Green Energy Consumers

MARCH 10, 2022

Some politicians in Massachusetts and Rhode Island are calling on their state governments to reduce or eliminate the gas tax in response to rising prices since Russia invaded Ukraine a couple weeks ago. That’s an awful idea and political pandering at its worst.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 5, 2017

California Assemblyman Travis Allen (R-Huntington Beach) filed ballot initiative to repeal the recently signed $52 billion gas tax ( earlier post ) and move it to a vote in 2018. The new tax measure will raise the tax on gasoline from $0.18 Taxes on diesel will climb from $0.20 per gallon to $0.30 per gallon.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 21, 2021

The legislation would create a tax credit starting at $1.50 per gallon for blenders that supply sustainable aviation fuel with a demonstrated 50% or greater lifecycle estimate reduction in greenhouse gas emissions compared to standard jet fuel. The tax credit would expire at the end of 2031.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 29, 2019

On 26 July, the first flue gas from the natural gas power plant, the Shepard Energy Center in Calgary, Canada, was directly transformed by the C2CNT process ( earlier post ) into carbon nanotubes. Onions Made Directly from CO 2 by Molten Electrolysis for Greenhouse Gas Mitigation” Angewandte Chemie doi: 10.1002/adsu.201900056.

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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.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Vermont will pay residents to retire gas-guzzlers and switch to EVs. And the IRS is moving fast on sourcing rules for the new EV tax credit. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Ford F-150 Lightning prices rise, again. Ford has once again hiked the price of the Ford F-150 Lightning.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 2, 2013

Project Volt Gas Volt is based on a long-term financing plan and the use of existing technologies for the large-scale conversion of surplus renewable electricity to methane, with subsequent reuse. The concept is the same embodied in Audi’s e-gas project ( earlier post ), to which the VGV proposal makes continued reference.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 31, 2020

The increase brings the gasoline tax from $0.414 to $0.507 per gallon (22.5%). In order to ensure the state has the funds necessary to support these projects, the law dictates that the Petroleum Products Gross Receipt (PPGR) tax rate must be adjusted accordingly to generate roughly $2 billion per year. million.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Steel is responsible for around 7% of man-made greenhouse gas emissions every year and is one of the world’s most polluting industries. By 2050, green hydrogen could be the cheapest production method for steel and capture 31% of the market. This would be a major shift in the type of furnaces and fuels used to produce steel.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 8, 2021

Would a by-the-kilowatt-hour charging tax help states recover infrastructure funds from dwindling gas tax revenues? This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Volvo is moving to online-only sales, starting with its EVs. Volkswagen looks ahead to its 2026 EVs. Volvo is.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 4, 2019

A research report submitted to the California Legislature this week by the University of California, Davis’ Institute of Transportation Studies proposes switching EVs to a mileage-based road-funding fee (road user charge, RUC) while continuing to have gasoline-powered cars pay gasoline taxes. on-board diagnostic [OBD] devices).

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Green Car Congress

MAY 2, 2020

The authors used the VMT data to calculate that emissions of US greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions were reduced by 4% in total and by 13% from transportation in the almost 8 weeks since many stay-at-home orders went into effect. Fuel saved, tax revenue lost. It also resulted in fuel-tax revenue reductions, which vary by state.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 22, 2021

Sinopec (China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation) has proved another 34.029 billion cubic meters of natural gas at the Zhongjiang Gas Field, bringing the total known natural gas reserves in the Sichuan Basin to 106.1 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) of natural gas in 2019, 8% higher than in 2018. billion cubic meters. Background.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

Maine has become the latest in a growing string of states to propose adding registration fees for hybrid and electric cars to make up for tax revenue on the gasoline they don't use, or use less of.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

Some states are assessing additional fees on electric vehicle owners that end up being in excess of what the average car owner pays in gas taxes, consumer advocates said Wednesday.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 24, 2023

Utah takes from the EV drivers and gives to the gas guzzlers. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. California might require bidirectional charging. And when will new vehicles with tailpipes become tone-deaf? A cumulative 1.5 million plug-in vehicles have been sold in California, the state reported last week.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

When life cycle air pollution and greenhouse gas emission externalities are internalized via a Pigovian tax, fleet electrification increases and externalities decrease, suggesting a role for policy. —Bruchon et al. Private and external costs of energy inputs vary across cities. Source: Bruchon et al.

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 28, 2019

Tesla faces another drop in tax-credit eligibility for its cars on Monday. And BMW says gas engines won't go away any time soon. All this and more on Green Car Reports. The federal tax credit on Teslas is. The company is also reportedly working to develop its own batteries.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 31, 2014

a leader in commercial transportation and supply chain management solutions, reports that its fleet of over 500 natural gas vehicles has surpassed 20 million miles (32 million km). Since deploying its natural gas vehicle program in 2011, Ryder has replaced approximately 3.1 Ryder System, Inc.,

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

We’re proposing solutions that would recover system costs through sales or income taxes, or an income-based fixed charge, which would pay for long-term capital costs while ensuring all those who use the system—and specifically, wealthier households—contribute equitably.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 31, 2022

Which states recently joined California in banning gas-only vehicles by 2035? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending December 30, 2022. Which automaker revealed one of the most aerodynamic SUVs in the world?

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Green Car Congress

MAY 29, 2012

The focus is on the impacts on China’s energy system and GDP growth, and on global climate indicators such as greenhouse gas concentrations, radiative forcing, and global temperature change. The researchers argue for a global economy-wide greenhouse gas tax that spreads the burden of responsibility.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 29, 2014

It extended the tax credits for electric-car charging stations and natural-gas-vehicle refueling stations, which should make owners of those vehicles happy. DON''T MISS: Tax.'

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 31, 2022

The Responsible Battery Coalition, in partnership with the University of Michigan Center for Sustainable Systems, launched a comprehensive research project to compare the total cost of ownership of gas and electric vehicles (EVs). Anticipated driving patterns.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 27, 2013

Congress has taken an important step to advance cleaner transport with the introduction of new, fairer taxation for natural gas. The ''LNG Excise Tax Equalization Act of 2013'' is designed to equalize the discrepancy between taxation of diesel and liquefied natural gas (LNG). cents per.'

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

The California State Board of Equalization (BOE) will consider lowering the excise tax rate for gasoline by 2.2 If adopted, the excise tax rate on gas will be 27.8 The current excise tax rate of 30 cents per gallon remains in effect until 30 June 2016. cents per gallon from 1 July 2016 through 30 June 2017.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 18, 2023

This factor measures the total cost of ownership of an EV compared with the ICE segment average (after tax credits, rebates, incentives, operating costs and residual values—for both purchase and lease transactions). Affordability. Infrastructure.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

Critics of electric cars often use the argument that, because electric-car drivers don't pay gas taxes, they don't contribute their fair share of road-maintenance costs. But state gas-tax revenue don't necessarily go toward funding infrastructure, or at least not all of it.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Audi is adding a new member to its A3 family: the A3 Sportback 30 g-tron natural gas vehicle. Operation with natural gas or biomethane makes the compact model economical and more climate-friendly with low emissions. With full gas tanks, the car has an NEDC range of up to 495 (307.6 The A3 Sportback 30 g-tron 1.5

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

Volkswagen Chattanooga has received a 2013 Green Power Leadership Award from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)—the only automaker to be so recognized. Volkswagen Chattanooga was one of only four organizations nationwide to receive a Leadership Award in the category of on-site generation of green power. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Reports

MAY 9, 2013

In the face of plummeting gas-tax revenues, both state and Federal, electric cars seem to be emerging as a culprit and a target. first, a little Gas Tax 101. The Revenue Act of 1932 under the Hoover administration instituted a Federal ''excise'' tax on gasoline of 1 cent per gallon: the first Federal gas tax.'

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 19, 2018

Chamber of Commerce publicly suggests a major tax increase. In general, the pro-business lobbying group advocates for tax cuts, reducing or eliminating regulations, and free-market policies that allow companies to operate however they choose. It's an unusual thing, to say the least, when the U.S.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 9, 2015

That''s because road maintenance is heavily reliant on revenue from gas taxes, and that revenue is shrinking as cars use less fuel--and those that run on grid electricity use none. Green Gas Tax Infrastructure Oregon plug-in cars state laws taxes'

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

The UK Government is currently consulting on a carbon floor price or tax which would mean that UK electricity companies would have to pay extra for the carbon they emit. Until now power generators have been exempt from the Climate Change Levy, the closest thing that the UK has to a carbon tax.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

A new study by economists at Oregon State University questions the cost-effectiveness of current biofuels and says they would barely reduce fossil fuel use and would likely increase greenhouse gas emissions. They evaluated the biofuels in terms of their contribution to reducing fossil fuel use and greenhouse gas emissions.

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 29, 2019

Who made a new appearance as a pitchman for gas guzzlers? What company says gas and diesel engines will live on for decades—even as it pulled forward plans to build more electric cars? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending June 28, 2018.

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 7, 2011

The CEO of General Motors, Dan Akerson, told a Detroit newspaper that the Federal tax on gasoline should be raised by 50 cents to $1 a gallon to encourage consumers to buy more fuel efficient vehicles.

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