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California BOE considers lowering gasoline excise tax rate for third year in a row

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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.

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Profile: Li-ion Battery and Pack Supplier Valence Technology

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For reference, a typical lead acid battery can survive 500-800 cycles while 2,800 cycles is almost 8 years of use assuming one cycle a day. Valence’s Saphion technology, commercially introduced in 2002, refers to the processes and materials used in developing the novel patented lithium iron magnesium phosphate cathode materials.

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

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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

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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.