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FEBRUARY 16, 2016

The California State Board of Equalization (BOE) will consider lowering the excise tax rate for gasoline by 2.2 If adopted, the excise tax rate on gas will be 27.8 The current excise tax rate of 30 cents per gallon remains in effect until 30 June 2016. cents per gallon from 1 July 2016 through 30 June 2017.

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JUNE 27, 2019

Canada’s Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Catherine McKenna, and the Chair of the California Air Resources Board, Mary Nichols, today signed a new cooperation agreement to advance cleaner vehicles and fuels. The transportation sector is the source of nearly a quarter of Canada’s carbon emissions and more than 40% of California’s.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2021

In 2019, more than a quarter of California IOU customers were enrolled in the CARE program. About eight million residents currently owe money to investor-owned utilities, according to a recent presentation by the California Public Utility Commission. Overall average residential rates, including those on low-income rates (CARE).

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

The pilot trucks will be based out of one of NFI’s warehouse facilities in Southern California that serves as a central distribution center for the region. Volvo’s VNR Electric trucks support both NFI and its customers on their journey in meeting ambitious sustainability goals.

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JULY 16, 2019

The California Energy Commission approved nearly $70 million in funding to replace more than 200 old diesel school buses with all-electric buses that will reduce school children’s exposure to harmful emissions and help the state reach its climate and air quality goals. million of the program’s funds to schools in 26 California counties.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2021

A report from the State Auditor of California finds that California may not successfully meet its upcoming greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction goal of 40% by 2030, which will require the State to reduce GHG emissions by nearly 40% over the next decade. Source: State Auditor Report Number: 2020-114. powered vehicles.

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Green Car Reports

JULY 31, 2015

Today, BMW mulls an all-electric SUV, Congress passes fairer tax rules for natural gas, and Portland's Electric Avenue electric-car charging area moves and expands. We have more information on Toyota's plans to expand California hydrogen fueling infrastructure for the 2016 Mirai. Congress passes new tax.

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MARCH 31, 2014

a leader in commercial transportation and supply chain management solutions, reports that its fleet of over 500 natural gas vehicles has surpassed 20 million miles (32 million km). Since deploying its natural gas vehicle program in 2011, Ryder has replaced approximately 3.1 Ryder System, Inc.,

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

In a speech on Tuesday at the National Automobile Dealers Association meeting in Washington, US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler outlined the Trump Administration’s thinking on national fuel economy standards and California. California. Earlier post.).

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EV Adoption

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

For electric vehicles, the BBBA includes multiple proposed changes to IRC 30D, more commonly knows as the federal EV tax credit. Perhaps the mostly likely is the requirement for EVs to be assembled in the US in a union factory to qualify for an additional $4,500 tax credit. Tax Credit Becomes Refundable. More on this below.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2016

The California State Board of Equalization (BOE) announced that gasoline consumption in the state rose 2.4% The rise in fuel consumption signals a strengthening California economy, with cheaper gas prices encouraging more vehicle travel. million for sales tax and $357.7 million for excise tax.

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MARCH 21, 2012

Colorado residents who purchase or lease a new Chevrolet Volt are eligible for a state tax credit of up to $6,000 in addition to a federal tax credit of up to $7,500 for a total price reduction of as much as $13,500. A tool to determine specific state or local electric vehicle tax credits is available here.

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MARCH 15, 2016

In order to make clean vehicles more accessible to a greater number of California drivers, especially in communities that are highly impacted by air pollution, the Clean Vehicle Rebate Project (CVRP) is implementing increased incentive levels for low- and moderate-income consumers and high-income eligibility caps.

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MAY 12, 2015

Although the SAE World Congress has been running panel sessions on fuel cell vehicle commercialization since 2005, this year was the first in which three participating automakers—Toyota, Hyundai and Honda—had fuel cell vehicles that customers can buy now or within a year. Earlier post.)

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MAY 3, 2023

Nikola and its Southern California dealer, Tom’s Truck Centers, will support AJR Trucking in securing its voucher application to CARB’s Hybrid and Zero-Emission Truck and Bus Voucher Incentive Project “HVIP) program with the expectation of receiving $270,000 per FCEV in point-of-sale incentives.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2019

According to a new report from the California Center for Jobs and the Economy, California’s cumulative plug-in vehicle (PEV, including PHEVs and full EVs) sales are at 10.5% Accounting for normal fleet turnover rates and reductions from persons moving out of California, PEV sales would need to be 2.9 times higher. Background.

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MARCH 31, 2022

Gas prices are at nearly their highest point in history, and some owners of larger vehicles are ready to trade them in for vehicles with better gas mileage. Tax credits and rebates are usually available on the purchase of an EV. States and cities, especially in California, often offer their own additional rebates.

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JUNE 26, 2020

Fewer wild animals, including threatened mountain lions, are becoming roadkill during shelter-in-place orders, according to a study on three states from the University of California, Davis. A mountain lion from the Santa Ana range in California approaches a road. large wild animals per day were killed by vehicles in California.

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OCTOBER 9, 2020

EVs cost an average of $9,406 per year (including the purchase price) to run compared to $7,952 annually for gas vehicles (including the purchase price). per mile to fuel an electric vehicle; by comparison, the national average cost to fuel a gas vehicle is double at $0.06

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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

JANUARY 30, 2018

A newly released analysis produced by Beacon Economics for the nonprofit, nonpartisan think-tank Next 10 has found that California’s zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) market is on track to meet or exceed a target of 1.5 million ZEVs on California’s roads by 2025. As of October 2017, 337,483 ZEVs have been sold in California.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 3, 2011

California gasoline consumption increased 2.6% Horton, Chairman of the California State Board of Equalization (BOE). The average California gasoline price at the pump in November 2010 was $3.20 National average gas prices in November 2010 was $2.91 per gallon compared to gas prices of $2.71 in November 2009, a 6.3%

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FEBRUARY 3, 2023

EIA said that two factors behind growing US renewable diesel capacity are rising targets for state and federal renewable fuel programs and biomass-based diesel tax credits. The “Inflation Reduction Act” extended the biomass-based diesel tax credits through 2024.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2012

Gasoline consumption in California declined 1.8% according to a report released today by California State Board of Equalization (BOE). High gas prices appear to be directly affecting fuel consumption in California. California used 1.23 In California, the average price of gasoline rose 74 cents to $3.89

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DECEMBER 2, 2016

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) released its initial draft plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 40% below 1990 levels by 2030—the most ambitious target in North America. The draft plan analyzes continuing the Cap-and-Trade program, which is currently being used to reach the state’s greenhouse gas reduction goals.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2013

This represents the second highest increase in geothermal power capacity over a calendar year since the production tax credit (PTC) was extended to geothermal in 2005, and a 5% percent increase over 2011 year-end data. million into EGS projects in California since the American Recovery and Investment Act of 2009.

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JANUARY 21, 2017

The California Air Resources Board (ARB) released the proposed scoping plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 40% below 1990 levels by 2030—the most ambitious target in North America. For the past decade, California has been reducing emissions through a series of actions, innovative solutions and advances in technology.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Since the bill was introduced last year as the first-of-its-kind in the US to set a deadline for the transition to EVs, California, Massachusetts, and New Jersey have announced 2035 targets for ending sales of new internal combustion engined cars. a transition strategy for those negatively impacted by the requirement.

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Clean Fleet Report

DECEMBER 27, 2021

The upfront cost of an EV is the biggest barrier to EV adoption, with the average cost of a new EV being 52 percent more than a gas vehicle. Rebates & Tax Credits Don’t Help Most Americans. Rebates & Tax Credits Don’t Help Most Americans. Put all together, the customer saves up to $200 a month.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 24, 2016

has acquired exclusive rights to LanzaTech’s patented technology for the conversion of agricultural waste, forest waste, dairy waste and construction and demolition waste (CDW) to ethanol in California. The LanzaTech gas-to-ethanol technology enables Aemetis to convert these local California biomass wastes to advanced ethanol.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2014

President Obama has directed the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Transportation (DOT) to develop and to issue the next phase of medium- and heavy-duty vehicle fuel efficiency and greenhouse gas standards by March 2016. Energy Security Trust Fund and tax credits for advanced vehicles and biofuels.

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JULY 1, 2011

In California, gasoline consumption declined 2.7% in the first quarter, according to figures from the California Board of Equalization. In California, the average price of a gallon of gasoline rose 90 cents to $4.00 In California, the average price of gasoline per gallon rose 60 cents to $3.66 in March and declined 0.1%

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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. Electric Vehicle Credit. Source: Borenstein and Davis.

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DECEMBER 14, 2021

For more than 20 years, California has aggressively supported the rooftop solar market through its Net Energy Metering (NEM) program in Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E), Southern California Edison (SCE), and San Diego Gas & Electric Company (SDG&E) territories. NEM has enabled 1.3

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

The environmental law centers at UCLA and UC Berkeley Schools of Law today released a new policy paper on industry actions and federal, state, and local policies needed to ensure that California catalyzes mass adoption of electric vehicles by 2025, with the goal of building a long-term market in the US. non-plug-in) in the US.

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JANUARY 24, 2013

The California Center for Sustainable Energy (CCSE) released two reports assessing the readiness of two different areas of California—the San Diego and the Central Valley regions—for the widespread use of electric vehicles. The reports show a wide difference in preparedness between the two.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

The California Energy Commission (CEC) has unanimously adopted the state’s third annual transportation energy Investment Plan to help change the types of vehicles Californians drive and the fuels they use. Projects leveraged with California’s investment of $36.5 million attracted nearly $105.3 million in ARRA funds and $113.3

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