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Study finds CO2 emissions trading more effective path to automotive CO2 reduction in Europe than tailpipe standards

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The results are published in the journal Transportation. In our study we focus on cars, while the EU also imposed the emission targets for vans (which account for around 10% of the EU market for light-duty vehicles) and considered a strategy to reduce CO 2 emissions from trucks, buses, and coaches. —Paltsev et al.

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IEA technology and policy reports outline paths to halving fuel used for combustion-engined road transport in less than 40 years

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The policy package includes a new fuel economy readiness index, which measures the extent to which countries have implemented steps that will fully exploit the potential of existing fuel economy technologies and maximise their use in vehicles.

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Study Finds That CO2 Standards for Vehicles Can Reduce Price of Oil

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A new study by the French institute Enerdata, commissioned by the European Federation for Transport & Environment (T&E), suggests that the European CO 2 standards for new vehicles due to come into effect in 2012 will lead not only to a European savings on oil (mainly via lower oil import volumes) but also to slightly lower global oil prices.

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Green cars are good but reducing car use is better

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The UK Energy Research Centre has launched an extensive review of policies that could significantly reduce CO2 emissions and finds that in addition to promoting electric cars policies must play a big role in helping drivers leave their cars at home.

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We Need More Than Just Electric Vehicles

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But EVs come with important weaknesses, and so people shouldn’t count on them alone to do the job, even for the transportation sector. This is a generous allowance, but that’s reasonable because transportation is harder to decarbonize than many other sectors. fleet of light vehicles. Number of EVs on the road in China in 2021.