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Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 1, 2020
US respondents are split when it comes to when they’ll consider purchasing an EV. Nearly one-third of those surveyed already own an EV or plan to buy one within five years. Conversely, 39% of respondents would only buy an EV if gasoline-powered vehicles were no longer available.
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 8, 2009
Under provisions of a fiscal 2009 tax reform bill, Japan will waive an automobile weight tax for people buying hybrid cars and electric vehicles. Normally, people purchasing new cars pay the automobile acquisition tax, which is equivalent to roughly 5% of the car’s price, and three years’ worth of the weight tax.
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 6, 2018
Thirty-seven percent of Southeast Asian consumers planning to buy a car are open to purchasing an electric vehicle, according to a Nissan-commissioned study by Frost & Sullivan. Across the region, two out of three consumers identified safety standards as the most important factor if purchasing an electric vehicle.
Green Car Congress
APRIL 3, 2009
The Nikkei reports that the government of Japan is considering subsidies of up to ¥300,000 (US$2,992) for buyers of hybrids, electric vehicles, and certain gasoline- and diesel-engined cars that met emissions requirements. The government is looking to introduce the new subsidies before summer and keep them until the end of fiscal 2009.
EV Adoption
JANUARY 22, 2022
Instead, the news and claim has been relegated to Stellantis executive quotes in trade articles and is generally flying below the radar of many in the auto industry — and perhaps more importantly the larger potential PHEV-buying consumer market.
The Truth About Cars
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
You could buy versions of this car all the way through 2017 in Pakistan. This car was built at the CAMI plant in Ontario, where Geo Trackers and Suzuki Sidekicks were born in order to circumvent the Chicken Tax. In Japan, the second-gen Cultus made you hip-conscious. Gets 100 kilometers per 4.5 Like a jean, whatever that means.
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 1, 2011
Slower than expected sales of hybrids everywhere in the world but Japan in 2010. Increasing political animus towards the ethanol tax credit, which was “ begrudgingly renewed for one year in the lame-duck tax bill.” Fuel standards in Europe, Japan and Canada that will require widespread adoption of electrics.
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