The ICCT has an internship opportunity in its Washington, DC, office to work in our marine program. This position will be attractive for engineers and researchers with interests in the shipping...
On September 24, 2012, China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) put forward a proposal for a National Fuel Consumption Standard for new commercial heavy-duty vehicles (HDVs)....
The International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) has an immediate opening for an internship position in San Francisco, CA. The position will involve expanding and updating content on www....
Over the weekend, numerous global news sources reported on the record-breaking concentrations of fine particles—PM2.5—in Beijing, and the health issues that come along with them. Several sources (e.g... Acute, local pollution spikes are dangerous and unpleasant for those living through them, but they are just a part of the global pollution problem. Two recent reports highlight broader health and...
As Beijing continues to struggle with severely elevated air pollution levels this week, domestic and international media have kept a strong spotlight on China's air quality. On Friday, the New York... Air pollution is a regional problem, requiring widespread, deep, and permanent emissions cuts. Implementing stringent emission reduction policies will mean confronting entrenched state-owned...
[This is a Chinese-language version of my earlier post here.]
过去的一周，在恶劣的天气条件下，北京和中、东部地区很多城市都经历了严重的空气污染。数个空气质量监测点都出现PM2.5爆表的情况。这种前所未有的严重污染引发了国内外媒体的广泛关注和报道，很多市民也纷纷通过微博表达了对恶劣空气质量的不满。值得注意的是，... Chinese-language translation of the previous post.
Only 15–20 percent of the energy in fuels is used to drive a car; the remainder passes unused into the car’s surroundings as waste heat or other losses. Thanks to advanced technologies, these losses...
Recent work sponsored by the ICCT, with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, California Air Resources Board, and others, has produced detailed analyses assessing the future CO2 emission...
Over the past weekend, poor meteorological conditions contributed to a severe accumulation of air pollution in Beijing and hundreds of other cities in northern and eastern China. The extreme... Until China takes steps toward reducing emissions, poor air quality and occasional "crazy bad" episodes will continue.
Improving fuel efficiency is a key element in China’s long-term strategic plan for the automobile industry, and the focus of previous and current passenger car fuel consumption regulations there....
Published 2013.01.04:
Event Improving fuel efficiency is a key element in China’s long-term strategic plan for the automobile industry, and the focus of previous and current passenger car fuel consumption regulations there....
We recently held a webinar on the costs and benefits of clean vehicles and fuels in India. This was the last in a series of webinars we have conducted this year to highlight the benefits of tighter... Notes from the final webinar in the series recently concluded on India.
China released the 2015 fuel consumption standards for passenger cars in 2010, and is currently finalizing the implementation rule. The China Automotive Technology and Research Center (CATARC) is...
Published 2012.12.26:
EventCO2 emission values for type approval of new cars are determined under laboratory conditions. But real-world driving cannot be perfectly simulated in the laboratory; for example, in laboratory... BEUC, FIA, and ANEC are demanding that the European Commission address the growing gap between type-approval and real-world CO2 emissions and fuel consumption.
Numerous studies have shown that sulfur in gasoline and diesel contributes to higher vehicular emissions. The emissions performance benefits of reducing the sulfur content of fuel come in two forms...
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