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

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The initiative announced today by Paris and London is supported by The Real Urban Emissions (TRUE) Project, funded by Bloomberg Philanthropies, the FIA Foundation, and the Joshua and Anita Bekenstein Charitable Fund. Other cities have committed to work with the C40 Cities toward adoption of similar schemes.

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Planning for and transforming future urban infrastructure for sustainable mobility

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Separately, Forum for the Future, working in partnership with Vodafone, the FIA Foundation and EMBARQ, has produced a toolkit to help public bodies, companies and civil society organizations understand and plan for the mobility challenges of the future. Ferrovial and MIT.

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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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The report assesses the value for money of the different schemes and identifies critical design elements for ensuring success in meeting the environmental and safety objectives. as they could, precisely because of their design characteristics. Key findings of the study included: Insights on scheme design. Earlier post.).

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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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A feebate design would also make the fuel savings more explicit and essentially provide this benefit up front, in the form of a rebate. The Global Fuel Economy Initiative exists to promote debate and discussion around the issue of vehicle fuel economy.

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Global NCAP calls for universal application of minimum vehicle safety standards in all world markets by 2020

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Instead they should make available the full range of safety design and devices in all their major markets and price the relevant technologies separately. As automotive markets globalise so must the fruits of safer automotive design and technology… —Global NCPAP report/div>.

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