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Incremental advances will not be enough to prevent destructive climate change. Keeping global warming within two degrees Celsius of preindustrial levels will require a dramatic transition to zero-emission propulsion technologies.

Meeting these goals requires two major efforts in the transportation sector: developing clean new technologies and instituting policies that get them to market. The ICCT supports those efforts with high-quality data for policymakers and regulators on the current state of transportation technology and best practices for policy innovation to promote market adoption of new technologies in vehicles and fuels.

In California, ICCT President Alan Lloyd chairs the Economic and Technology Advancement Advisory Committee panel, created by the state’s greenhouse gas reduction law. The panel gives advice on technologies and research that can help California reach its goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions to 20 percent of 1990 levels by 2050.

We are building a comprehensive database of technologies and costs that will help inform deliberations regarding new standards and other policy measures, which we plan to roll out in early 2012. And we have an active agenda of workshops, meetings, and other information-sharing activities in the U.S., Europe, China, India, and other key venues designed to bring together independent experts, policymakers, and industry representatives to promote development and adoption of new technologies.

Tracking e-drive vehicles

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Vehicle electrification: An international perspective

Highlights findings of ICCT's vehicle electrification policy study.

Vehicle electrification policy study: Task 1 — Technology status

Vehicle electrification policy study: Task 1 — Technology

Part 1 of a five-part policy study, summarizing the current status of vehicle and infrastructure technologies.

Vehicle electrification policy study: Task 2 — Metrics

Vehicle electrification policy study: Task 2 — Metrics

Part 2 of a five-part policy study, summarizing the current status of vehicle and infrastructure technologies.

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