Remove Cost Of Remove Legal Remove Tax
article thumbnail

NHTSA calculates US motor vehicle crashes in 2010 cost $871B in economic loss and societal harm

Green Car Congress

The US Department of Transportation''s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) released a new study that finds the price tag for motor vehicle crashes in the US in 2010 carried a cost of $871 billion in economic loss and societal harm. The economic cost of motor vehicle crashes in the US is the equivalent of 1.9%

2010 246
article thumbnail

Toyota agrees to fund a settlement valued up to $1.4 billion for unintended acceleration cases

Green Car Congress

and Chief Legal Officer, Toyota Motor North America, said: This agreement marks a significant step forward for our company, one that will enable us to put more of our energy, time and resources into Toyota’s central focus: making the best vehicles we can for our customers and doing everything we can to meet their needs.

Toyota 231
article thumbnail

EEA says industrial air pollution cost Europe up to €169 billion in 2009; some 37% attributed to CO2

Green Car Congress

Air pollution from the 10,000 largest polluting facilities in Europe cost citizens between €102–169 billion (US$135–224 billion) in 2009, according to a new report from the European Environment Agency (EEA) which analyzed the costs of harm to health and the environment caused by air pollution. Log scale) Source: EEA.

Pollution 268
article thumbnail

UC Davis ITS study suggests hastening consumer adoption of plug-ins will require innovation on the sales side

Green Car Congress

From a salesperson’s perspective, this additional time represents a cost of doing business that detracts from time spent closing another potentially more lucrative transaction. These expose dealers to legal liability for misstatements or for communicating misleading information to customers. —Cahill et al.

Davis 290
article thumbnail

Cheaper EVs! Government announces scheme to slash the cost of buying new and used electric vehicles. But there are conditions…

EV Central

As PHEV utes launch in Australia, a key tax break is being removed READ MORE: 2025 BYD Sealion 7 review: Electric newcomer brings tech, space to fight Tesla, Zeekr, Xpeng, Deepal and Leapmotor The scheme will be open to workers making less than $100,000 per annum and essential workers such as nurses, police, teachers and so on.

Buy 98
article thumbnail

Pike forecasts NEV market to remain small, although with double the growth rate of light-duty vehicles to 2017

Green Car Congress

The total number of neighborhood electric vehicles (NEVs)—low-speed street-legal electric vehicles—on the world’s roadways will grow from 479,000 in 2011 to 695,000 by 2017, a 45% increase, according to a new forecast by Pike Research. The US currently offers federal tax incentives of 10% of the purchase price up to $2,500.

2017 230
article thumbnail

Massachusetts sets state GHG emissions limit for 2020 at 25% below 1990 levels, releases plan with additional measures, including Pay As You Drive auto insurance

Green Car Congress

This includes varying the rates on new car sales taxes, annual auto excise (property) taxes, and registration fees, with rates raised on low-MPG vehicles and reduced on high-MPG ones. premium into a variable cost based on. to reduce discretionary driving, while cutting the overall cost of insurance due to. GHG) models.