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Motor vehicle taxation brings in €440.4B for governments in major European markets

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The taxes fall into three broad categories: vehicle acquisition (VAT, sales tax, registration tax); ownership (annual circulation tax, road tax); and motoring (fuel tax). Motor tax revenues collected by governments have increased by almost 3% compared to the previous year, and the grand total of €440.4

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Fuel Prices is the biggest worry for fleet managers

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According to a new poll conducted by window company Autoglass, 66% of fleet managers said the price of fuel is their biggest worry last year. Service and maintenance costs followed closely behind at 64%, whilst CO2 emissions came third – which shot up from being in final place in 2014. Reducing costs.

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Lessons From Norway’s Journey To Becoming The Global Leader In EV Adoption

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To learn from its experience, let’s look back through Norway’s 30-year journey to becoming an EV giant: it all started with a mission to curb the country’s CO2 emissions. Curbing CO2 Emissions with Electric Transport. So how did this largely rural Scandinavian country become the global leader in EV adoption?

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Study for European Parliament assesses options for turning CO2 into methanol for use in transport

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The first critical issue is since both hydrogen and methanol produced from CO 2 are still far from being price-competitive, they are unlikely to gain market shares in the next decades unless there is a drastic increase in prices for gasoline and conventional diesel. —Methanol report. —Methanol report. Regulatory approach.

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EV sales in Norway explode ahead of policy changes

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The freak volume in December 2022 resulted from one-off pull-forward effects ahead of new policies and auto taxes applying from 2023 onwards. their previous monthly record, ahead of new weight taxes, and VAT taxes. Petrol vehicles also saw a relative sales surge ahead of increased emissions taxes.

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ICCT calculates consumer benefits of increased efficiency in 2025-2030 light-duty vehicles in the US

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times the costs if fuel prices stay low for the next several decades. 4%, 5%, and 6% compounded annual reductions in CO2 targets for cars and light trucks for 2026–2030, compared against vehicles that meet the adopted 2025 targets. Consumer benefits were also evaluated under low, reference, and high fuel prices.

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Study Finds That CO2 Standards for Vehicles Can Reduce Price of Oil

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A new study by the French institute Enerdata, commissioned by the European Federation for Transport & Environment (T&E), suggests that the European CO 2 standards for new vehicles due to come into effect in 2012 will lead not only to a European savings on oil (mainly via lower oil import volumes) but also to slightly lower global oil prices.

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