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President Biden calls on Congress, States for fuel tax holiday; increase in refinery capacity

Green Car Congress

About half of US refinery shutdowns are conversions to renewable fuel production. Moreover, many facilities have safely delayed projects and/or maintenance so as to not take production offline and instead continue to provide supplies and build inventories. Other important suppliers to the US.,

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Congressional Budget Office estimates US federal policies promoting EVs and other fuel-efficient vehicles will cost $7.5B through 2019; little or no impact on gasoline use and GHG in the short term

Green Car Congress

In evaluating the effectiveness of the credit, the report provides the caveat that ‘As yet, no reliable estimates exist of the share of electric vehicle sales that can be attributed to the tax credits.’. It is important to highlight, however, some of the report’s acknowledged limitations. Cultivate local PEV clusters.

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Volkswagen launch new LPG ready Golf Plus

Green Cars News

Volkswagen has introduced the new BiFuel model version of the Golf Plus to cut CO2 emissions by more than 10 per cent and offer fuel savings of €6.10 This impressive reduction is in part due to the reduced German fuel tax in place until 2018. per 100 kilometres in LPG mode. litre, four-cylinder engine needs an average of 9.8

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We Need More Than Just Electric Vehicles

Cars That Think

Credit the EV’s advantage to its greater efficiency in the conversion of chemical energy to motion—77 percent, compared with 12 to 30 percent for a gasoline car—along with the potential to generate electricity using low-carbon sources. Those tax revenues are necessary for the maintenance of roads. passenger vehicles.