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UC report to CalEPA outlines policy options to decarbonize California transportation by 2045

Green Car Congress

This scenario includes GHG emissions, vehicle sales, fuel consumption, carbon intensity, and changes in VMT. The LC1 scenario is referred to as ‘central’ to distinguish it from other low-carbon scenarios (‘side cases’) described in the full report. Transportation pricing: Gasoline taxes. Active transportation.

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We Need More Than Just Electric Vehicles

Cars That Think

The life cycle to which we refer has two parts: The vehicle cycle begins with mining the raw materials, refining them, turning them into components, and assembling them. estimates that by 2030 the deployment of EVs could cut global receipts from fossil-fuel taxes by around US $55 billion. passenger vehicles.