Green Car Congress

AUGUST 23, 2013

Do they receive HOV access for their improved fuel economy and ultra low emissions? Do they get state or federal tax breaks? In fact in 6 of the states, diesel fuel is penalized with additional state taxes. So diesel fuel gets taxed twice or penalized twice at the federal and state level. Are these sales incentivized?

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Diesel Audi Sale Fuel Economy 366

Green Car Congress

MARCH 18, 2013

Projected rates of fuel consumption improvement under different scenarios relative to past experience and the 2016 and 2025 CAFE standards. Many of the vehicles on the road in 2030 will have been built by 2015, and these will lower the fuel economy of the on-road fleet. Source: NRC. Click to enlarge.

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Hydrogen Oil Plug-in Fuel Economy 244

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

The size of the market contraction in Russia is the biggest wild card facing vehicle manufacturers across the European continent, if not the world, in 2015 and 2016.” This, along with the increase in the IPI (an industry tax) in early January, higher financing rates and weak job generation should translate into sales in Brazil of 3.25

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 23, 2014

Additionally, lower viscosity transmission fluid is used resulting in improved transmission efficiency and fuel economy improvements especially during cold environments or vehicle start-up. The transmission also is “fill for life” not requiring oil changes during normal driving conditions.

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Chrysler Dodge Indiana Durango 199

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 17, 2010

The Annual Energy Outlook 2011 (AEO2011) Reference case released yesterday by the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) more than doubles the technically recoverable US shale gas resources assumed in AEO2010 and added new shale oil resources. Beyond 2020, CAFE standards for both passenger cars and light-duty trucks are held constant.

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Gas 2011 Price Energy 199

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 2, 2016

In his January 2015 inaugural address, California Governor Jerry Brown identified five key climate change strategy “pillars,” which recognize that several major areas of the California economy will need to reduce their emissions to meet California’s ambitious climate change goals. To date, approximately $3.4 billion has been invested.

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California Climate Change Climate Pollution 150

Green Car Congress

APRIL 3, 2010

We emphasize that this policy portfolio is not a substitute for an economy-wide carbon management policy (such as a carbon tax or cap-and-trade system). Indeed, an economy-wide constraint would ensure that reductions in fuel consumption and GHG emissions are not displaced to sectors not covered under transportation-specific policies.

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MIT Emissions Light Climate Change 199

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 19, 2013

introduced the latest in a series of discussion drafts to overhaul the US tax code. This new staff discussion draft focuses energy tax policy on stimulating domestic, clean production of electricity and transportation fuels, which account for 68% of energy consumed in the US. Specific proposals include: Clean electricity tax credit.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

APRIL 6, 2010

From the article: ‘The New York study anticipates that by 2015, electric vehicle prices should decline because of reduced battery costs, that there will be a sufficient supply of electric vehicles to purchase, and that consumers will take advantage of the existing federal tax credit of $7,500 for new electric cars. Or No Cars?

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New York City New York Obama Tax Credit 167

Green Car Congress

MAY 17, 2015

With the 2016 XC90 ( earlier post ) heading to dealerships across the US, Volvo Cars gave media an opportunity to experience the next generation of its full-size luxury SUV—in both its conventional T6 and plug-in hybrid T8 Drive-E Twin Engine forms—in and around Los Angeles. Top) 2016 XC90. Estimated EPA MPGe. >59.

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Volvo Plug-in PHEV Engine 150

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

Although the EPA has not as of this writing released the final fuel economy numbers for the US A3 e-tron, Filip Brabec, Director, Product Management, Audi of America, said that the figures will be around 83 to 86 MPGe combined (depending on the equipment level), with 35 to 39 mpg gasoline only and 16-17 miles of EV range.

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Audi Plug-in Plug Hybrid 150

Teslarati

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Reuters , citing sources familiar with the matter, said the EPA is considering adding EVs to the program to incentivize electric vehicle purchases as the Biden Administration attempts to decarbonize the economy and phase out combustion engine vehicles by accelerating EV adoption.

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 25, 2022

In 2016, a U.S. The changes might nudge the RFS away from corn and oil: Car charging companies and power plant biogas suppliers might become eligible, too. There are certainly areas of the economy where electrification does not make a lot of sense,” he says. By the mid-2010s, the U.S. Meanwhile, in a future U.S.

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Creative Greenius

MAY 14, 2009

Oh yeah, it’s just coming up with that big up front check in this economy that’s the tough part. And I wasn’t interested in selling solar based on, “Hey it prevents oil,” you know. You pay your taxes on-line. You pay your corporate taxes on-line. But we take care of everything. It was just too much of a nexus for me.

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Solar Installation California Building 210

Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2015

Frank has spent more than 30 years in breakthrough vehicle development, during which he received two world records for vehicle fuel economy, designed nine generations of PHEVs, and was a four-time winner of US DOE Advanced Vehicle Design competitions. It is only a matter of economics motivated by incentives or taxes.

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PHEV Plug-in Renewable Energy 150

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 3, 2018

This would result in an average fuel economy for passenger cars of 43.7 For consumers, the Administration claims: A $2,340 reduction in overall average vehicle ownership costs for new vehicles ($1,850 reduction in the average required technology costs and $490 reduction in ownership costs for financing, insurance, and taxes).

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