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T&E study finds plug-in hybrids show higher CO2 emissions than claimed

Green Car Congress

T&E said governments should therefore end the purchase subsidies and tax breaks for plug-in hybrids. T&E has commissioned Emissions Analytics to test three of the most popular PHEVs sold in 2019: a BMW X5 (longest EV range PHEV available), a Volvo XC60 and the Mitsubishi Outlander.

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Over 200,000 Pure Electric Vehicles to hit UK roads in 2021

Drive Electric

Financial incentives for battery electric vehicles will remain, including a rate of just 1% Benefit in Kind (BIK) company car tax from April 2021 for a period of 12 months. There is growing environmental awareness, about climate change and also about challenges with local air quality; EVs help to provide a solution in both areas.

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Frost Sullivan Projects That About 80% of European Vehicle Sales Will Be in the 150 g/km CO2 Band by 2015; EVs as a Strategy of Premium Automakers

Green Car Congress

A new report from Frost & Sullivan, Implementation Roadmap of CO 2 Tax Banding in European Countries and Impact Analysis on Powertrain and Green Technology Adoption , finds that about 80% of the European vehicle sales is expected to be in the less than 150 g/km CO 2 emission band by 2015. Hariher Balasubramanian.

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What is Fleet Electrification?

Driivz

Today, we are in the midst of a revolution to reduce emissions and mitigate the impact of climate change. Major car manufacturers such as BMW, Daimler and Honda anticipate EVs will make up between 50% to 100% of their sales in upcoming years. GHG emissions from transportation account for about 29% of total US GHG emissions.

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2030: 20 Million More ICE Vehicles Will Be on the Roads in the US Than in 2021

EV Adoption

The need to transition off of gas- and diesel-powered fuels is clear if we want to reduce pollution, carbon omissions, and lessen the impact of cars on climate change. All new non-commercial vehicles that are below a certain MPG or other efficiency standard should have a significant tax that increases for each MPG under the threshold.

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Eco real estate

Electric Auto Association

When Christopher Matos-Rogers launched a new career as an Atlanta-area real estate agent a decade ago, he had just spent five years as a marine biologist and he knew what was up with climate change. Georgia had one of the most aggressive tax credit programs in the country back then.

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The EV Transition Explained: How to Meet Sales Targets?

Cars That Think

Toyoda also argues that only selling EV powertrains would not serve Toyota’s customers well in other countries, a similar argument made by automakers BMW , Mazda and VW. Further, once a particular EV model reaches 200,000 in US sales , the EV tax credit is phased out. “I Pablo Di Si There are also income caps.

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