Green Car Congress
APRIL 21, 2011
Other state DOTs also are researching alternative financing methods to supplement or replace a gas tax. Three different groups of volunteers will test the devices for six months each. For the technology component of the Mn/DOT work, Battelle will conduct a $4.1-million
Green Car Congress
APRIL 21, 2022
Indonesia is home to the largest nickel reserves in the world, and the privately owned Tsingshan Holding Group has made significant investments in the country. There are also unanswered questions about how to even finance electrification or road construction and maintenance given lost revenues from fuels taxes, Foss said.
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.
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.
Green Car Congress
JUNE 15, 2011
Conventional automotive technologies have significant emission-reduction potential, according to a draft of the Boston Consulting Group’s (BCG) latest report on automotive propulsion, Powering Autos to 2020. Most consumers in this group expect a payback within three years. Source: BCG. Click to enlarge.
Green Car Congress
JUNE 25, 2013
The Department of Agriculture’s Rural Utilities Service will finalize a proposed update to its Energy Efficiency and Conservation Loan Program to provide up to $250 million for rural utilities to finance efficiency investments by businesses and homeowners across rural America.
Green Car Congress
JULY 1, 2013
The report of the task force, which was convened in 2011, brought together the views of a diverse group of stakeholders, including the car and oil industries, business associations, international organizations, EU member states and NGOs.
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