Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 14, 2009

The Dutch Cabinet on Friday approved a new road tax bill that would eliminate the current motor vehicle tax and purchase tax and replace them with a charge per kilometer driven, starting in 2012 and increasing through 2018. The average rate for a car is expected to be: Dutch Mileage Tax.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 30, 2010

Nissan Motor Co., Separately, Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) announced it will begin sales of its new-generation electric vehicle i-MiEV to individuals in Japan starting 1 April. Nissan LEAF will also be exempt from the car-weight tax and the car-acquisition tax. Tags: Electric (Battery) Japan.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

Kangoo Express ZE will be sold in Europe at a price of €20,000 (US$26,800) excluding VAT, prior to any tax incentive that might be deductible. Customers will be able to purchase or lease their ZE van and take out a subscription for the battery costing from €72 (US$96) excluding VAT per month. Tags: Electric (Battery).

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 18, 2009

The Dutch government is set to be the first in Europe to replace annual road tax with a pay per mile system for motorists. The polluter pays approach to motoring taxation could help provide an incentive to drivers to cover fewer miles while ensuring a fairer reflection on car use. Each year the base tariff will rise until 2018.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2009

Automobile manufacturers were given tax breaks to produce cars that ran on hydrous ethanol, and, by 1980, every automobile company in Brazil was following this lead. Until fairly recently, these US motor vehicles were non-FFVs. The production and consumption of hydrous ethanol fuel followed an expected pattern. 40 CFR § 80.27

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2009

The Cadillac CTS/CTS-V is on Car and Drivers Top Ten list and in the July 2009 issue Motor Trend said “ Yet where it really matters, as a performance sedan, the CTS-V soundly spanks the BMW M5. Fritz Henderson added, “ We see pretty significant shifts in market share in Europe between diesel and gas engines when the tax regimes change.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

The study—“A portfolio of powertrains for Europe: a fact-based analysis”—compares the economics, sustainability and performance of fuel cell, battery-electric, hybrid-electric and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles in achieving the decarbonization goal. Medium- or heavy-duty vehicles were not included.

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