Remove 2015 Remove Gasoline Remove Re-Charge
article thumbnail

Taxing the Distance

Energy Institute at HAAS

But they consume less or no gasoline. Much of US road infrastructure is financed by taxing gasoline. And if you’re wondering how political leanings play into this, the answer surprised me initially, but after thinking about it for 0.5 So it’s not just how we charge the tax, but also how much we charge going forward.

Tax
article thumbnail

Pike Survey: 48% of US Consumers Interested in Purchasing a PHEV40

Green Car Congress

According to a new survey from Pike Research, 48% of prospective US consumers would be “extremely” or “very” interested in purchasing a PHEV with a 40-mile range on a single charge (PHEV40), given electricity cost equivalent of $0.75 The remaining one-third would only purchase a PHEV if it was the same price as a standard gasoline vehicle.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

Toyota continues prepare the market for fuel cell vehicle in 2015

Green Car Congress

Toyota Motor continues to lay the foundation for the introduction of its production fuel cell hybrid vehicle in 2015; the company began work on fuel cell technology in 1992. An electric vehicle is suitable for short-distance commuting, because of its short cruising distance and long charging time.”. “We Click to enlarge.

article thumbnail

Toyota broadly outlines next-generation Prius; developing wireless inductive charging for the plug-in model; bullish on hydrogen

Green Car Congress

The performance of this new generation of powertrains will reflect significant advances in battery, electric motor and gasoline engine technologies. The gasoline engine in the next-generation Prius powertrain feature thermal efficiency of greater than 40%; the thermal efficiency of the gasoline engine in the current Prius is 38.5%.

article thumbnail

Five Hyundai ix35 Fuel Cell vehicles joining London hydrogen project

Green Car Congress

They are among the first of 1,000 examples that Hyundai has committed to produce between now and 2015 and are built on the same production line in Ulsan, Korea as the Tucson. liters of gasoline, therefore this would give a “traditional” figure of 28.6 Hydrogen has around the same energy content of 3.7 km/liter (67.3 mpg US or 3.5

article thumbnail

Update on DOE Co-Optima project to co-optimize fuels & engines; goal of 30% per vehicle reduction in petroleum

Green Car Congress

In October 2015, the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) launched a broad, joint effort to co-optimize the development of efficient engines and low greenhouse-gas fuels for on-road vehicles with the goal of reducing petroleum consumption by 30% by 2030 beyond what is already targeted. We’re not going to say “Ethanol.

article thumbnail

Ipsos poll finds 64% of Canadians would consider buying or leasing fuel cell vehicle if available

Green Car Congress

Three quarters (75%) of Canadians “agree” (32% strongly/44% somewhat) that they would “ like to have a car that is not powered by traditional gasoline ”, while only one in four (25%) “disagree” (7% strongly/18% somewhat) that they would like to drive such a car. The Ipsos poll was conducted between 27 May and 1 June 2015 on behalf of Hyundai.