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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.) The next step is addressing our transportation priorities over the long term.

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We Need More Than Just Electric Vehicles

Cars That Think

The total cost of purchasing and driving one—the cost of ownership—has fallen nearly to parity with a typical gasoline-fueled car. The life cycle to which we refer has two parts: The vehicle cycle begins with mining the raw materials, refining them, turning them into components, and assembling them. EVs have finally come of age.