Green Car Congress

MAY 31, 2011

It will be much harder and more expensive for Australia to do its fair share on climate change without a carbon pricing scheme, according to the final report of the Garnaut Climate Change Review – Update 2011, Australia in the Global Response to Climate Change. Earlier post.) Earlier post.) —Professor Garnaut.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

Tax credits and gasoline prices necessary for various electric vehicles to be cost-competitive with conventional vehicles at 2011 vehicle prices. That finding takes into account both the higher purchase price of an electric vehicle and the lower fuel costs over the vehicle’s life. Source: CBO.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 20, 2011

Newly redesigned for 2012, the Honda Civic Natural Gas sedan (previously known as the Honda Civic GX) is available in 33 states and will soon be available to consumers in five additional states by the end of the 2011 calendar year with production numbers growing in response to consumer and fleet demand.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 6, 2014

Tax exemptions and subsidies are playing a key role in spurring electric vehicle markets, but in widely divergent ways, the report by Peter Mock and Zifei Yang finds. The ICCT study is the first to evaluate the response to fiscal incentives in 2013 to incentivize the purchase of plug-in electric vehicles in major vehicle markets worldwide.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 19, 2010

The $99, full-refundable reservation process is a first step in securing a place on the list to purchase or lease a Nissan LEAF. The Nissan LEAF begins rolling out to select markets in December, and will be widely available in 2011. The lease price for the Nissan LEAF begins at $349 per month.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 20, 2012

Bartis and RAND colleague Lawrence van Bibbe were the authors of a 2011 RAND report concluding that if the US military increased its use of alternative jet and naval fuels that can be produced from coal or various renewable resources, including seed oils, waste oils and algae, there would be no direct benefit to the nation’s armed forces.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

The neodymium price will rise towards the point of inflection, above which magnet consumers will begin to replace NdFeB magnet technologies with substitutes, Roskill says. The green energy sector is the most vulnerable to price rises because of the large size of magnets used.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

The Nissan LEAF EV will be available in Hawaii beginning in January 2011. Hawaii is providing a $4,500 state tax credit towards the purchase of an electric vehicle and a $500 state tax credit towards the purchase and installation of a home charging station.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

The team had expected that electric truck costs would always be higher, especially since the purchase price of the electric truck studied was higher than that of the diesel truck. The comparison controlled for improvements in diesel efficiency between 2006 and 2011. equipment). MJ/ t·km) and emits 38% less GHGs (0.24

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 17, 2013

Its efforts to incorporate alternative fuel vehicles (AFVs) into its fleet began in 2002 with an initial purchase of hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs), mainly the Toyota Prius and Ford Escape hybrid. Between 2009 and 2011, fuel costs for the City of Loveland’s vehicle fleet increased by 29%, according to the case study.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 1, 2013

China bioethanol pump price for five enzyme loading scenarios in ( a ) 2011 with a 16¢ per liter (60.6¢ per gallon US) subsidy and fuel excise and value-added tax exemptions, and ( b ) a prospective future scenario with no form of government support measures. gallon US) with tax exemption and a $0.16/liter

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 1, 2011

” Their analysis is in the context of the “ surprising [oil] demand strength of 2010 “; 2010 saw absolute incremental demand at around 2.2mb/d of growth—the second highest in 30 years, despite oil prices in the $90/bbl region. DB has lowered its advanced lithium-ion battery cost projection by about 30% for 2012.

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Teslarati

JUNE 14, 2022

Effective immediately, the United Kingdom has announced it will no longer supply EV grants for most consumer purchases. The grant system, launched in 2011 as part of a system to kick start the EV sector in the UK, has ended for most consumers, only leaving grants available for vehicles in niche and commercial uses.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 29, 2012

Looking forward as battery prices decrease and the AER resulting in maximum life-time cost savings increases, the relative value of plugging in multiple times throughout the day will also decline, they suggest. gal saved) pays prices substantially higher than US oil premium estimates of $0.37/gal —Peterson and Michalek, 2012.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 10, 2011

A new study by Deloitte, the business advisory firm, concludes that despite rising fuel prices, the mass adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) in Europe is still some distance away. Range, price and charging concerns need to be addressed. Consumers are not likely to want to pay a high price premium for EVs.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 5, 2012

The two companies announced last September that it would not be possible to implement the merger of Volkswagen AG and Porsche SE provided for in the Comprehensive Agreement signed in 2009 by the end of 2011, as had been agreed. Porsche stake, to Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft, which already holds indirectly 49.9% of Porsche AG.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 13, 2011

In addition to emissions benefits, corporate and private customers are eligible for tax incentives that make natural gas an even more economical alternative. The purchase price consists of a closing amount of approximately SEK 21 million (approximately US$3.1 The total purchase price also includes earn-out payments of SEK 19.0

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Clean Fleet Report

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

If you’re adding up the numbers that 1,054,095 electric vehicles since the state began counting in 2011. Part of how California got to its million-EV position is by offering substantial rebates to purchasers of new EVs. Buyers could still receive federal tax credits and local incentives if available. The Role of Rebates.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 12, 2011

Such economic benefits could be realized earlier through effective policies which reduce first mover costs in the short term and promote rapid take-up once non-ICE vehicle price premiums reduce to levels that make them affordable to. The analysis is based on central forecasts of oil price, electricity. However, by testing different.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 25, 2012

Federal subsidies and policies to encourage plug-in vehicle adoption would produce more benefits at lower cost by targeting the purchase of vehicles with small battery packs, according to Jeremy J. Lave (2011) “Valuation of life cycle. —Michalek et al. Issues in Science and Technology. Michalek, J.J., Chester, P. Jaramillo, C.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

. ‘Starting Wednesday, the 2010 Roadster, which competes against exotic sport cars like the Porsche 911, will be available on a three-year, 30,000-mile lease based on the manufacturer’s price of $111,005, Tesla said. In the past, the Roadsters were only available for an outright purchase. outright purchase.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

Estimated US supply of PEVs from 2011-2015. and model 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015. The cumulative impacts of the various policy initiatives, the experience of the early purchasers of electric-drive vehicles and future oil prices will all play a role in determining future consumer demand. Fisker Karma EREV. Fisker Nina EREV.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

Conversely, in a pessimistic scenario using low gasoline prices, shorter battery life, coal-powered charging, and ANL 2015 cost estimates, plug-in vehicles could produce more damages at substantially higher cost. Value of life cycle air emissions and oil displacement benefits compared to federal tax credit for plug-in vehicles.

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Clean Fleet Report

FEBRUARY 3, 2024

Don’t Sleep On This Value Proposition The Nissan Leaf was the world’s best-selling electric vehicle from when it was introduced in 2011, until it was recently passed by the Tesla Model 3 and Model Y. Contact your tax advisor before considering a Leaf purchase so you are completely clear on the tax credits and rebates.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 6, 2013

In 2011, the Ministry of Science and Technology announced a goal of one million EVs by 2015 and 10 million by 2020, but these targets were later cut in half. Between 2009 and 2011, Chinese buyers purchased 13,000 EVs and PHEVs—more than U.S. Encourage time-of-use (TOU) and/or real-time electricity pricing tariffs.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 1, 2010

The two agencies expect to issue a proposal by 30 September 2011. The companies generally stated, however, that the degree to which these advanced technologies will penetrate the US market in the MYs 2017-2025 timeframe is dependent upon a number of challenges and factors, including future gasoline fuel prices, future decreases in battery.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 23, 2024

January 1, 2023, kicked off a fresh start of new tax credits for vehicles, both new and used. Since then, much of the dust has settled on the Capitol as it continues to implement qualifying terms for tax credits , continuously shifting what used EVs do and do not qualify. Here’s the latest list. Here’s how it works.

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Green Cars News

MAY 10, 2011

Among the efforts announces are direct subsidies for the purchase of the vehicles with a budget of €72million for 2011. Electric cars will be subsidised for up to 25 per cent of the purchase price before tax; [.].

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 8, 2014

Navigant’s analysis indicates that only buyers in California and Oregon will purchase sufficient numbers of vehicles in order to meet the ZEV requirement in 2018 and 2019. First, there are more products available for purchase with new entrants ready to boost the market profile. Tesla Motors will have a bumpy year.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

The most reliable market drivers, then, will be production capacity, the subsidies available to incentivise consumers to purchase EVs, and the cost of oil, or emissions legislation, which may or may not prove persuasive. Massive petroleum tax revenues need to be replaced if mobility goes electric.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 20, 2015

November 27, oil consuming countries will celebrate the first anniversary of the Saudi decision to let market forces determine prices. This decision set crude prices on a downward path. Subsequently, to defend market share, the Saudis increased production, which exacerbated market oversupply and further pressured prices.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

APRIL 6, 2010

From the article: ‘The New York study anticipates that by 2015, electric vehicle prices should decline because of reduced battery costs, that there will be a sufficient supply of electric vehicles to purchase, and that consumers will take advantage of the existing federal tax credit of $7,500 for new electric cars.

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EV Adoption

APRIL 4, 2021

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. miles of EPA range per kWh.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

2011-25), recognizing that the transportation electrification process will evolve in stages based on the learning that occurs in the years and decades ahead. However, consumer demand for PEVs is quite uncertain and, barring another global spike in oil prices, may be limited to a minor percentage of new vehicle purchasers (e.g.,

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

As a bonus, this investment would come primarily from the automakers themselves and not become an additional burden on the US government or tax payer. From June 2010 to June 2011, some car manufacturers offered clean diesel as well as hybrid powertrains on the same model. Diesel/hybrid US take-rates, June 2010-June 2011.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 20, 2014

In addition, although many experts say that the solution to our energy and climate problems is sending the correct price signals to industry and consumers, the transport sector’s behavior is highly inelastic in that it does not change significantly in response to changes in fuel prices, at least in the range that is politically acceptable.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2013

In 2011, the Obama Administration finalized the first fuel economy standards for Model Year 2014-2018 for medium- and heavy-duty trucks, buses, and vans. Earlier post.). The plan as outlined also calls for further work on advanced biofuels, advanced batteries and fuel cell technologies in every transportation mode.

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