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DOE: Average annual gasoline taxes paid per vehicle, by state, 2019

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According to the Federal Highway Administration, the average fuel economy for all light vehicles on the road today is 22.3 The Federal tax on gasoline is 18.4 cents per gallon, and each state has a gasoline tax, ranging from 8.95 Based on a vehicle with an average fuel economy of 22.3 cents in Alaska to 58.7

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MIT Energy Initiative report on transforming the US transportation system by 2050 to address climate challenges

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We should continue to adopt policies to reduce transportation energy demand and emissions, while using our evolving information base to assess and reassess which options have the greatest leverage. Market-based incentives should be implemented to support the US Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) LDV requirements.

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We Need More Than Just Electric Vehicles

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We then used results from a model of the global economy to allocate a portion of this global budget specifically to the U.S. We used this information to estimate annual greenhouse-gas emissions from the fuel cycle, which depend partly on the average vehicle size and partly on how much vehicle efficiency improves over time.

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Automotive Market Research Perspectives on Selling Green in a Try-to-Survive Market

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Other product attributes like reliability and safety, strongly influence consumer perceptions, as do employee enthusiasm and the company’s impact on the economy.” In the short term, he believes OEMs need to boost their warranty support for hybrids; there needs to be some kind of a floor on resale value and fuel pricing (i.e.

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