Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 19, 2013

introduced the latest in a series of discussion drafts to overhaul the US tax code. This new staff discussion draft focuses energy tax policy on stimulating domestic, clean production of electricity and transportation fuels, which account for 68% of energy consumed in the US. Specific proposals include: Clean electricity tax credit.

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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. Example: if the United States were to cap emissions from specific domestic industries (e.g., Emission reductions from regulated sources (e.g.,

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Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Jenkins has also helped push Congress to think more seriously about the power grid, releasing a report last year that showed that much of the 43 percent emissions reduction expected by 2030 would be squandered if the United States doesn’t double the pace of transmission upgrades. There’s just so much that is contingent and unknowable.

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Clean Fleet Report

AUGUST 6, 2023

The all-electric driving range for the Mach-E Premium AWD with the Extended Range battery is EPA rated at 290 miles. With 1,790 chargers in the United States and more than 45,000 worldwide, Ford owners will have more options to stay charged. Photos by John Faulkner and Ford. [

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2009

Automobile manufacturers were given tax breaks to produce cars that ran on hydrous ethanol, and, by 1980, every automobile company in Brazil was following this lead. Use of Hydrous Ethanol in the United States. Hydrous ethanol has been used in the United States as a transportation fuel for at least one hundred years.

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Teslarati

OCTOBER 5, 2022

The EPA is reportedly considering adding EVs to the list of eligible vehicles, and the idea could be confirmed in an upcoming proposal dealing with biofuel blending mandates. Another incentive would likely attract consumers to consider EVs as there would be financial benefits, including tax breaks.

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EV Connect

JANUARY 10, 2022

It’s typically measured in tons of gases produced annually and the average carbon footprint for a single person in the United States is 16 tons a year. Nature.org says the average carbon footprint for a single person in the United States is 16 tons a year. Where Do Greenhouse Gases Come From? Plus, the U.S.

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The Truth About Cars

JUNE 7, 2023

We know that price and cost of ownership is still one of the biggest challenges when people consider switching to an electric car,” said CEO Jim Rowan. While the dual-motor EX30 is presumed to lose a few miles, it’s really going to come down to how aggressively you drive it and whether the EPA backs up those figures.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 3, 2018

In addition, EPA is also proposing to exclude CO 2 -equivalent emission improvements associated with air conditioning refrigerants and leakage (and, optionally, offsets for nitrous oxide and methane emissions) after model year 2020. For manufacturers, the Administration claims reduced regulatory costs and burdens will result in: $252.6

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EV Adoption

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

For electric vehicles, the BBBA includes multiple proposed changes to IRC 30D, more commonly knows as the federal EV tax credit. Perhaps the mostly likely is the requirement for EVs to be assembled in the US in a union factory to qualify for an additional $4,500 tax credit. Tax Credit Becomes Refundable. More on this below.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 22, 2009

Department of Energys Transportation Electrification stimulus program for a federal grant that would enable a nationwide demonstration fleet with the United States Postal Service (USPS) * Potential partnership with USPS to include infrastructure support from ConEd, Duke Energy, DTE Energy and Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) Washington, D.C.,

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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.

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The Truth About Cars

JUNE 29, 2023

The Alliance for Automotive Innovation (AAI) is reportedly prepared to tell the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that its proposal to significantly reduce vehicle emissions through the 2032 model year is wildly unrealistic. An internal memo was released on Wednesday, stating that the regulations introduced by the U.S.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Not to be outdone, on Tuesday the Norwegian electric car startup, Think, was in Portland being wooed by the state as one of 8 potential places to site their first car manufacturing facility in the United States. Next post States’ Proposals for Gas Taxes Sputter 11 Comments 1.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2009

According to Tol, the impact of a tax hike of this magnitude could reduce world GDP 12.9% The cost of fully implementing the Kyoto Protocol (in terms of lost economic growth) has been estimated at roughly $180 billion a year. in 2100—the equivalent of US$40 trillion a year. It’s simply not in their interest to do so. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 13, 2009

It also made significant changes in the current plug-in vehicle tax credit program, including increasing the limit from a program total of 250,000 vehicles to a maximum of 200,000 plug-ins per manufacturer. Tax Credits for Plug-ins. The alternative motor vehicle credit is not allowed against the alternative minimum tax.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2010

Cap-and-trade was first tried on a significant scale twenty years ago under the first Bush administration as a way to address the problem of airborne sulfur dioxide pollution–widely known as acid rain–from coal-burning power plants in the eastern United States. Senators Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), John Kerry (D-Mass.) RGGI: A Case Study.

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Baua Electric

JULY 15, 2024

The last time he found himself in the White House, his EPA attempted to undertake a number of illegal actions to increase pollution – many of which, thankfully, were stopped by the courts (the Natural Resources Defense Council won 92% of its cases against Trump’s anti-environment actions , for example).

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