As the European Commission prepares to present a new draft law on commercial vehicle emissions next week, the International Council on Clean Transportation is providing new material for the debate in Brussels. We asked the ICCT directly what their findings mean for future purchasing decisions.
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The EU Commission has presented its proposals for the new Euro 7 emissions standard, which is to apply from 2025. For the first time, it also contains regulations that affect electric cars – for example on brake abrasion and also tyres that release microplastics.
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Fraunhofer ISI and the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) have analysed extensive data on the real-world use of 9,000 plug-in hybrids from all over Europe. The core result: The fuel consumption of PHEVs is on average significantly higher than the official test cycles.
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A discussion regarding the direction and efforts of India’s decarbonization efforts took place at an online event with Agora researcher Vanchhit Johri, Amit Bhatt from the ICCT, and Christian Hochfeld from the Berlin-based think tank Agora Verkehrswende, which advocates for the electrification of transport.
Read moreThe ICCT, in a new briefing, looks at electric carsharing in Europe and North America and provides detailed insights into charging infrastructure needs and best practices gained from successful carsharing schemes. Crucially, EV sharing programs can reduce GHG emissions by up to 43%.
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A new study by the ICCT finds battery-electric cars already have a better greenhouse gas emissions record than conventionally powered vehicles – and not only in Europe, but also in China, India or the USA. By 2030, the emissions advantage will increase further.
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Plug-in hybrids have been losing their allure as bridges to a new era of clean transport with many analysis finding real-world consumption and CO2 emissions far from type-approval values. Fraunhofer ISI and the ICCT just prove this to hold globally and across models.
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The ZEBRA (Zero Emission Bus Rapid-deployment Accelerator) project, led by the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) and C40 Cities, is dedicated to accelerating the rollout of electric buses in Latin America. Phase one focuses on four cities.
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The new European CO2 legislation for passenger cars and light commercial vehicles obliges the EU Commission to monitor real fuel and electrical energy consumption from next year onwards. This was pointed out by the ICCT.
Read moreReading tip: Environmental organisation ICCT has evaluated data of public authorities and other agencies in Europe about 541 diesel cars with Euro 5 and 6 standard. According to their results, Euro 6 diesel cars are in average 4.5 times above the nitrogen oxide limit. Just 10 percent of them stay under the given threshold.
theicct.org
Video tip: What Robert Llewellyn says about Tesla’s Powerwall 2? In a new edition of Fully Charged, he explains the Powerwall’s installation and usage in detail.
youtube.com via insideevs.com
Reading tip: Anup Bandivadekar from the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) still believed in the future of diesel tech when the diesel emission scandal just got public. In the Guardian he admits now that he was wrong and furthermore, what exactly made him change his mind.
theguardian.com
Video tip: The Gigafactory 1 in Nevada is rapidly growing – a new video made by a drone shows to what extent the mega project of Tesla and Panasonic has progressed.
electrek.co
Research tip: A study of the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) concludes that OEMs can achieve the CO2 goals for 2025, even if the share of diesel cars continues to decline dramatically. All that is necessary in order to do so, are more electric and hybrid cars on the road.
theicct.org, theicct.org (study, pdf)
Reading tip: Speaking of more EVs, it looks like Chinese automakers could produce 49 of all 103 EV models scheduled to launch by 2020 globally. On top, two-thirds of the world’s manufacturing capacity for lithium-ion batteries will be in China by 2021, a forecast of U.S. consulting firm AlixPartners suggests.
reuters.com
Click tip I: Research institution ICCT analysed diesel registrations in Europe and found them in stark decline. This March marked a five year low for all major markets, namely France, Germany, Spain and England.
theicct.org
Click tip II: More and more pictures emerge of sightings of the Tesla Model 3. In Ohio alone about 100 of them are said to run crash tests at the moment. Teslarati collected the latest shots.
insideevs.com (Ohio), teslarati.com
Events for the upcoming week: FIA Formula E, Round 6 (May 20; Paris, France) ++ EV Trophy ( May 24-June 01; Copenhagen-Monaco) ++ You can find a complete list of events at electrive.com/calendar
Study tip: According to research association ICCT, a CO2 cap of 70g/km is technically possibly and financially doable for the automotive industry. They could even reach that without having any EVs in their line-up, though if they did, investments would drop by 500 euros per vehicle.
theicct.org (study as PDF), greencarcongress.com
Reading tip: Tesla CEO Elon Musk doesn’t only have fans. Though one opponent has attracted particular attention, as it turns out that he (or she) is fake. A Shepard Stewart published articles on different sites, but the author doesn’t exist. So, who is trolling Musk? Bloomberg took a closer look.
bloomberg.com
Video tip: Following the unveiling of the all-electric, 1 MW strong Nio EP9, NextEV has published the video of the hypercar’s record breaking lap around Nürburgring’s Nordschleife. With just 07:05.120, the EV even overtook the Porsche 918.
youtube.com
Study tip: The International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) looked at acceptance of electric vehicles in California’s cities and has identified some determining factors.
theicct.org via greencarcongress.com
Video tip: Robert Llewellyn from Fully Charged leases a Tesla Model S. And he gets asked a lot about different lease option for other cars, so he gathered a bunch of EVs and explains some of the basics about buying, leasing, and driving an electric car.
youtube.com via electriccarsreport.com
Study tip: The ICCT has reviewed and summarised different publications about the cost structure of EVs, plug-in hybrids and fuel cell cars. The report also compares the efficiency of the different systems.
theicct.org
Video tip: Robert Llewellyn’s Fully Charged takes us out onto the water this time. The quiet Alastreet 23C guarantees a smooth sail into the weekend.
youtube.com
Study tip: The International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) released a study about the various worldwide incentive schemes available when purchasing or using an electric car. Is your country among the top supporters?
greencarreports.com, theicct.org
Video tip: Watch Kristen Stacey when she hits a new EV record with her electric dragster Hammerdown on the quarter-mile length of the dragstrip in 7.89 seconds at 161.87 mph.
green.autoblog.com
