Green Car Reports

JUNE 4, 2018

After a three-year hiatus, Texas has reinstated purchase rebates for plug-in electric and other alternative-fuel vehicles. 1 can get a $2,500 rebate from the state, according to a report in the Dallas Morning News, in addition to the $7,500 tax credit from the federal government. Buyers of fuel-cell cars.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 11, 2009

The US House of Representatives has passed the “Tax Extenders” Bill (HR4213) by a vote of 241 - 181. Tax rules relating to sales required to implement federal and state restructuring policy for qualified electric utilities. The “Tax Extenders” Bill will now go to the Senate.

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Tax Tax Credit Alternative Fuels Gas-Electric 186

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 30, 2011

The Vehicle Cost Calculator, an easy-to-use tool that allows users to compare emissions and lifetime operating costs of specific vehicle models, including conventional cars and trucks, as well as vehicles running on alternative fuels such as electricity, ethanol, natural gas, or biodiesel.

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Alternative Fuels Tax Credit Emissions Fuel 170

Green Car Congress

MAY 8, 2018

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is accepting grant applications for innovative, advanced fuel, and vehicle technology projects that will result in cleaner advanced alternative transportation within the commonwealth. The AFIG Program is funded by annual gross receipts tax on utilities.

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Alternative Fuels Pennsylvania Transportation Fuel 150

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 21, 2013

In a study published in the journal Energy Economics , MIT researchers have found that a fuel economy standard is at least six to fourteen times less cost effective than a fuel tax when targeting an identical reduction in cumulative gasoline use (20% by 2050). —Karplus et al.

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Fuel Economy MIT Fuel Tax Economy 288

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

The US Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) have released three notices requesting public input on several tax credit provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). These include: Credits for Clean Hydrogen Production (45V) and Clean Fuel Production (45Z) ( Notice 2022-58 ).

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 26, 2011

million in Alternative Fuels Incentive Grants to 12 projects across the state. The grants, funded by a portion of the state’s annual utilities gross receipts tax, are intended to encourage new markets for alternative fuels, fleets and technologies across Pennsylvania. The projects are: Natural Gas.

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Alternative Fuels Pennsylvania Gas Grant 199

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 22, 2013

Minor changes to an existing Federal tax incentive for second-generation biofuels (i.e., Minor changes to an existing Federal tax incentive for second-generation biofuels (i.e., The study identified four specific changes to the US tax code that could help accelerate the commercialization of second-generation biofuels.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 13, 2011

a leader in natural gas engines, acquired Alternative Fuel Vehicle Sweden AB (AFV) of Gothenburg, Sweden for approximately SEK 51 million (approximately US$7.6 AFV is the sole supplier of natural gas fuel systems to Volvo Car Company (VCC). Westport Innovations Inc., AFV now aims to expand into other European markets.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2011

US Senators Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Kent Conrad (D-North Dakota) introduced a bill—the Domestic Energy Promotion Act of 2011— that would extend, through 2016, at descending levels, the volumetric ethanol excise tax credit, or VEETC, which is also known as the blenders’ credit.

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Tax Credit Tax 2016 South Dakota 186

Green Car Reports

JANUARY 18, 2013

Included in these programs is the Alternative Fuel Vehicle Refueling Property credit. This allows eligible people to claim up to $1,000 in tax credits for the.

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Tax Credit Tax Congress Alternative Fuels 160

Green Car Congress

JUNE 15, 2021

The study considers five different powertrains (internal combustion engine, hybrid-electric, plug-in hybrid-electric, fuel-cell-electric, and battery-electric) and 12 cost components (purchase cost, depreciation, financing, fuel, insurance, maintenance, repair, taxes, registration fees, tolls and parking, payload capacity and labor).

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Maintenance Cost Of Chad Plug-in 418

CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 22, 2021

The bill proposes to accelerate the sunset date of alternative fueled vehicle (electric vehicles and hybrid electric vehicle) tax credits in Louisiana. In essence, they want to end the tax credits earlier than planned. Louisiana’s Ways and Means will hear SB 8 on Monday, May 24.

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Tax Credit Tax Louisiana Alternative Fuels 126

Green Car Congress

JULY 23, 2018

Policies to entice consumers away from fossil-fuel powered vehicles and normalize low carbon, alternative-fuel alternatives, such as electric vehicles, are vital if the world is to significantly reduce transport sector carbon pure-emissions, according to a new study.

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Carbon Alternative Fuels Market Vehicles 231

Green Car Congress

APRIL 9, 2013

Consumption of alternative fuels by vehicle type, 2011. Replacement fuels—i.e., In alternative-fueled vehicles, consumption of ethanol (E85) increased 52% from the prior year’s consumption, an increase from 90,323 thousand gasoline-equivalent gallons in 2010 to 137,165 thousand gasoline-equivalent gallons in 2011.

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2011 Alternative Fuels Fuel Gas 218

EV Connect

JULY 1, 2024

Fortunately, the Federal government offers the Alternative Fuel Refueling Tax Credit, also known as the “30C” tax credit or EV charging tax credit to offset the burden of installing EV charging. Recently, this tax credit has been expanded and updated that increases its value and defines what projects are eligible.

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Tax Credit Tax Charging Alternative Fuels 107

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 12, 2013

Through the Section 30C Alternative Fuel Vehicle Refueling Property Credit, owners of EV charging stations can take a 30% tax credit of up to $30,000 per location for stations purchased and installed in 2012 or 2013. The offer is valid for stations sold and installed through ChargePoint’s Premier reseller partners.

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Tax Credit Charging Alternative Fuels Tax 210

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 9, 2012

After federal tax savings, the base price will be $29,750, and will qualify for additional state tax credits, including a maximum of $2,500 in California and up to $7,500 in 12 other states.

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Range Tax Credit Batteries Battery 225

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 9, 2020

Although fuel costs are the most ‘present’ cost on peoples’ minds, insurance and tax and also see running costs creep up. Without taking into account incentives and subsidies, taxes on electric vehicles are typically more expensive than gas cars—an average of $183 more per year.

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Purchase Cost Of Price Gasoline-Electric 321

Green Car Reports

APRIL 21, 2013

Today, electric cars and other vehicles that run on alternative fuels simply cost more. That''s a fact. Now a new bill introduced in the California Assembly aims to trim a bit more off the costs of buying and registering these cars by reducing their assessed value.

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Fuel Alternative Fuels Tax Cars 164

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. Loveland is now aiming to convert all of its light-duty fleet vehicles that work within a close distance of the city to EVs.

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Houston Fleet Tax Credit Plug-in 312

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2015

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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Tax Credit 2006 Tax Plug-in 150

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 28, 2010

Natural gas-powered Mack TerraPro certified for Federal tax credit. A growing number of municipalities mandate alternative fuel vehicles as a condition of contracts with refuse haulers. The natural gas TerraPro Cabover also qualifies for tax credits. Click to enlarge.

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Tax Credit Gas Emissions Powered 199

Green Car Congress

JUNE 3, 2013

The Polk County, Oregon, Sheriff’s Office is running 10 patrol cars converted to propane autogas, including seven Ford Crown Vics, two Chevy Tahoes and one Ford F-350 pickup truck; the office expects to save more than $20,000 every year by using the alternative fuel.

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Oregon Tahoe Alternative Fuels Tax Credit 220

Green Car Congress

MAY 3, 2023

An additional $40,000 in federal tax credits is expected from the Inflation Reduction Act. AJR Trucking and Nikola will explore the opportunities to deploy Nikola’s 10,000 psi (700 bar) mobile fueling solution at AJR Trucking properties in Compton, Calif. to provide convenient and seamless fueling for the FCEVs.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 8, 2016

However, argues a team from the University of Minnesota in an open-access paper published in the journal Energy Policy , once the “fuel market rebound effect” is factored in, RFS2 actually increases GHG emissions when all fuel GHG intensity targets specified under the act are met. —Hill et al. 2016.07.035.

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Tax Emissions Fuel Minnesota 150

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 12, 2011

All three scenarios incorporate a price on carbon, obtained directly from a carbon tax or indirectly from a carbon cap-and-trade system. The scenario includes an energy efficiency indexed highway user fee, modest improvements in energy efficiency in non-highway modes, and little additional alternative fuel use beyond the Base Case.

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Transportation Climate Change 2010 Emissions 350

Green Car Congress

APRIL 9, 2018

says that the push toward alternative-fuel vehicles—battery electric vehicles, hybrids, plug-in hybrids and fuel-cell vehicles—poses a credit challenge for multiple sectors in Japan, with the large auto sector and sectors such as steel and refining most affected. Moody’s Japan K.K.

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Japan Alternative Fuels Vehicles Carbon Fiber 170

Green Car Congress

MARCH 16, 2010

Dacia has extended its line-up (in France) of vehicles that run on alternative fuels with a new, E85 flex-fuel version of the Dacia Sandero hatchback alongside the existing Dacia Logan/Sandero 1.4 MPI 75 LPG and Dacia Logan MCV 1.6 16V 105 Bioethanol. Dacia Sandero 1.6 MPI 90 Bioethanol replaces the former 1.6 MPI 90 version.

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France Romania Fuel Alternative Fuels 199

Green Car Congress

JULY 9, 2009

Most alternative-fuel vehicles have a retained value four to five percent better than traditional vehicles, though some hybrids and clean diesels, such at the Prius and Jetta TDI, are dramatically higher. Tax credits matter. Alternative-fuel vehicles provide a strong hedge against a jump in fuel prices.

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Cost Of Gasoline Diesel Hybrid 150

Green Car Congress

APRIL 26, 2011

The advent of the jet fuel carbon tax on international flights landing in the European Union is motivating the airline industry and fuel suppliers to seek cost-effective, renewable alternatives to petroleum jet fuel.

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Renewable Conversion Engine Fuel 278

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 21, 2010

Through the aid of government tax incentives, subsidies, loan guarantees and grants, Car Charging provides EV charging stations at no charge to property owners/managers while retaining ownership, thus allowing drivers access to convenient locations and partners to realize a percentage of the charging revenue generated.

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San Francisco Charging New York City New York 186

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 6, 2014

Vehicle tax credits or rebates. These large investments presuppose that a dense, elaborate network of charging stations is required to meet the needs of mainstream PEV driver—and may be based on experience with other alternative fuel vehicles. —Green et al. —Green et al.

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Plug-in Plug Tax Credit Tax 271

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 23, 2010

users pay for the construction and maintenance of roads via a federal fuel tax. Revenues from the tax go into the federal Highway Trust Fund, which is independent of the General Fund; every five years or so Congress passes an authorization bill to allocate these revenues. States use similar mechanisms. —Huang et al.

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Transportation Fuel Tax Tax Gasoline-Electric 199

EV Adoption

JULY 4, 2022

As sales of electric vehicles begin to reach significant numbers across the US, states are exploring approaches to replace lost tax revenue since EV drivers don’t pay fuel taxes as drivers of gas-powered cars do at gas stations. Unfortunately there is currently no simple and agreed upon best replacement for the fuel tax.

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Fuel Tax Tax Electric Vehicles Fuel 98

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

Attracting new manufacturing plants that produce alternative fuel vehicles and components will provide California with long-term jobs, environmental benefits, and increased tax revenue. $3 3 million to encourage developing innovative technologies and advanced fuels, and to take advantage of federal cost sharing opportunities.

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California Transportation Energy Clean 210

Teslarati

AUGUST 17, 2022

Department of Energy’s Alternative Fuels Data (DOE) published a list of electric vehicles that are immediately available for the new $7,500 EV tax credit. The post DOE publishes list of EVs eligible for new tax credit appeared first on TESLARATI. You can also reach me on Twitter @JohnnaCrider1.

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Tax Credit Tax North America Hummer 102