Tomorrow's Low Carbon Cars

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Contents

Executive summary 1

Motoring towards sustainability

Cars and the environment 5

New and emerging car technologies and fuels

Low carbon cars and government policy

Low carbon motoring taxes 12

The future of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG)

Shifting towards lower carbon fuel taxation

Are tomorrow’s biofuels receiving adequate support?

Distinguishing and rewarding lower carbon forms of fuels

Hydrogen and policies for the longer term 21

Where taxes can’t reach

Technological innovation over the longer term

Hydrogen and fuel cells - the next industrial success story 24

Why are we lagging behind?

The hydrogen and fuel cell industry at a cross-roads 29

The UK’s Fuel Cell Vision

The Government’s Innovation Strategy

Money talks

References 34

Appendix 37