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Belfer Center report calls for policymakers to begin taking steps to change policies for funding US transportation infrastructure

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But fuel tax revenues have not kept pace because the federal government and most states have not increased gasoline tax rates since early 1990s, while inflation has eroded their real buying power. In the meantime, cars and trucks have become more fuel-efficient. —Huang et al. Discussion Paper 2010-13, Cambridge, Mass.:

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Belfer Center Study Concludes Reducing Car and Truck GHG Emissions Will Require Substantially Higher Fuel Prices; Income Tax Credits for Advanced Alt Fuel Vehicles Are Essentially Ineffective at Reducing Sector Emissions

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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. million barrels per day, relative to 2008 levels.

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Car Companies Standardize Plug for Electric Vehicles : Gas 2.0

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Cornell Tweet This Post Tags: BMW , electric vehicles , Fiat , Ford , General Motors , plug-in , Toyota , Volkswagen You might also like: 9 Electric Cars 100 Years Old or More The Chinese BYD F3DM, First Mass Produced Electric Car, Fails with Consumers GM Ditches Volt for Geo Metro Hybrid? is a Green Options Media Production.

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Honda May Develop Plug-In as Obama Alters U.S. Policy (Update2) - Bloomberg.com

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moves to tighten fuel-economy and greenhouse gasrules. Tags: evdriven. General Motors Corp., Toyota Motor Corp. and Nissan MotorCo., and startups Tesla Motors Inc. and Fisker Automotive Inc.,are are rushing out cars that can be recharged at electrical outletsas the U.S.

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MIT Battery Breakthrough Could Revolutionize Electric Cars : Gas 2.0

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My Web Technorati Windows Live Blogmarks Propeller Mixx E-mail It To Addresses (up to 3): Your Name: Your Address: Tags: evdriven. . “My guess is that there are more materials like this out there,&# he says. is a Green Options Media Production. is a Green Options Media Production. is a Green Options Media Production.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

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Cischke, Ford senior vice president for sustainability, environment and safety engineering. "By 2/12/07 GM is aggressively pursuing plug-in hybrids "because of the tremendous potential to significantly increase fuel economy," according to spokesman Brian Corbett. By partnering with these two industries. Red Herring ).

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