Raising auto-pollution taxes in Sweden

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First published in Sanctuary Asia, Vol. 29 No. 8, August 2009

 

New ‘green' car buyers including owners of electric vehicles will be exempted from taxes for the first five years. Sweden hopes to replace fossil fuel-burning cars by 2030. Both Sweden and Germany propose to reduce green-house gas emissions by 40 per cent, twice the cut planned by the EU.

 

 

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