Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 9, 2018
The report calls for a 20-year “blueprint for action,” which includes creating an “Interstate Highway System Renewal and Modernization Program,” increasing the federal fuel tax to help pay for it, and allowing tolls and per-mile-charges on more interstate routes. —Norman Augustine, former chairman and CEO of Lockheed Martin Corp.
Green Car Congress
JUNE 25, 2013
Preparing the US for the impacts of climate change. This solicitation is designed to support investments in innovative technologies that can cost-effectively meet financial and policy goals, including the avoidance, reduction, or sequestration of anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases.
Green Car Congress
JULY 1, 2013
battery costs) exist, may require specially designed public support for a fixed, limited period of time. The EU must push member states to align taxation levels of different fuels and vehicle types and stop indirect subsidies. Report Of The CEPS Task Force On Transport And Climate Change. —CEPS report. June 2013).
Green Car Congress
APRIL 5, 2009
However, the survey also found that the public may not yet be prepared for the tradeoffs and challenges needed to make these proposals a reality, with majorities rejecting measures such as a floor on gasoline prices, congestion charges, or higher fuel taxes. Energy prices, oil dependence and climate change.
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 20, 2012
The policy package includes a new fuel economy readiness index, which measures the extent to which countries have implemented steps that will fully exploit the potential of existing fuel economy technologies and maximise their use in vehicles. This gap can be up to 20% and must be reduced to minimize actual fuel use.
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 8, 2013
Meanwhile, significant gains in vehicle fuel economy over the coming decades are possible and very much needed globally in order to address pressing issues of climate change, energy security and sustainable mobility. An alternative to a feebate that could raise similar revenue is raising fuel taxes by around $0.07
Green Car Congress
JUNE 21, 2009
The bill—which according to Oberstar and Mica has strong bi-partisan support in the House—is designed to achieve specific objectives: Reduce fatalities and injuries on US highways; Reduce congestion; Provide transportation choices for commuters and travelers; Limit the adverse effects of transportation on the environment; and. Source: DOT.
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