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60% of $18B in US clean energy tax credits 2006-2012 went to top 20% by income; 90% in the plug-in program

Green Car Congress

A working paper by a team at the Energy Institute at Haas, University of California, Berkeley, has found that 60% of the $18 billion in US federal income clean energy tax credits issued between 2006 and 2012—e.g., Average credit per tax return, by income level. billion in total tax expenditures over the period studies (75.7%).

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Growing Number of EU Countries Levying CO2 Taxes on Cars and Incentivizing Plug-ins

Green Car Congress

At present, 17 of the 27 EU Member States levy CO 2 -related taxes on passenger cars, and 15 governments provide tax incentives for electrically chargeable vehicles, according to the newly published European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) Tax Guide 2010. Generally, registration taxes threaten fleet renewal.

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UK Manufacturer Axon Automotive Unveils Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle

Green Car Congress

UK-based Axon Automotive, a spin-off from Cranfield University, previewed a pre-production plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) version of its lightweight city car at the Milton Keynes Science Festival. This is half the level needed for free annual road tax in UK for this car (band ‘A’ is below 100 g/km of CO 2 = zero road tax in the UK).

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Fixing the Federal EV Tax Credit Flaws: Redesigning the Vehicle Credit Formula

EV Adoption

The Qualified Plug-In Electric Drive Motor Vehicles (IRC 30D) tax credit – commonly referred to as the “Federal EV tax credit” has a number of flaws, but one of the biggest is the poorly-designed formula that determines the amount of the tax credit available for each BEV and PHEV sold in the US.

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Drive Electric Earth Month Launches April 1 with 172 Events

Plug in America

EV adoption continues to grow, especially as manufacturers introduce new models and the used market becomes more robust,” said Joel Levin, executive director of Plug In America , a national nonprofit whose mission is accelerating the shift to EVs and one of the organizations behind Drive Electric Earth Month. Last year U.S. You can too.”

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Inflation Reduction Act: We Did It!

Plug in America

For more than a decade, Plug In America’s top policy priority has been to extend and expand the federal EV tax credits. The original EV tax credits were approved by George W. The original EV tax credits were approved by George W. Bush back in 2008. In 2008, the Tesla Roadster was the only commercially available EV!

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What Are Zero Emission Day and National Drive Electric Week?

Blink Charging

Fast forward to 2008 and Wallace started taking advantage of the internet’s ability to reach vast amounts of people simultaneously. NDEW is a nationwide celebration that is meant to raise awareness of the benefits of driving electric vehicles and their plug-in hybrid cousins. Refrain from putting anyone in harm’s way. of total U.S.

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