Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 18, 2021
The site provides consumers with information to help guide buying decisions for all types of vehicles, including current EV federal tax credits, as well as operation and maintenance tips to save drivers money. Consumers can personalize estimates for their annual miles and local fuel prices, for example.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 12, 2014
A study by researchers at the Institute of Transportation Studies, UC Davis finds that buyers of plug-in vehicles (PEVs) are substantially less satisfied with the dealer purchase experience than buyers of conventional vehicles—with the notable exception of Tesla buyers. Cahill, Eric, Jamie Davies-Shawhyde, Thomas S.
Green Car Congress
MARCH 2, 2010
The design space was presented to a sample of 2,373 new-vehicle buying households in the US. For example, the individual federal tax incentive of $2,500 to $7,500 for the purchase of an electric-drive vehicle only applies to vehicles with a battery pack larger than 4.0 Axsen et al. kWh in capacity.
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 9, 2017
However, notes a team from the Institute of Transportation Studies at UC Davis and CATARC (China Automotive Technology and Research Center), just the year before PEV sales were stagnant, despite large subsidies and incentives. The 10% sales tax on vehicles is waived for PEVs. Six other China OEMs are among the top 20 PEV manufacturers.
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 30, 2015
A working paper by a team at the Energy Institute at Haas, University of California, Berkeley, has found that 60% of the $18 billion in US federal income clean energy tax credits issued between 2006 and 2012—e.g., Average credit per tax return, by income level. Source: Borenstein and Davis. Electric Vehicle Credit.
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 14, 2009
Dr. Ken Kurani from the UC Davis Institute of Transportation Studies (ITS) presented results from the latest in a series of electric drive consumer studies seeking to learn from consumers whether or not PHEVs are a good idea. the first time in your entire lives you’ve ever heard the EPA and the OEMs agree on something: tax the fuel.
Green Cars News
SEPTEMBER 15, 2009
Portuguese drivers are the greenest in Europe when it comes to buying cars with an average CO2 rate of 138g/km (eg. Director at the ETA, Andrew Davis, said: “Car makers can build green cars, but they need us to buy them. EU regulation is striving to cut the CO2 emitted by cars to an average figure of 130 g/km by 2015.
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