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Proposed US Transportation Reauthorization Plan Links Greenhouse Gas Reductions to Transportation Planning

Green Car Congress

in a press conference last week, is the linkage of transportation planning with greenhouse gas emissions reductions. The Fund is replenished by revenue collected from motor fuel taxes. Oberstar (D-Minn.) and Ranking Member John L. Mica (R-Fla.) Promote public health and the livability of our communities. The Highway Trust Fund.

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We Need More Than Just Electric Vehicles

Cars That Think

Can EVs be good enough—and can manufacturers roll them out fast enough—to meet the goals set in 2021 by the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26)? estimates that by 2030 the deployment of EVs could cut global receipts from fossil-fuel taxes by around US $55 billion. passenger vehicles.