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Reducing India’s road transport CO2 emissions
In this Chart of the Week, Megha Kumar outlines several decarbonization strategies and how they could reduce CO2 emissions from road transport in India by 2050. The chart shows the kinds of reductions that are possible with more ambitious and aggressive transport policy.
Market analysis of heavy-duty vehicles in India for fiscal years 2019–20 and 2020–21
Analyzes the heavy-duty vehicle market in India in the first fiscal year of sales under Bharat Stage (BS) VI regulations and the last year of sales under the previous BS IV regulations.
Summing up: What’s the potential for India to set a sectoral target for road transport CO2 emissions in its NDC?
India could strengthen its NDC by adding a sectoral target for road transport CO2 emissions, and there is big potential in aggressive policy.
COVID-19’s impact on India’s road transport business-as-usual emissions trajectory
A look at two very different post-COVID futures for India’s road transport emissions.
Decarbonizing India’s road transport sector: Shouldn’t we aim higher?
Even the High Ambition scenarios in India’s road transport models are far from the limit in terms of what the country can achieve.
Vehicle electrification in India: On ambition and timing
Electrification is a key component of any future in which the growth in India’s road transport emissions is reversed.
Fuel consumption from new passenger cars in India: Manufacturers’ performance in fiscal year 2019–20
Examines the fuel consumption performance of new passenger vehicles sold in India in fiscal year 2019–20 and considers the impact of flexibility mechanisms offered under fuel consumption standards.
The evolution of commercial vehicles in China: A retrospective evaluation of fuel consumption standards and recommendations for the future
Quantitative, ex-post assessment of the effects of the first two stages of China’s fuel consumption standards for heavy-duty vehicles.
Time for intervention: What do the mitigation scenarios look like for India’s road transport emissions?
Differing emissions trajectories among the High Ambition modeling scenarios highlight the need to implement the most ambitious mitigation efforts to decarbonize India’s road transport sector.
What’s the “business as usual” future for road transport in India?
Models of India’s road transport sector all show sharply increased energy use and emissions by 2050 if we continue on with “business as usual.”