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UC Davis report urges policy actions to accelerate equitable transition to ZEVs in Global South

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Facilitating a Transition to Zero Emission Vehicles in the Global South ” examines the status of zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) uptake across the world and considers how to accelerate the transition. It also makes recommendations to enable some of these groupings to “leapfrog” to the best practice policies in support of EV uptake.

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New report finds global CO2 vehicle emission reduction measures falter; dropping diesels, increasing SUVs

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The slowdown was especially pronounced in advanced economies; 27 countries saw an increase or stagnation in average vehicle CO 2 emissions in the two years up to 2017. Average new LDV fuel economy (liters gasoline equivalent per 100 km (L ge /100 km) by country or region (2005-17) and new registrations (2017). Source: GFEI.

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London and Paris launch car scoring initiative based on real-world emissions; ICCT the technical lead

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Mayor of Paris and Chair of C40 Cities Anne Hidalgo and Mayor of London Sadiq Khan announced they are working together to create schemes to score new cars based on their real-world emissions and their impact on air quality and to provide that data in an accurate and accessible form to the public. Earlier post.). Source: The ICCT.

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ITF study finds limited environmental and safety impacts of car fleet renewal schemes in US, France and Germany

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German Umweltprämie and the US Cars program—for the impact on CO 2 and NO x emissions of 2.8 While scrappage schemes have the potential to deliver on objectives such as reducing pollutant emissions, these have not done so as well. imperfectly aligned with fuel consumption or pollutant emissions. The US scheme saw.

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UNEP, IEA, ITF and FIA Foundation to Launch Global Fuel Economy Initiative (GFEI)

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Even if vehicle kilometers driven double by 2050, efficiency improvements on this scale worldwide would effectively cap emissions of CO 2 from cars at current levels, the partners point out. The “50 by 50” effort calls for cars worldwide to be made 50% more fuel efficient by 2050, with interim targets.

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GFEI report suggests $2T savings from fuel economy improvements in ICE vehicles through 2025 can help fund long-term transition to plug-ins

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Far better fuel economy from cost-effective conventional technologies can keep fuel demand steady and save close to half the CO 2 emissions from cars by this date. The global vehicle fleet is predicted to double by 2050 with 80% of that growth in the developing world.

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Global Fuel Economy Initiative Releases Roadmap Report on Achieving 50% Fuel Economy Improvement in LDV Fleet by 2050

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The International Energy Agency (IEA) has estimated that fuel consumption and emissions of CO 2 from the world’s cars will roughly double between 2000 and 2050. Worldwide, cars currently account for close to half of the transport sector’s fuel consumption and CO 2 emissions. Vehicle taxes and incentives. Fuel taxes.