CO2 tax and rebate system for vehicles

Solution Details:

Pain Point:  High Total Cost of plug-in Ownership

General Implementation Strategy:  Reduce other vehicle operating costs

Primary Actors:  State Government, Federal Government

Other solutions to this pain point:

• Highlight reduced fuel, maintenance, and servicing costs compared to ICE baseline
• Utility provides free electricity in exchange for charge 'black out' times
• Free vehicle electricity for the first x residents who adopt plug-ins
• Corporate sponsor provides free life-time charging for x consumers
• Utility provides free home charge spot installation
• Provide regional home charging infrastructure rebate
• Free home installation of charger provided by local business
• Utility provides free 240V charger upgrade in exchange for black-out charge times
• Utility finances home charge spot installation service through small addition to monthly utility bills
• No-fee for updating registration, free emissions testing, etc.
• Provide insurance discount
• Provide free OnStar services in plug-in
• Enable V1G or V2G on vehicles
• Enable V1G or V2G on utility system
• Utility provided reduced rate package for plug-in users
• Utility gives TOU or real-time rates
• Utility gives very low electricity rates to plug-ins at off-peak times

Other solutions that fall into this general strategy:

• No-fee for updating registration, free emissions testing, etc.
• Provide insurance discount
• Provide free OnStar services in plug-in

Other solutions for this primary actor:

• Provide grants to develop and deploy innovative plug-in technologies
• Support public school access to plug-in related studies
• Maximize the production of clean tech engineers, scientists and business leaders
• Invest in technical education and worker transition assistance for plug-in service people
• Provide infrastructure grants and loans
• Provide rebate to green developers and commercial retailers
• No-fee for updating registration, free emissions testing, etc.
• Provide insurance discount
• Public investments in plug-in infrastructure match private-sector investments or vice versa
• Have regional stakeholder group assist in the formation of similar groups on a state level
• City/state governments commit to buying/funding a certain number of plug-ins
• Welcome responsible use of conversions
• Incentivize/subsidize non-traditional OEMs
• Allow low speed plug-ins to operate within city
• Ensure plug-ins are used as high-profile vehicles
• Explore/support secondary battery markets
• Bundle key incentives at point of sale
• Eliminate DMV and registration fees
• Sales tax exemption
• Pooled-purchase plug-in orders
• State-level tax rebate program
• Provide plug-in vehicle grants and loans
• Federal or state feebates
• R&D and implementation incentives for conversion market
• Access to HOV lanes
• Provide a centralized hub for incentive information
• Big city decals, special license plates to show off

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