Green Car Reports
MARCH 7, 2021
The gas tax remains one of the main funding sources for road infrastructure, which has led to cries that electric-car drivers aren't paying their fare share of road maintenance costs. Consider electricity a fuel. A new bill circulating through the Minnesota legislature calls for an "electric fuel" tax for EVs.
Green Car Congress
MAY 2, 2020
Fuel use dropped from 4.6 It also resulted in fuel-tax revenue reductions, which vary by state. In California, where vehicle miles dropped more than 75%, the state’s fuel-tax revenue under Senate Bill 1 (2017) also plummeted from $61 million in early March to $15 million for the second week of April.
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Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 24, 2023
In January 2023, state taxes and fees on gasoline and diesel fuel averaged $0.3163 per gallon (gal) of gasoline and $0.3388/gal of diesel fuel, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). These taxes have increased in 13 states since July 2022. These states are not shown because the values are so small.
Green Car Reports
MARCH 18, 2021
Tesla has tried to convince the UK to raise its fuel tax. A recall on two EVs underscores how over-the-air updates can simplify some safety recalls. And Lordstown Motors asserts that it will be cranking out an Endurance electric pickup every six minutes in September. This and more, here at Green Car Reports.
Green Car Congress
JUNE 23, 2022
President Biden called on Congress to suspend the federal gas tax for the next 90 days, through the busy summer driving season—18 cents per gallon for gasoline and 24 cents per gallon for diesel. He also called on states to suspend their state gas taxes as well or to find other ways to deliver some relief.
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 30, 2015
Eleven states currently assess fees on electric vehicle owners in lieu of traditional fuel taxes, according to the US Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE). Highway maintenance has traditionally been funded from a combination of Federal and state taxes collected at the fuel pump.
EV Adoption
JULY 4, 2022
As sales of electric vehicles begin to reach significant numbers across the US, states are exploring approaches to replace lost tax revenue since EV drivers don’t pay fuel taxes as drivers of gas-powered cars do at gas stations. Unfortunately there is currently no simple and agreed upon best replacement for the fuel tax.
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 29, 2020
The California state legislature passed and the Governor signed into law a bill ( AB-2663 ) that lowers the Use Fuel Tax rate of dimethyl ether (DME) from $0.18 per gallon of DME-propane fuel blend used on or after 1 July 2021 (the same tax rate as propane, $0.06 per gallon of DME used and $0.06 per gallon).
Green Car Congress
APRIL 30, 2017
billion over the next decade through an increase in fuel taxes and vehicle fees—including on zero emission vehicles (ZEVs)—to fix roads, freeways and bridges in communities across California and put more dollars toward transit and safety. California Governor Edmund G. The bill will raise $52.4
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 24, 2013
The Virginia General Assembly is moving forward with legislation ( HB2313 ), that, among its other elements, would abolish the state’s gasoline and diesel fuel taxes and replace them with a sales tax. Currently, both gasoline and diesel carry a $0.175/gallon fuel tax.
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
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 21, 2013
In a study published in the journal Energy Economics , MIT researchers have found that a fuel economy standard is at least six to fourteen times less cost effective than a fuel tax when targeting an identical reduction in cumulative gasoline use (20% by 2050).
Green Car Reports
JUNE 24, 2022
If Congress approves the tax holiday, current federal fuel taxes of 24 cents per gallon for gasoline and 18 cents per gallon for. Aimed at providing relief from high gas prices brought on by Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the policy is already drawing skepticism.
CleanTechnica EVs
APRIL 26, 2022
Consumer Reports does a hatchet job on EVs and fuel taxes.
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 8, 2014
The American Petroleum Institute has released its January 2014 update report and maps on gasoline and diesel taxes for all 50 states in the US along with a national average; the information is updated quarterly. API’s chart reflects a weighted average for each state—i.e.,
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 20, 2009
As part of a comprehensive reform plan to simplify the Commonwealth of Massachusetts’ transportation system, Governor Deval Patrick is proposing a fuel tax increase of $0.19 The increased fuel tax is intended to be in lieu of an increase in tolls. per gallon—a 81% increase of the current $0.235 per gallon.
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 3, 2019
Since taxes are charged on a per-gallon basis, someone with a more efficient vehicle will pay less in taxes over the course of a year. Based on average mpg and miles driven, a person owning a gasoline vehicle pays between $141 and $398 in fuel taxes each year, depending upon the state in which the fuel is purchased.
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.
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.
Green Car Congress
APRIL 21, 2011
In May and June 2007, Mn/DOT conducted qualitative research to understand public opinion about a mileage-based user fee alternative to the current motor fuel tax. People interviewed included knowledgeable transportation experts as well as the general public.
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? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending March 12, 2021.
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.
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., The gas tax, which is not currently indexed to inflation, has lost 1/3 of its purchasing power since 1993, the last time the tax was increased.
Teslarati
JANUARY 9, 2023
In many European countries, for instance, despite the incentivization of the government, EVs are often taxed to allow the state to continue to maintain roads outside of a fuel tax income system. It’s unclear if this European-style tax system will come to the U.S.,
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.
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.
Green Car Congress
MAY 28, 2021
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. The report suggests that revenues raised in this way could be used to accelerate the decarbonization of the aviation sector.
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 20, 2014
As of 31 July, fiscal 2014 tax revenue from sales of compressed natural gas (CNG) and liquefied natural gas (LNG) motor fuel totaled $2,178,199, according to the Texas state Comptroller’s office. State forecasters projected fiscal 2014 natural gas motor fuel tax revenue of $992,000, equal to sales of 6.6
Green Car Congress
MARCH 14, 2022
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. . $150 million towards ultra-high-speed rail. $50 50 million for walking and biking infrastructure in underinvested communities, and more. billion over 16 years.
Green Cars News
MAY 3, 2012
There may be one negative knock-on effect of improving the fuel economy standards of our vehicles: fuel tax revenues could slump massively. According to a report by the Congressional Budget Office (logo, pictured), fuel economy standards proposed for 2017-2025 would cut revenues from petrol tax by 21 per cent in 2040.
Green Car Congress
APRIL 21, 2022
There are also unanswered questions about how to even finance electrification or road construction and maintenance given lost revenues from fuels taxes, Foss said. In an era of unparalleled geopolitical friction, how China’s dominance will affect emissions reduction goals in places like the United States and Europe remains to be seen.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 11, 2021
Reduce road traffic and traffic-related pollution by raising fuel taxes and parking fees, levying congestion charges, creating vehicle-free zones and cycle paths, and improving public transportation.
Green Car Congress
JUNE 26, 2020
Additional recent reports cover the impacts of COVID-19 mitigation on traffic accidents, greenhouse gas emissions and fuel tax revenues. This is the fourth special report for the Road Ecology Center regarding the traffic-related impacts of shelter-in-place orders.
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 16, 2016
California drivers pay two types of state taxes on gas: sales tax, which is a percentage of the price, and a per-gallon excise tax. The fuel tax swap lowered the sales tax rate on gasoline to 2.25% and requires the BOE to set a per-gallon excise tax rate annually before 1 March.
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 6, 2016
Fuel taxes in the United States in 2015 accounted for 19% of the price of a gallon of gasoline, down from just under 30% in 1990, according to figures compiled by the US Department of Energy (DOE). By comparison, in France, Germany, and the United Kingdom, taxes accounted for more than half of the total price for both 1990 and 2015.
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 14, 2018
fuel taxes increased between 2012 and 2015 in some large countries, and first steps towards removing lower tax rates on diesel compared to gasoline are taken, but apart from that there are no signs that the polluter pays principle determines the energy tax landscape more strongly in 2015 than in 2012. of emissions.
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 26, 2015
Iowa Governor Terry Branstad signed into law a bill ( Senate File 257 ) which, among other things, raises the state’s fuel tax while providing a small incentive for biodiesel. A provision of the bill gives a partial exemption to the new tax for diesel blended with at least 11% biodiesel (B11).
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 30, 2011
Sterner is also the editor of the new book Fuel Taxes and the Poor, The Distributional Effects of Gasoline Taxation and Their Implications for Climate Policy , authored by 35 researchers. The researchers studied data from 25 different countries to investigate the concern that gasoline taxes affect poor people the most.
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.
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.
Green Car Congress
MAY 15, 2017
Ryder has an established North American maintenance and fueling network with approximately 800 maintenance facilities including 440 diesel fueling stations.
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 31, 2020
Due to the formula explicitly outlined in the law, the PPGR tax rate on gasoline and diesel fuel will increase on 1 October 2020 from $0.309 to $0.402 for gasoline and from $0.349 to $0.442 for diesel fuel. Background on Chapter 57 & calculation of tax rate formula.
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 27, 2013
They found that, at the car fleet level for France: A 60% increase in the diesel fuel tax would bring about a decrease in the dieselization rate at the fleet level from 64% to 45% between 2011 and 2030 and a decrease in overallCO 2 emissions of passenger cars by 3.5%.
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