CleanTechnica EVs
JULY 17, 2024
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Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 30, 2011
However, a new study by researchers at the University of Gothenburg (Sweden) finds that middle- and high-income earners are generally affected the most by gasoline taxes, especially in poor countries, rather than poor people. Petrol taxes are effective and actually don’t affect poor people disproportionally.
Green Cars News
MAY 3, 2012
There may be one negative knock-on effect of improving the fuel economy standards of our vehicles: fuel tax revenues could slump massively. According to a report by the Congressional Budget Office (logo, pictured), fuel economy standards proposed for 2017-2025 would cut revenues from petrol tax by 21 per cent in 2040.
Green Cars News
JUNE 12, 2009
Carmaker, Volkswagen has launched a new flex-fuel model which can operate on either petrol or LPG in Germany. Volkswagen has introduced the new BiFuel model version of the Golf Plus to cut CO2 emissions by more than 10 per cent and offer fuel savings of €6.10 When burning petrol, the Golf Plus BiFuel is even more economical (7.5
Green Cars News
SEPTEMBER 1, 2009
Many a motorist will grumble today as they get to the pumps and notice a jump in the fuel prices, following the two pence per litre increase in fuel duty, however environmental pressure group, Friends of the Earth (FoE) think the increase is necessary to coax us out of our cars. What do you think of the increase?
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