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Study explores impact of changing gasoline and diesel taxes in Europe

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Diesel is currently taxed at a lower level than gasoline in Europe; however, since 2011 the EC has been considering reversing that situation by making energy taxes systematically reflect the CO 2 performance of the energy product. A scheme including a decreased gasoline tax could bring about an increase in CO 2 emissions.

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U.K. Government Pushes Gasoline Car Ban to 2035

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UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced on Wednesday that he’s delaying bans the government had previously made for gasoline-powered vehicles. But citizens are up in arms about energy prices across the entirety of Europe, with U.K. But Sunak has questioned the previous timeline’s viability, opting to push things out to 2035.

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Report Finds That Biomass-Derived Ethanol in Europe Could Replace Up to 62% of Gasoline Consumption

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Transforming agricultural residues into next-generation ethanol and biochemicals could create up to one million jobs in the EU27 by 2020, while theoretically replacing up to 62% of the EU’s forecast fossil-based gasoline consumption, according to a new study released by Bloomberg New Energy Finance with the support of Novozymes and DSM.

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Study finds CO2 emissions trading more effective path to automotive CO2 reduction in Europe than tailpipe standards

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The model also includes representation of fleet turnover, and opportunities for fuel use and emissions abatement, including representation of electric vehicles. Emissions trading or a carbon tax is going to achieve their emissions goals at the lowest possible cost to society. —Sergey Paltsev.

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JATO warns of widening disparity between WLTP correlated NEDC values and existing NEDC data

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This could result in significant financial penalties for automotive manufacturers in EU member states where CO 2 drives taxes. This comes at a time when the carbon footprint of Europe is likely to further increase.

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Who’s Leading the Shift Away from Internal Combustion Engine Automobiles?

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billion package of tax breaks over four years to incentivize Chinese citizens to buy EVs and other greener cars. [Ed. It’s produced on three continents–North America, China and Europe.] People with battery EVs in Sweden pay the least road tax and are exempt from ownership tax for five years.

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Audi A4 and A5 now available to order as g-tron in Europe; Audi e-gas for 3 years as standard

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Audi’s two latest natural-gas alternatives in the midsize category—the new A4 Avant g-tron ( earlier post ) and the new A5 Sportback g-tron—are now available for order in Europe. The newly developed engine is based on the new gasoline-powered 2.0 g/mi) (in gasoline mode: 5.5 In gasoline mode, these figures are 5.6

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