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President Biden calls on Congress, States for fuel tax holiday; increase in refinery capacity

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About half of US refinery shutdowns are conversions to renewable fuel production. This global crude oil supply issue is not likely to be solved quickly, even if more refining capacity were available. Other important suppliers to the US., including refineries in Canada, are being similarly converted.

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Congressional Budget Office estimates US federal policies promoting EVs and other fuel-efficient vehicles will cost $7.5B through 2019; little or no impact on gasoline use and GHG in the short term

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Changing the size of the tax credits would affect the cost of the credits to the government, but would have little, if any, effect on gasoline use or emissions over the short term, because automakers would still have to meet existing CAFE standards, the report finds. Cultivate local PEV clusters.

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Volkswagen launch new LPG ready Golf Plus

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Volkswagen has introduced the new BiFuel model version of the Golf Plus to cut CO2 emissions by more than 10 per cent and offer fuel savings of €6.10 This impressive reduction is in part due to the reduced German fuel tax in place until 2018. per 100 kilometres in LPG mode. litre, four-cylinder engine needs an average of 9.8

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We Need More Than Just Electric Vehicles

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Credit the EV’s advantage to its greater efficiency in the conversion of chemical energy to motion—77 percent, compared with 12 to 30 percent for a gasoline car—along with the potential to generate electricity using low-carbon sources. reported range of just 240 km, although a 360-km model is also available. passenger vehicles.