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ICCT study finds increasing gap between rated and actual passenger car fuel consumption in Europe

Green Car Congress

It creates a risk that consumers will lose faith in type-approval fuel consumption values, which in turn may undermine government efforts to encourage the purchase of fuel-efficient vehicles through labeling and tax policy. United Kingdom); and TCS (Switzerland). United States. This correction factor was updated in 2008.

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Solving the Electric Vehicle Charging Conundrum

Cars That Think

Like gasoline cars, the EPA range rating, which is sort of the one that everybody quotes, has two parts. There are also, incidentally, income tax credits at the federal and state levels for installation of EV charging equipment. It doesn't cover the whole thing, but you do get a chunk of it back as a tax credit. billion.

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Solving the Electric Vehicle Charging Conundrum

Cars That Think

Like gasoline cars, the EPA range rating, which is sort of the one that everybody quotes, has two parts. There are also, incidentally, income tax credits at the federal and state levels for installation of EV charging equipment. It doesn't cover the whole thing, but you do get a chunk of it back as a tax credit. billion.