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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. Currently, the US Highway Trust Fund supports the construction, repair and maintenance of highways. The Fund is replenished by revenue collected from motor fuel taxes. Oberstar (D-Minn.) Mica (R-Fla.)

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We Need More Than Just Electric Vehicles

Cars That Think

Our 2020 study , published in Nature Climate Change , found that manufacturing a typical EV sold in the United States in 2018 emitted about 7 to 12 tonnes of carbon dioxide, compared with about 5 to 6 tonnes for a gasoline-fueled vehicle. Those tax revenues are necessary for the maintenance of roads. passenger vehicles.