EV Adoption

JULY 4, 2022

As sales of electric vehicles begin to reach significant numbers across the US, states are exploring approaches to replace lost tax revenue since EV drivers don’t pay fuel taxes as drivers of gas-powered cars do at gas stations. Unfortunately there is currently no simple and agreed upon best replacement for the fuel tax.

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Fuel Tax Tax Electric Vehicles Fuel 98

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 21, 2013

In a study published in the journal Energy Economics , MIT researchers have found that a fuel economy standard is at least six to fourteen times less cost effective than a fuel tax when targeting an identical reduction in cumulative gasoline use (20% by 2050). Resources.

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Fuel Economy MIT Fuel Tax Economy 288

Green Car Congress

APRIL 23, 2009

The report reviews policies that bear upon two categories of choice: travel choices such as how and how far to travel and vehicle purchase choices. It also discusses fuel taxes and prices, which affect both travel and vehicle choices. It may also be possible to accelerate a shift to a much more efficient vehicle fleet.

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Fuel Tax Green Cars Tax Cars 150

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

The nonpartisan US Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates that federal policies to promote the manufacture and purchase of electric vehicles, some of which also support other types of fuel-efficient vehicles, will have a total budgetary cost of about $7.5 billion through 2019.

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Tax Credit Gasoline Tax Gasoline-Electric 252

Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2010

Significant engineering work will needed to produce an approach that results in fuel efficiency standards that are cost effective and that accurately represent the effects of fuel consumption reducing technologies. Technologies and Approaches to Reducing the Fuel Consumption of Medium- and Heavy-Duty Vehicles.

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Fuel Economy Economy Fuel Vehicles 199

EV Adoption

MARCH 9, 2021

This past week was a whirlwind of EV news and developments from FedEx’s plans to electrify its fleet by 2040, VW saying it expects 50% of its US sales to be from EVs, to GM’s likely plans to build a second battery factory with LG Chem, and much more … Automaker/EV Models. VW expects half of U.S.

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GM Hummer GMC Batteries 52