Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 11, 2021
Reduce road traffic and traffic-related pollution by raising fuel taxes and parking fees, levying congestion charges, creating vehicle-free zones and cycle paths, and improving public transportation. Air pollution was responsible for 1.1 The most disturbing finding was the increase in deaths from ambient air pollution.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 23, 2010
users pay for the construction and maintenance of roads via a federal fuel tax. Revenues from the tax go into the federal Highway Trust Fund, which is independent of the General Fund; every five years or so Congress passes an authorization bill to allocate these revenues. User Charges Based on Distance Traveled (VMT Fees).
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 8, 2013
2025, this would require an average tax (or fee) of $500 per vehicle for all vehicles sold (projecting sales of 1 billion vehicles)—slightly higher if PEVs are not charged a fee. An alternative to a feebate that could raise similar revenue is raising fuel taxes by around $0.07 —GFEI working paper.
Green Car Congress
APRIL 22, 2021
The UC Davis Policy Institute for Energy, Environment, and the Economy coordinated the report’s policy management, and the UC Davis Center for Regional Change led the study’s equity and environmental justice research. Transportation pricing: Gasoline taxes. Transit-oriented development/densification. Active transportation.
Cars That Think
AUGUST 20, 2022
Scientists and engineers have extended the range of EVs by cramming ever more energy into their batteries, and vehicle charging networks have expanded in many countries. You also must consider the electricity that charges the vehicle. And that much more vehicle charging would then put great pressure on our electricity grids.
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