article thumbnail

Sixthreezero launches the electric trike everyone says they actually want

Electrek

Some things are constant in the universe. Taxes always come around. And any article I write about electric trikes invariably draws out all the armchair automotive engineers who chime in with the well-practiced “they should just put the two wheels in the front because it’s more stable!” Entropy always tends towards disorder.

Tax 83
article thumbnail

ASML’s threat to leave uncovers deeper concerns in Netherlands Inc – ET Auto

Baua Electric

After corporate tax increases and protests and court cases against Shell and others in recent years, populist parties booked big gains in 2023’s national elections. That has prompted companies to speak out against policies that would discourage immigration and force them and their investors to shoulder more taxes.

article thumbnail

Study Finds Government Mandates Superior to All Other Biofuels Policies, But Mixing With Subsidies Causes Adverse Effects; The Argument for a Direct CO2 Tax

Green Car Congress

A new cost-benefit analysis of biofuels policies by economists Harry de Gorter and David Just at Cornell University has concluded that government mandates for biofuels “ are clearly superior to all other policies, with few tradeoffs arising. biofuel policies that attempt to curb CO 2 without directly cutting energy use are clearly wasteful.

Tax 210
article thumbnail

Baker Institute expert suggests assumptions about oil’s influence on politics in the Middle East should be reversed

Green Car Congress

Assumptions about oil’s influence on politics in the Middle East should be reversed, according to a new article from an expert at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy. Instead of oil buttressing autocracy, the article argues that autocracy among oil exporters buttresses oil by encouraging consumption.

Oil 150
article thumbnail

Sixthreezero launches the electric trike everyone says they actually want

Baua Electric

Some things are constant in the universe. Taxes always come around. And any article I write about electric trikes invariably draws out all the armchair automotive engineers who chime in with the well-practiced “they should just put the two wheels in the front because it’s more stable!” Entropy always tends towards disorder.

article thumbnail

Why EVs Aren't a Climate Change Panacea

Cars That Think

For instance, Alexandre Milovanoff at the University of Toronto and his colleagues’ research (which is described in depth in a recent Spectrum article ) demonstrates the U.S. For example, researchers at University of Oxford in the U.K. The San Diego backlash over a mileage tax may be just the beginning.

article thumbnail

How EVs Are Helping Humanity & Saving Lives?

Get Electric Vehicle

According to a Harvard University study, there is a striking association between long-term exposure to harmful fine particulate matter and COVID-19 mortality in the United States. Tax reductions and incentives can be provided by the authorities to attract more people towards EVs. fine particulate matter pollution).

Petrol 75