Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 26, 2009

A bi-partisan Congressionally-created commission has recommended a shift from motor fuel taxes to direct fees charged to transportation infrastructure users—i.e., a federal mileage fee—as a way to reform financing of the US transportation infrastructure. The nation faces a crisis. Summary of revenue options. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 21, 2011

Other state DOTs also are researching alternative financing methods to supplement or replace a gas tax. The Battelle project will include designing, building and testing new software applications that will run on cellular smart phones that utilize global positioning system (GPS) to determine location, heading, speed, etc.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 23, 2010

The US has up to now adhered to the user-fee principle in financing transportation infrastructure—i.e., users pay for the construction and maintenance of roads via a federal fuel tax. In the meantime, cars and trucks have become more fuel-efficient. States use similar mechanisms. —Huang et al.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2013

This solicitation is designed to support investments in innovative technologies that can cost-effectively meet financial and policy goals, including the avoidance, reduction, or sequestration of anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases. Climate Change Emissions Fuel Efficiency Fuels Heavy-duty Policy'

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 21, 2009

The bill—which according to Oberstar and Mica has strong bi-partisan support in the House—is designed to achieve specific objectives: Reduce fatalities and injuries on US highways; Reduce congestion; Provide transportation choices for commuters and travelers; Limit the adverse effects of transportation on the environment; and. Source: DOT.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 1, 2013

battery costs) exist, may require specially designed public support for a fixed, limited period of time. The EU must push member states to align taxation levels of different fuels and vehicle types and stop indirect subsidies. —CEPS report.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 25, 2009

ISO/TS 16949 is the quality management system created by the International Organization of Standards to monitor the design, development, production and servicing of automotive components. Valence is strengthening its automotive accreditation by working towards TS 16949 accreditation in 2010. were cleared in the EU last year.

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