Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 23, 2010

The US has up to now adhered to the user-fee principle in financing transportation infrastructure—i.e., users pay for the construction and maintenance of roads via a federal fuel tax. User Charges Based on Fuel Consumption (Gasoline and Carbon Taxes). States use similar mechanisms. —Huang et al.

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Blink Charging

OCTOBER 6, 2023

As a result, regulations and guidelines related to electric vehicles are changing frequently, and consumers and charging station hosts must be aware of new developments. As both EV adoption increases and internal combustion engine vehicles have become more fuel efficient, states are seeking to offset lost revenue from the gas tax.

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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.

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Teslarati

JANUARY 9, 2023

While the tax initially sounds like an attack on EV ownership, Texas EV owners actually see it as a rebalancing of the responsibility to take care of the roads they drive on. EV owners would be paying for the same benefits via this tax. It’s unclear if this European-style tax system will come to the U.S.,

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 30, 2018

Add to that the advent of autonomous vehicles and new business models such as ride hailing and car sharing, and we could be on the brink of major disruption in the transportation sector. California has 16,549 public and nonresidential private-sector charging outlets—the most in the nation by far. But it works out to only 0.05

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Green Car Congress

JULY 23, 2018

Policies to entice consumers away from fossil-fuel powered vehicles and normalize low carbon, alternative-fuel alternatives, such as electric vehicles, are vital if the world is to significantly reduce transport sector carbon pure-emissions, according to a new study. —Charlie Wilson.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 15, 2013

International sources. Imported fuels and products would also be charged the same carbon fee that domestic fuels and products play, unless the exporting nation has similar climate program and already charges a fee on carbon. Debt reduction. Approximately $300 billion would go to debt reduction over 10 years.

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