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The G7 gets serious about decarbonizing road transportation
With everything else going on, you might have missed that the G7 ministers of climate, energy, and environment met in late May in Berlin and issued what is arguably the group’s strongest statement to date. The 39-page communiqué didn’t shy away from difficult questions. The ministers took strong stances on a range of topics bearing […]
Why are electric vehicles the only way to quickly and substantially decarbonize transport?
Battery electric vehicles have the lowest life-cycle GHG emissions, today and into the foreseeable future.
What will it really cost to build the next generation of low-NOx trucks?
Different approaches to data collection of manufacturer costs of The California Air Resources Board’s low-NOx regulation lack transparency.
A tale of two policies, part 2
Last year we found that two very similar policies produced dramatically different outcomes in the real world for HDVs. Cars have an even more dramatic story.
A tale of two policies
In light of mounting evidence that the test used to monitor heavy-duty vehicle emissions in the United States is not working as intended, is it time for a replacement?
Scott Pruitt’s EPA wants to resurrect the dirty diesel
Additional NOx emissions from gliders under the Pruitt proposal would be 13 times what the impact of the Volkswagen fraud in the U.S. would have been had it gone undetected.
Glider industry petition in support of glider trucks debunks itself
The summary of a “study” that the glider industry used to support its claim that EPA was wrong about how dirty gliders are is fingernails-on-a-chalkboard aggravating.
A step forward in Europe on measuring in-use vehicle emissions
In September three MEPs convened a fruitful discussion on using remote sensing technology to measure pollutant emissions in vehicle exhaust in Europe’s cities.
Shell game? Debating real-world fuel consumption trends for heavy-duty vehicles in Europe
The EU is about to propose new standards to limit CO2 emissions from heavy-duty vehicles. Some manufacturers are still trying to persuade policy makers that regs aren’t necessary because truck fuel-efficiency really is improving significantly on its own. Don’t be fooled; on average, it isn’t.
A heavy-duty economic growth engine
If you want to stimulate growth in the U.S. economy, you could find a lot worse places to start than with a policy that will drive technology innovation in the freight sector and cut the fuel costs from on-road goods movement more than a third by 2030.
Europe should set binding CO2 reduction targets for trucks
Putting a CO2 performance standard for new HDVs in place would change the trajectory of on-road freight emissions for years to come. No other policy alternative can rival it in effectiveness.
Defeat device testing in the EU: So far, not so good
The post-VW vehicle testing by Germany, the UK, and France suggest that defeat devices are being employed in Europe that have yet to be detected. But further testing is needed if the goal is to independently determine the actual cause of the high emissions.