 10 minutes.

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T&E concludes that diesel cars emit more CO2 on a full lifecycle basis than gasoline cars

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Extra manufacturing emissions are taken to be 5% of the average 5 tonnes of CO 2. In Europe, the car market is skewed in favor of diesels through regulation and tax policies. T&E attributed Europe’s diesel share to three main causes: Distorted national fuel and vehicle taxes. —T&E study.

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JATO warns of widening disparity between WLTP correlated NEDC values and existing NEDC data

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This could result in significant financial penalties for automotive manufacturers in EU member states where CO 2 drives taxes. Due to increased test numbers, JATO has a larger and more robust sample of vehicles from which to calculate the volume-weighted impact on NEDC-correlated CO2 values under WLTP testing.

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