• Policy

        • Spain

        • 2008

        VIVE Plan (Innovative Vehicle - Ecological Vehicle)

        …000 is provided, and an interest rate of 2.5% for the remaining amount, for the purchase of a new vehicle when a vehicle over 10 years old or with over 250 000km is traded in. The new passenger car purchased cannot emit more than 120g CO2/km, or 140kg CO2/km if incorporating electronic control systems or a three-way catalyst for gasoline vehicles and EGR exhaust gas recirculation devices for diesel vehicles. The limit is 160g CO2/km for light commercial vehicles. In November, the Plan was modified to include the purchase of used cars, on the condition…

        • Policy

        • United States

        • 2005

        Federal Transit and Railway Programs

        …Transportation has a diverse set of policies for promoting rail and bus transit and for reducing GHG emissions of transit systems. DOT provides grants for a variety of transportation programs including planning, capital, and operations expenditures on high-speed and upgraded rails, buses, and fixed guideway systems, clean fuel buses, and for the retrofitting of diesel buses. In addition to direct expenditures, DOT programs finance research, development, and deployment programs for new transit technologies, promote transit products for international trade, and provide financing for transit alternatives in parks and on tribal lands. They also promote best practices in increasing ridership…

        • Policy

        • Sweden

        • 2007

        Eco Car Subsidy

        …requirements. After subsidies, a small diesel car with low emissions costs about SEK 100,000, while the largest hybrid models may cost around SEK 250,000. First and foremost, it must be assigned to one of the following environmental classes: - Mk 2005 - Mk 2005 PM (cars run on diesel) - Mk EL - Mk Hybrid For conventional fuel-efficient cars, including hybrids, running on petrol, CO2 emissions may not exceed 120 grams/km during mixed driving. For those that runon diesel, they may not exceed 120 grams/km and particulate matter emissions may not exceed 5 mg/km during mixed driving. For…

        • Policy

        • Sweden

        • 1990

        Road Transport Fuel and Vehicle Taxes

        In Sweden, taxation of road traffic is an important element of transport policy, providing an instrument to influence the composition and turnover of the motor vehicle fleet, thus improving its average fuel efficiency. Since 1991, the tax on petrol and diesel includes a carbon dioxide tax. A VAT was imposed on petrol in 1990, and has since been raised to 25%. Sweden also levies sales tax, annual vehicle tax and user charges. Sales taxes are levied on light vehicles only. The annual vehicle tax is differentiated according to vehicle weight and fuel. Only heavy goods vehicles are charged so-called…

        • Policy

        • Japan

        • 2004

        Fuel Efficiency Labelling System

        …Conservation Act”). The labeling shows fuel economy performance with an identifiable sticker, indicating either the status of "fully compliant" or "plus 5% of the fuel economy standard".Also, a new application was introduced for vehicles that are 0%, 10%, 20% higher in fuel efficiency compared to the levels of the fuel efficiency standards in 2020. The target vehicle categories for the labeling are as follows: Vehicles (gasoline, LPG, diesel passenger vehicles, gasoline and diesel freight vehicles (the gross weight is under 2.5 tonnes) , diesel vehicles with the gross weight of 3.5 tonnes or over), buses, trucks and tractors.

        • Policy

        • Italy

        • 2009

        Cleaner vehicle purchase incentives

        …form of a discount obtained by consumers directly from the dealers, who in turn receive this as a tax credit. A bonus of EUR 1500 is provided when a car older than 9 years meeting Euro 0, 1 or 2 standards is exchanged for a new vehicle meeting Euro 4 or 5 standards and that emits a maximum of 130gCO2/km for diesel cars or 140gCO2/km for others. The exchanged vehicle must have been registered by March 2010. This can be combined with a purchase incentive of EUR 1500 should the new vehicle run on electricity, hydrogen or methane…

        • Policy

        • Germany

        • 1993

        Ecological Tax Reform

        …heavy fuel oil for heat and power production were amalgamated into a single petroleum tax rate. Besides this, on 1 November 2001 spreading of the petroleum tax rates for petrol and diesel depending on the sulphur content was introduced. The difference of 1.53 cents per litre compared to sulphurised fuel was initially applicable to low-sulphur fuel with a sulphur content up to 50 mg/kg and from 1 January 2003 to sulphur-free fuel with a sulphur content up to 10 mg/kg. The fifth environmental tax bracket was modified on 1 January 2003 by the coming into…

        • Policy

        • United Kingdom

        • 2001

        Vehicle Excise Duty (VED)

        …Budget 2002, with the introduction of a new low carbon VED rate for cars that emit less than 120 g/km of CO2. This increased the VED differential between the least and most polluting cars to up to GBP100 per year. Under Budget 2002 the rate of VED for cars producing less than 120 g/km CO2 was £60/year for cars using alternative fuel, GBP70/year for cars using petrol and GBP80/year for cars using diesel. In 2006, the bands ranged from A to G, classified as follows in CO2 emissions in g/km: A: 0-100; B…

        • Policy

        • Germany

        • 2006

        Energy Taxes: Coal, Biodiesel, Natural Gas

        …been delivered to the customer. The biofuels benefit was converted to regulatory support from 2007 onwards. As a substitute for the tax exemption for biofuels, the Federal Government has introduced the obligation for fuel suppliers to ensure concrete minimum shares of biofuels in the total fuel sales of petrol and diesel. The Federal Government has also extended the lowered energy tax rates on the more environmentally friendly fuels natural gas and liquefied petroleum gas in 2018. Installations with electricity-generating capacities above 2 MW are exempt from energy taxation after an application for tax relief. Combined heat and power installations…

        • Policy

        • Slovak Republic

        • 2004

        Act No. 98/2004 Coll. as amended on Excise Tax for Mineral Oil

        …scheme for offering reduced excise tax on biofuel blends was introduced, and was amended in early 2010. Diesel blends with esters and petrol blends with a bioethanol derivate, ETBE, receive excise tax exemptions proportional to the content of biofuel in the blend. As of 2010 the exemptions are limited to 7.05% for petrol blend with ETBE and to 5 % for diesel blend with esters. Pure biogenic matter is exempted from excise tax if produced by legal or individual entities from their own agricultural crops undertaking and if used as a fuel in the context of their own business activities.

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