Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

Pie charts show the proportion of different types of energy sources generating power and flowing between load areas if there were a carbon tax of $70 per ton. To meet these carbon goals, coal has to go away from the region. That is a modest cost considering that the future of the planet is at stake. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 13, 2019

Efforts to shift away from fossil fuels and replace oil and coal with renewable energy sources can help reduce carbon emissions but do so at the expense of increased inequality, according to a new study by researchers at Portland State University (PSU) and Vanderbilt University.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 31, 2009

A crude oil price of US$100/bbl results in an approximate cost of €0.56/L gallon US) without tax for conventional motor fuel. With ±30% estimate error, this is between €0.56 per liter (US$2.72-5.03/gallon gallon US), they note in a paper published in the journal Biofuels, Bioproducts & Biorefining. Source: Henrich et al.

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Clean Fleet Report

JUNE 15, 2021

Say Goodbye to Fuel Costs. A small margin in the market drastically affects the cost of fuel and its availability. The vehicles use electricity produced from nuclear power, coal, natural gas or solar energy. Subsequently, the cost of electric cars has significantly gone down. High Torque. High Resale Values.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 25, 2011

Alaska state senator Lesil McGuire has introduced a bill ( Senate Bill 109 ) that would grant $475 million in state investment tax credits toward development of plants converting natural gas-, coal- or biomass-to-liquids products (GTL, CTL or BTL = xTL) on the state’s North Slope.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

To answer this question, we gathered data on (i) the quantity and location of emissions released from tailpipes and from upstream processes to produce and operate vehicles, (ii) the externality costs of damages caused by the release of these emissions, and (iii) estimates of externalities and other costs to the US associated with oil consumption.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

Researchers at Georgia Tech have compared medium-duty (MD) electric and diesel urban delivery trucks in terms of life-cycle energy consumption, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and total cost of ownership (TCO). One surprise among their findings was that the electric truck had cost advantages over the diesel vehicle under some conditions.

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EV Info

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

The cost of grid management has soared to nearly £2billion a year in the last two decades. And in any case, an inflexible approach to regulation has caused the cost of new nuclear to balloon – despite it being perhaps the most obvious solution to our long-term energy needs. Gas is the only answer.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 29, 2018

Unlike carbon capture and storage technologies that remove carbon dioxide emissions directly from large point sources such as coal power plants, NETs remove carbon dioxide directly from the atmosphere or enhance natural carbon sinks. Petrie Professor in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Princeton University and chair of the committee.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Propane is a cleaner burning fossil fuel, yielding 87% less hydrocarbons and 50% fewer toxins than gasoline, and is more economical compared to petroleum-based options, roughly 40 to 50% less than gasoline/diesel per gallon, although less attractive on a cost per energy equivalent basis due to its lower energy content. infrastructures (e.g.,

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Driivz

JULY 21, 2022

In order to understand fleet electrification, let’s first take a look at electrification in general: Electrification is the process of replacing technologies that use fossil fuels (such as oil, coal and natural gas) with those that use electricity as an energy source. Need to Minimize Energy Costs.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 24, 2009

cap and trade or a carbon tax) is a likely key part of a US strategy to reduce carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions, such a market-based approach alone will not induce the investments in long-lived technology required to achieve a 50 to 80% reduction in emissions of carbon dioxide by mid-century. Samaras et al.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 28, 2023

In states (or countries ) with a high proportion of coal-generated electricity, the miles needed to break-even climb more. However, there has been public pushback over how to pay for the plan and its push to decrease personal driving by imposing a mileage tax. The San Diego backlash over a mileage tax may be just the beginning.

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

The report found that whilst there were significant potential environmental benefits to be had from a switch to electric vehicles, these were wholly dependent on changes in the way electricity was generated, energy taxed and CO2 emissions regulated. Key findings of report include: Performance. Popularity. National Grid.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 18, 2013

Feebates,” rebates to purchasers of high-fuel-economy vehicles balanced by a tax on low-mpg vehicles is a complementary policy that would assist manufacturers in selling the more-efficient vehicles produced to meet fuel economy standards. High fuel prices, whether due to market dynamics or taxes, are effective in reducing fuel use.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 22, 2009

Source: “Hidden Costs of Energy”. When such market failures occur, a case can be made for government interventions—such as regulations, taxes or tradable permits—to address these external costs, the report says. Source: “Hidden Costs of Energy”. Coal accounts for about half the electricity produced in the US.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 28, 2010

The drawback to these technologies is that fossil fuels (principally oil and coal) are still used to produce the electricity that powers these vehicles, thereby eliminating some of the potential gains. Therefore, it is not clear whether there would be a substantial reduction in emissions by switching to these new powertrain technologies.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 13, 2010

The bill provides assistance to those Americans who may be disproportionately affected by potential increases in energy prices through tax cuts and an energy refund program. Significant tax incentives encourage the conversion of trucks and heavy-duty fleets to natural gas vehicles. Decreasing Dependence on Foreign Oil.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2009

The stimulus package is designed to address the recession and in the short term people were anxiously awaiting two key components of the plan: clarification on the details behind “ grants in lieu of tax credits ” and awards of loan guarantees by the DOE from section 1705. Is tax equity dead? Cap and Trade Disappointment.

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Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

government was going to try a whole bunch of different government interventions—incentive programs, tax credits, grants, infrastructure investments—to bend the trajectory of our energy transition. Jenkins: We have to shut down coal plants as fast as is feasible because they’re by far the most environmentally damaging.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

APRIL 6, 2010

From the article: ‘The New York study anticipates that by 2015, electric vehicle prices should decline because of reduced battery costs, that there will be a sufficient supply of electric vehicles to purchase, and that consumers will take advantage of the existing federal tax credit of $7,500 for new electric cars. Or No Cars?

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Get Electric Vehicle

JUNE 7, 2023

These can include tax credits, rebates, grants, and preferential parking or access to certain areas. 3 Cost and Affordability: Initially, electric vehicles were more expensive than traditional ICE vehicles due to the high cost of batteries and limited economies of scale. The charging efficiency is 98%.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 26, 2010

When most electricity in Britain is still generated by burning gas and coal, the difference between an electric car and a small, low-emission petrol or diesel car is negligible. Government also needs to map out intentions for the funding of road networks in the medium term as tax revenues from conventional road fuels reduces.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 14, 2015

Rising long-term natural gas prices, the high capital costs of new coal and nuclear generation capacity, state-level policies, and cost reductions for renewable generation in a market characterized by relatively slow electricity demand growth favor increased use of renewables.

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 17, 2022

In the United States, sweeping legislation capped a series of moves by the country’s Department of Energy (DOE) over the past year to drive down the cost of low-carbon hydrogen and stimulate demand for the fuel. Costs of gray hydrogen vary but are roughly $2 a kg in the U.S. At the lowest emission rate—0.45

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

Of the fossil fuel subsidies, $70.2billion went to traditional sources such as coal and oil with just $2.3billion dedicated to carbon capture and storage, which is designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The subsidies generally increased over the period and most were written into US Tax Code as permanent provisions.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2010

by enacting a carbon tax or setting emission limits for each source type (“command-and-control)—the option to use offsets is generally discussed in the context of a cap-and-trade regime. coal-fired power plants) would either be required by the emissions cap. The inclusion of offsets would likely lower the overall cost of compliance.

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Creative Greenius

MAY 14, 2009

And by that do you mean they were fronting the costs of the rebates and then not recouping them from the utilities? I’ve been amazed that most companies seem to front the cost, even start ups. You pay your taxes on-line. You pay your corporate taxes on-line. THE HOLY GRAIL OF SOLAR: $3 A WATT, CHEAPER THAN COAL.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 18, 2010

The study, in press in the Journal of Power Sources , examines the efficiency and costs of current and future EVs, as well as their impact on electricity demand and infrastructure for generation and distribution, and thereby on GHG emissions. Derive GHG emissions and costs of charging of EVs in the 2015 Dutch context and. We therefore.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 8, 2012

Assessing plant sizes of 2,000, 10,000, and 35,000 dry tonnes per day of biomass at 8% return on capital, they found required sales prices (exclusive of tax) of $3.30, $2.40, and $2.06 per gallon, respectively.

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Plug in America

AUGUST 14, 2023

The IRA provides funds for a variety of activities from increasing solar and wind energy capacity and home improvements to save money on energy to installing EV charging and reducing the upfront cost of EVs. billion investment in a new EV battery manufacturing facility in Marshall, Michigan, which will create 2,500 good-paying jobs.

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Drive Electric

JUNE 16, 2021

Climate change is being driven by the burning of fossil fuels such as oil, gas and coal. For example, it only costs £2.50 to fully charge a 50kWh Renault Zoe if you have an EV-specific energy tariff where electricity costs 5p per kW. With a ‘real world’ range of 195 miles, this gives you a cost per 100 miles of £1.28.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2015

The combination of harvesting whole forests and burning long-sequestered carbon sources such as coal or oil has impaired the Earth’s carbon cycle at an increasing pace. The grid then becomes more efficient, thus reducing the cost of delivered electricity to everyone. (In The significance of this opportunity is immense.

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Creative Greenius

JULY 19, 2009

Indeed I am talking about Big Dick Cheney, who in addition to his many other immoral and criminal acts also shamelessly promoted the excessive use of oil, coal, gasoline and other fossil fuels by encouraging Americans to use all the energy they could afford to put on their credit cards. The Big Dick Cheney Effect.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

The vision is fuelled by the fear of climate change and the need to find green alternatives to dirty coal, unpopular nuclear power and unreliable gas imports from Russia. Are we going to burn more oil, natural gas, or (gasp) coal to produce it? At current transportation battery prices, that is well beyond the cost of spinning reserve.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Plug-in hybrid electric vehicle technologies are not yet competitive due primarily to the high cost of advanced batteries. Ford and SCE will explore whether these batteries have other uses that could reduce their cost to consumers. "By partnering with these two industries. Joint Press Release ) 4/4/07 Ford Motor Co. Kwong asked.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Despite this, a 2003 EPRI study , assuming only $2/gallon gas , zero buying incentives, and a PHEV premium of $3-$5,000 more than standard hybrids, shows that the total lifetime cost of ownership for a PHEV will be lower than that of any other vehicle type -- so the payback will be there. Better yet, make a tax-deductible contribution.

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