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a study By singaPore’s Ministry of trade
and industry revealed that residents could save
sg$536 (us$432) on fuel costs within five years when
they switch to more fuel-efficient cars.
the study estimated that car buyers spend 0.6%
more for every 10% improvement in fuel efficiency.
the government study showed that the higher price
tag can be recovered within five years.
singapore car buyers have a strong incentive
to switch to more fuel-efficient models. in january,
singapore launched a new carbon emissions-based
vehicle scheme (cevs), which qualifies buyers for
rebates from s$5,000 (us$4,040) up to sg$20,000
(us$16,163) of cars that emit no more than 160g/km
of carbon dioxide (co2). the rebates will be offset
against the additional registration fee (arf).
the cevs will apply to all new cars, taxis and newly
imported used cars registered from january 2013.
the cevs adopts a broader outcome-based
approach that takes into consideration vehicles’
carbon emissions and fuel efficiency to encourage
consumers to shift to low emission models. it replaces
the green vehicle rebate (gvr) for cars and taxis
based on specific engine types, which expired in
december 2012.
using a statistical model that filters out various
other attributes that might influence a vehicle’s price,
the study found that the cevs boosts the return on
investing in a fuel-efficient car by almost 10 times.
However, car dealers said that the rebate works
out to be less in reality; the tax cut translates to a
smaller scrap value when the vehicle is finally de-
registered.
新加坡贸易和工业部进行的一项研究表明，居民购买燃
油效率更高的汽车可以在五年内节约536新元（432美元）
的燃油费用。
据研究估计汽车购买者的花费每增加0.6%即可获得
10%的燃油效率提升。政府的研究表明更高的车价可以在
五年回收。
新加坡的汽车购买者很有兴趣转向更高燃油效率的
车型。一月份，新加坡推出了新的基于碳排放的车辆方案
（CEVS），如果汽车的二氧化碳排放低于每公里160克即可
获得5000新元（4040美元）至20000新元（16163美元）
的返利。返利可以抵销额外的登记费（ARF）。
CEVS将适用于所有2013年1月起登记的新车、出租车
和新进口的二手车。
CEVS采用了更为基于结果的方式，考虑了汽车的碳排
放和燃油经济性以鼓励消费者转向低排放的车型。它取代
了针对发动机类型的汽车和出租车绿色汽车返利（2012年
12月到期）。
采用能排滤除影响车价其他因素的统计模型，研究中发
现CEVS将高能将汽车的投资回报率提高近10倍。
但汽车经销商说，现实中的返利没有那么高；减税会导
致汽车最终注销时的残值下降。
according to a MassacHusetts institute
of technology (Mit) study, government-set fuel
economy standards are six to 14 times less effective,
than a fuel tax, for reducing gasoline consumption.
the objective of fuel economy standards is to
reduce gasoline usage overall, but it only reduces
the fuel consumption of new cars by making car
manufacturers build more fuel-efficient vehicles;
whereas a fuel tax would be an incentive for drivers
of all cars, old and new, to use their vehicles more
efficiently. thus, the impact of fuel economy
standards on the total vehicle population is
considerably less than a fuel tax.
“a tax on gasoline
has proven to be a
nonstarter for many
decades in the u.s.,
and i think one of the
reasons is that it would
be very visible to
consumers every time
they go to fill up their
cars,” said valerie karplus, lead author of the study
and a researcher with the Mit joint Program on the
science and Policy of global change.
”With a vehicle efficiency standard, your costs
won’t increase unless you buy a new car, and even
better than that, policymakers will tell you you’re
actually saving money.”
按麻省理工的研究表明，如果为了减少汽油消费，政
府设定燃油经济性标准与燃油税相比，其效率要低6-14
倍。
燃油经济性标准的目的在于减少汽油的总体消费，但
只是影响汽车制造商生产更高燃油效率的新车来减少燃
油消耗；而燃油税则对所有车主都有影响，无论新旧。因
此，燃油经济性标准对整个汽车保有量来说，其影响要较
燃油税小得多。
“收取汽油税在美国已提了几十年了，但从未实施，
我认为其原因之一它对消费者来说太显而易见了，车主每
次去加油时就会意识到，”研究项目的执笔，全球变革的
科学与政策联合项目的麻省理工研究员Valerie Karplus
说。
“而颁布汽车效率标准，除非你买新车，你的成本不
会增加；而且政策的制定者还一再告诉你实现上你在省
钱。”
Singapore study shows that buying fuel-
efficient cars are worth the extra cost
新加坡的研究表明，购买燃油效率高的
汽车可以值回额外的成本
Fuel economy standards are less cost effective than fuel tax, MIT study shows
麻省理工的研究表明，燃油经济性标准的成本效益不如燃油税
tHe euroPean coMMission Has launcHed
an in-depth investigation into the planned
acquisition by nynas of refinery assets at Harburg,
germany, from shell deutschland oil.
the commission’s initial investigation revealed
“possible competition concerns in the markets for
naphthenic base oils, naphthenic process oils, and
transformer oils, where the merged entity would
have very high market shares” in Western europe.
the commission, under eu merger regulations,
has until august 8 to make a final decision on
whether the merger would significantly impede
effective competition in Western europe.
the transaction would leave the merged entity
as the only producer of naphthenic base oils in
Western europe, the commission
says.
“the proposed merger would
remove the only competing producer
of naphthenic base oils” in Western
europe, says joaquín almunia, eu
competition commissioner.
nynas, a joint venture between
Petróleos de venezuela and neste
oil, produces bitumen and a range of oils, including
naphthenic base oils.
the Harburg facility will be a core site for nynas,
with an annual production of specialty oils by up
to 330,000 tons, representing a 30% increase in the
company’s production of specialty oils. With the
strategic take-over of Harburg’s base oil production
facilities, nynas will grow with approximately 220
staff members over the next three years.
“a new hydrogen unit and an extensive
conversion programme will transform the premises
into a world class stand-alone naphthenic specialty
Products refinery,” said nynas President staffan
lennström when the purchase agreement was
made public.
the take-over was based on a 25-year lease
agreement for the Harburg base oil manufacturing
plant and some associated refining facilities.
欧洲委员会启动了对计划中的Nynas收购壳牌在德国
Harburg的炼油资产的深入调查。
委员会的初步调查显示“合并后，在西欧的市场份额
非常高，可能在环烷基基础油、环烷基工艺油、变压器油
市场存在竞争问题。”
按欧盟合并法规，委员会需在8月8日之前做出最终决
定，判定合并是否会显著破坏西欧的有效竞争。
交易完成后，合并企业将成为西
欧唯一的环烷基基础油生产商。委
员会说。
欧盟竞争委员会Joaquín
Almunia 说，“该项合并将消除在
西欧唯一的环烷基基础油生产竞争
企业。”
Nynas是Petróleos de
Venezuela和Neste Oil的合资企
业，主要生产沥青、各种油品，包括环烷基基础油。
Harburg将成为Nynas的核心工厂，年产特种油33万
吨，占公司特种油品产量的30%。对Harburg的基础油生
产设施进行战略收购之后，Nynas将在未来三年增加约
220名员工。
“一个新的加氢装置和大型改造计划将把工厂建
成世界一流的独立环基特种产品炼厂。” Nynas总裁
Staffan Lennström在宣布收购计划时说。
收购基于一项对Harburg 基础油生产厂和部分相关
炼油设施的25年租赁协议。
EU launches probe into Shell base oil plant acquisition by Nynas
欧盟对Nynas收购壳牌基础油厂进行调查
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