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Study finds limiting warming to 2 °C would require at least a $200/t carbon tax globally

Green Car Congress

The social cost of carbon has become the standard measure to benchmark the magnitude of the carbon taxes needed to implement optimal carbon policy. If we were able to measure this social cost accurately, standard Pigouvian logic tells us that the optimal tax should be such that the price of carbon is equal to this social cost.

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How might EVs be taxed in the future?

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We look at the ways in which VED – or car tax – will be applied to EVs in the future

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Germany wants tax breaks for synthetic fuels, doubts EVs will win zero emissions race

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Germany says race for drive train of the future is wide open, and it wants tax breaks for synthetic fuels for internal combustion engine cars. The post Germany wants tax breaks for synthetic fuels, doubts EVs will win zero emissions race appeared first on The Driven.

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Fortescue Future to acquire Nikola’s Phoenix Hydrogen Hub project

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Nikola Corporation and Fortescue Future Industries (FFI), a global green energy and metals company, announced that FFI will acquire Nikola’s Phoenix Hydrogen Hub (PHH) project. Earlier post.) FFI and Nikola are working towards a hydrogen supply agreement to support Nikola’s hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle demand.

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New bipartisan bill in US Congress to expand EV and hydrogen fuel cell tax credits

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US Senators Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Lamar Alexander (R-TN), Gary Peters (D-MI), and Susan Collins (R-ME) along with Congressman Dan Kildee (MI-05) introduced the Driving America Forward Act, bipartisan legislation to expand the electric vehicle and hydrogen fuel cell tax credits. ITC Holdings Corp.,

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With gas phase-out in view, Europe could lose $160 billion in fuel taxes

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With Europe’s gas phase-out plans now within view, the countries there could be set to lose significant funding from fuel taxes in the coming years. Still, the change could have some latent effects, especially as most countries get crucial revenue from taxes on gas. What about in other countries?

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Volkswagen ID.4 with SK ON battery components eligible for full $7,500 tax credit in 2024

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4 units with SK On battery components qualify for the Inflation Reduction Act’s (IRA) full $7,500 federal tax credit for electric vehicles. 4 units with batteries from SK On qualify for federal tax credits. 4 EV may choose to apply the tax credit as a down payment for the vehicle. The 2023 ID.4 Volkswagen sells the 2023 ID.4