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

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Miller of Synovate believes that in the US “ 20% of the people are willing to pay up to 10% of the vehicle’s purchase price more (i.e. Edwards and Miller both emphasized the importance of a buyer’s emotion in purchasing a vehicle. Edwards believes that “ Gas prices alone are not what will increase hybrid sales.

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Profile: Li-ion Battery and Pack Supplier Valence Technology

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In order to price a vehicle you need to contact a sales agent. In Great Britain vehicles are heavily taxed via fuel taxes, the value added tax, registration fees and location specific congestion charges and the cumulative effect of these taxes can have a significant impact on a vehicle’s operating cost.

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

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This scenario includes GHG emissions, vehicle sales, fuel consumption, carbon intensity, and changes in VMT. Zero emission vehicles: In the low carbon scenario, vehicle sales are 100% ZEV by 2040. SB 375, passed in 2008, required each regional planning agency to submit a plan to reduce emissions, with a focus on reducing VMT.

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

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Progress will be made by both steadily improving each propulsion system and by shifting increasing fractions of the sales mix each year to the more efficient alternatives. Evolving US new LDV market: percent sales by powertrain type out to 2050. —“On the Road Toward 2050” Click to enlarge.

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