Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 22, 2009
A study by researchers at UC Davis suggests that a properly designed vehicle scrappage (i.e., An earlier, separate study by UC Davis transportation economist Christopher Knittel concluded that the US scrappage program paid nearly 10 times the projected price of carbon credits per ton in the best-case scenario to reduce GHG emissions.
Green Cars News
MAY 23, 2009
Yesterday we told you how the scrappage scheme proposals in the USA are coming under fire and today it is the turn of Spain’s scheme to face criticism. The Ecologistas en Accion , one of the country’s most important green groups, is claiming that the scrappage scheme is bad business.
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 1, 2011
They also found that extending the lifetime of a vehicle contributed to a moderate increase in emissions of criteria pollutants (NO x , HC, and CO) during the use phase of the vehicle. —Kagawa et al. Technol. , doi: 10.1021/es1034552.
Drive Electric
NOVEMBER 24, 2021
Moving to zero emissions vehicles, as the cliche goes, is the low hanging fruit in New Zealand’s fight against climate change. There needs to be a massive uptake in active and public transport, as well as the provision of Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS), changes to urban development, and the way we work. Scrappage schemes.
Green Cars News
NOVEMBER 10, 2009
So would these tax hikes linked to the amount we pollute be justified? If we are to get serious about tackling climate change then it is inevitable that green taxes will have to rise. Motorists could face a huge increase in fuel duty on top of a £3,300 levy on new cars under proposals outlined by the Green Fiscal Commission.
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