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Paris To Charge Higher Parking Fees for Large Vehicles and SUVs

The Truth About Cars

Some European capitals will ban certain types of vehicles, and others have devised taxes and fees to incentivize driving less. & That said, some countries have pushed for more cautious actions, with Germany asking for a provision allowing gas vehicle sales as long as they can run on synthetic fuels.

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Perspective: US Needs to Transition to Hydrous Ethanol as the Primary Renewable Transportation Fuel

Green Car Congress

Brazil, the largest and most populous country in South America, was importing 80% of its oil and 40% of its foreign exchange was used to pay for that imported oil. Automobile manufacturers were given tax breaks to produce cars that ran on hydrous ethanol, and, by 1980, every automobile company in Brazil was following this lead.