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Comparison of fuel consumption and emissions for representative heavy-duty vehicles in Europe

Experimentally investigates the fuel consumption, pollutant emissions and aerodynamic performance of three European heavy-duty vehicles through chassis dynamometer and track testing.

Consultant report

Diesel car sales decline will have negligible impact on attainment of European CO2 emission standards

In the aftermath of Dieselgate, diesel car sales shares are falling in Europe. But diesel's decline does not put EU CO2 targets out of reach. Other technologies offer more compelling and cost-effective pathways to reducing CO2 emissions from passenger cars.

Briefing

Fuel consumption simulation of HDVs in the EU: Comparisons and limitations

Analyzes the model structure, simulation flow, and limitations of the EU’s regulatory tool for the simulation of heavy-duty vehicle fuel consumption. Compares the regulatory vehicle simulation tools used in the EU and the United States.

White paper

ICCT part of a research group awarded the European Commission's Horizon Prize

2018.04.17
News

ICCT erhält Forschungs-Preis der Europäischen Kommission für die erfolgreichste Nachrüstung eines Euro 5 Diesel-Pkws

2018.04.17
News

Comparison of fuel consumption and emissions for representative heavy-duty vehicles in Europe

2018.04.08

Experimentally investigates the fuel consumption, pollutant emissions and aerodynamic performance of three European heavy-duty vehicles through chassis dynamometer and track testing.

Publication: Consultant report

A no-regrets option: What discussions in the European Parliament spotlight about a light-duty 2025–2030 CO2 standard for the EU

2018.04.04
Recently I attended a workshop in the European Parliament on CO2 standards for new passenger cars
Blog Post

Diesel car sales decline will have negligible impact on attainment of European CO2 emission standards

2018.03.18

In the aftermath of Dieselgate, diesel car sales shares are falling in Europe. But diesel's decline does not put EU CO2 targets out of reach. Other technologies offer more compelling and cost-effective pathways to reducing CO2 emissions from passenger cars.

Publication: Briefing

Practical lessons in vehicle efficiency policy: The 10-year evolution of France's CO2-based bonus-malus (feebate) system

2018.03.12
As we've pointed out in the past (for example, here and
Blog Post

Fuel consumption simulation of HDVs in the EU: Comparisons and limitations

2018.03.06

Analyzes the model structure, simulation flow, and limitations of the EU’s regulatory tool for the simulation of heavy-duty vehicle fuel consumption. Compares the regulatory vehicle simulation tools used in the EU and the United States.

Publication: White paper

The role of standards in reducing CO2 emissions of passenger cars in the EU

2018.02.12

Effectively enforced vehicle CO2 performance standards are at the core of any effort to realize lower-carbon transport. EU member states should implement supporting policy measures such as emissions-based vehicle taxes, mandates for electric vehicles, and emissions-based road pricing.

Publication: Briefing

Effects of battery manufacturing on electric vehicle life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions

2018.02.09

Reviews recent research regarding greenhouse gas emissions from the manufacturing of lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles. We analyze this research in the overall context of life-cycle emissions of electric cars as compared to conventional internal combustion vehicles in Europe. Finally, we discuss the primary drivers of battery manufacturing emissions and how these emissions could be further mitigated in the future.

Publication: Briefing

A comparison of induced land-use change emissions estimates from energy crops

2018.02.06

Finds that ILUC emissions from energy cropping are highly sensitive to assumptions of the composition of marginal lands and suggests that additional sustainability safeguards may be necessary for energy cropping in order to ensure that it only occurs on low-carbon stock land.

Publication: White paper

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