Green Car Reports

MARCH 13, 2021

Which electric SUV arriving later this year makes an “awesome car-camping setup,” according to the company’s CEO? Owners of which electric vehicle will soon get new battery packs in the U.S. and elsewhere?

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 8, 2021

Would a by-the-kilowatt-hour charging tax help states recover infrastructure funds from dwindling gas tax revenues? Volvo is moving to online-only sales, starting with its EVs. Volkswagen looks ahead to its 2026 EVs. And we bring you range and road-trip charging impressions for the 2021 VW ID.4. Volvo is.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2020

The taxes fall into three broad categories: vehicle acquisition (VAT, sales tax, registration tax); ownership (annual circulation tax, road tax); and motoring (fuel tax). Motor tax revenues collected by governments have increased by almost 3% compared to the previous year, and the grand total of €440.4

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 14, 2022

836 million to build four new hybrid-electric ferries. The revenue package adopted a shift in funding sources after an export fuel tax projected to provide $2 billion in funding was removed on the House floor. . $1 billion to fund Washington’s portion of an I-5 replacement bridge across the Columbia River. Specifically: Sec.

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CleanTechnica EVs

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

The perception that EVs don't pay their fair share of fuel taxes may not be the most productive way to look at funding highway projects.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 18, 2021

Tesla lobbied the United Kingdom government to raise taxes on gasoline and diesel cars in order to fund higher subsidies for electric cars, The Guardian reported Tuesday.

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Electrek

JUNE 22, 2023

Iowa is about to adopt an additional “electric fuel excise tax” on July 1, meaning EVs in the state will now pay “fuel” taxes two different ways, whereas gas cars only pay one – and both of these taxes are higher than what a gas car pays.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 10, 2011

Transport fuels will be excluded from the carbon pricing mechanism. However, where applicable, an equivalent carbon price will be applied through changes in fuel tax credits or excise. A carbon price will be applied to domestic aviation, domestic shipping, rail transport, and non-transport use of fuels.

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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 26, 2022

Consumer Reports does a hatchet job on EVs and fuel taxes.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 28, 2021

The upside is that the private jet market is ideally suited to help bring about aviation’s Tesla moment, making hydrogen and electric planes a reality. T&E calculates that a jet fuel tax applied proportionately to flight distances could raise €325 million if applied to all flights departing from the EU and UK.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 2, 2021

Proposed Texas Senate Bill 1728 (SB 1728) will make Tesla and EV owners pay an additional $200 EV tax if passed. The claim is that EV owners need to “pay their fair share” and “make up for” fuel taxes they don’t pay that support the state’s road and transportation infrastructure.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 21, 2022

The global push to convert the world to electric vehicles will cause supply chain complexities that could undermine the alternative energy transition in the United States, according to a new report from Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy. The detailed report— Need Nickel?

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Teslarati

JANUARY 9, 2023

The Texas State Legislature is considering levying a tax against EV owners to fund road upkeep and improvement, and EV owners are on board. Electric vehicles are the choice for many consumers not only due to their environmental benefits but also due to their reduced cost of ownership.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 23, 2010

users pay for the construction and maintenance of roads via a federal fuel tax. Revenues from the tax go into the federal Highway Trust Fund, which is independent of the General Fund; every five years or so Congress passes an authorization bill to allocate these revenues. States use similar mechanisms. —Huang et al.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 21, 2009

In the Pre-Budget Report (PBR) released on 9 December, UK Chancellor Alistair Darling announced that all electric cars will be exempt from Company Car Tax (CCT) for 5 years and electric vans will be exempt from Van Benefit Charge (VBC) for the same period. The PBR also has news of an additional £30 million (US$48.5

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 14, 2012

In New Zealand, diesel and electric-powered vehicles pay for their road use through road user charges. Since some 36% of diesel is used off-road, such as on farms, by manufacturing, industrial and commercial ventures, and boats, a fuel tax for road use would impose an unfair burden onto these sectors, the government says.).

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 9, 2018

The report calls for a 20-year “blueprint for action,” which includes creating an “Interstate Highway System Renewal and Modernization Program,” increasing the federal fuel tax to help pay for it, and allowing tolls and per-mile-charges on more interstate routes. National Academy of Sciences.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 15, 2011

As a result, BCG concludes, the electric car faces stiff competition from ICEs (internal combustion engines) and, based solely on total cost of ownership (TCO) economics, will not be the preferred option for most consumers. BCG expects pack costs for OEMs will fall to ~$360-440 per kWh by 2020. Source: BCG. Click to enlarge. Source: BCG.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 23, 2009

The report, authored by experts from Aberdeen University, Imperial College and E4tech Consulting, finds that Government must do much more than promote electric cars if it wants rapid and deep cuts in transport emissions. It also discusses fuel taxes and prices, which affect both travel and vehicle choices.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 23, 2018

Policies to entice consumers away from fossil-fuel powered vehicles and normalize low carbon, alternative-fuel alternatives, such as electric vehicles, are vital if the world is to significantly reduce transport sector carbon pure-emissions, according to a new study. Share of EDVs in 2050. —David McCollum.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 5, 2014

DriveNow furthermore intends to add 30 all-electric BMW i3 cars to the London fleet in spring 2015, expanding it to a total of 300 vehicles during the course of next year. All costs such as fuel, taxes, insurance and parking charges are already included in London as well.

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All Cars Electric

JULY 8, 2010

With the increase in coverage that electric cars are enjoying in both the motoring and the mainstream press, you might be forgiven for thinking that the future is bright for EV lovers worldwide. According to a recent article, a study reveals that a fuel tax of 10p a mile.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 30, 2018

However, California is lagging behind when it comes to ensuring its charging infrastructure keeps up with the growth of its electric vehicle fleet, the report finds. In 2017, Tesla Model S had the farthest EPA-rated range for an all-electric vehicle, at 315 miles. In 2016 there was one charging plug for about every 6 electric cars.

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Plug in America

JULY 26, 2023

States rely on gas taxes to fund road improvements and repairs. Since electric vehicles (EVs) don’t use gas , they don’t contribute to this fund. To address these, state legislatures can adjust gas taxes to make up funding gaps and index them to inflation. But who pays for these roads? You do, every time you pull up to the pump.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

The model also includes representation of fleet turnover, and opportunities for fuel use and emissions abatement, including representation of electric vehicles. The European Union (EU) recently adopted CO 2 emissions mandates for new passenger cars, requiring steady reductions to 95 gCO 2 /km in 2021.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 8, 2010

The study— Analysis of Policies to Reduce Oil Consumption and Greenhouse-Gas Emissions from the US Transportation Sector —finds that reducing CO 2 emissions from the transportation sector 14% below 2005 levels by 2020 may require fuel prices above $8/gallon by 2020.

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

The idea that a wholesale switch to electric cars would automatically reduce CO2 emissions and dependence on oil is one of a number of myths dispelled by a major new report conducted on behalf of the Environmental Transport Association (ETA). On-board metering of electricity use would be a key requirement. Popularity. National Grid.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 31, 2010

The analysis was based on various combinations of policy options and technological improvements including new vehicle emission limits, increased fuel taxes, support for electric and hydrogen technologies, EU motorway speed limits and land transport’s inclusion in the EU’s emissions trading scheme (ETS).

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

Tax credits and gasoline prices necessary for various electric vehicles to be cost-competitive with conventional vehicles at 2011 vehicle prices. The electric vehicles that are the focus of this study fall into two broad classes: plug-in hybrid electric vehicles and battery-electric vehicles. Source: CBO.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 8, 2013

The GFEI, a partnership of international agencies and top energy policy experts, suggests that these cost savings could in part be used to help offset the costs of developing a global market for electric vehicles over this time frame, since the savings are estimated to be at least four times bigger than these costs. —GFEI working paper.

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Blink Charging

OCTOBER 6, 2023

The electric car market is experiencing massive growth, exceeding 10 million in sales in 2022. As a result, regulations and guidelines related to electric vehicles are changing frequently, and consumers and charging station hosts must be aware of new developments.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

New propulsion systems requiring new fuels, such as plug-in electric vehicle systems and fuel cell systems, are beyond the scope of this technology roadmap and are treated in separate roadmaps. Average fuel economy and new vehicles registrations, 2005 and 2008.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 1, 2013

The steady tightening of standards will first incentivize combustion efficiency and in parallel speed up the deployment of new low-carbon technologies and fuels, such as vehicles running on low-carbon electricity, hydrogen, compressed natural gas or sustainable biofuels. Focusing on one specific technology—e.g.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 12, 2012

They assessed purchaser technology choice for new vehicles on a cost-effectiveness basis using net present value (NPV) as a decision criterion, with parameters chosen to take account of factors such as consumer myopia with regard to fuel cost savings. R&D plus electric vehicle subsidy. R&D plus fuel cell electric vehicle subsidy.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 25, 2009

The UK Energy Research Centre has launched an extensive review of policies that could significantly reduce CO2 emissions and finds that in addition to promoting electric cars policies must play a big role in helping drivers leave their cars at home. What do you make of these suggestions?

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 20, 2014

In addition, although many experts say that the solution to our energy and climate problems is sending the correct price signals to industry and consumers, the transport sector’s behavior is highly inelastic in that it does not change significantly in response to changes in fuel prices, at least in the range that is politically acceptable.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2009

The obvious one is increased fuel taxes, but somehow governments need to make sure the benefits of better technology aren’t wiped out by increased demand for lower-priced fuel. The main competitor for oil-based vehicles appears to be the plug-in hybrid, running on both oil and power, followed by purely electric vehicles.

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