Remove 2008 Remove Fuel Tax Remove Gasoline Remove Tax
article thumbnail

Mn/DOT assessing potential for mileage-based user fee to replace fuel tax; Battelle conducting technology assessment

Green Car Congress

The Minnesota Department of Transportation (Mn/DOT) will recruit 500 people from Wright and Hennepin counties to take part in research to test technology that could someday be used to collect a mileage-based user fee (MBUF) in lieu of a gasoline tax. These funding sources support construction and maintenance of the highway system.

Fuel Tax 262
article thumbnail

Belfer Center Study Concludes Reducing Car and Truck GHG Emissions Will Require Substantially Higher Fuel Prices; Income Tax Credits for Advanced Alt Fuel Vehicles Are Essentially Ineffective at Reducing Sector Emissions

Green Car Congress

Direct transportation (fuel) taxes generate the greatest reductions in CO 2 emission from transportation, achieving CO 2 emissions at 86% of 2005 levels by about 2025. While CO 2 prices are equivalent to fuel taxes, CO 2 prices at their projected levels are far too small to create a significant incentive to drive less.

article thumbnail

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

Green Car Congress

Gasoline may cost between $3-$5 while you own this vehicle. 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. It is not quite as reliable, its not as powerful and it is not as fun to drive. Would you buy this vehicle?

Market 170
article thumbnail

UC report to CalEPA outlines policy options to decarbonize California transportation by 2045

Green Car Congress

SB 375, passed in 2008, required each regional planning agency to submit a plan to reduce emissions, with a focus on reducing VMT. Transportation pricing: Gasoline taxes. Shift to VMT-based road fees as the number of ZEVs grows and fuel tax revenues decline. Transit-oriented development/densification.

article thumbnail

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

Green Car Congress

Average on-road fuel consumptions (tank to wheels) of the different propulsion systems in an average light-duty vehicle: 2010, 2030, and 2050. Values normalized to standard naturally-aspirated gasoline engine vehicle. Includes vehicle weight reduction: at constant acceleration capability.

MIT 150