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2025 Passenger car and light commercial vehicle powertrain technology analysis
Reports the results of simulation modeling and “tear-down” cost estimates of vehicle fuel-efficiency technologies, focused on the European fleet and using a 2025 time horizon, performed for the ICCT by the engineering consultancy FEV.
On-road testing of CO2 and exhaust emissions from Euro 6 passenger cars in the EU
Summarizes results from on-road testing of seven Euro 6-regulated gasoline and diesel vehicles carried out by Emissions Analytics between 2015 and 2016 concerning emissions of carbon monoxide (CO), carbon dioxide (CO2), nitric oxide (NO), nitrogen dioxide (NO2), and particulates.
Aviation fuel efficiency technology assessment (AFETA)
Independent, transparent estimates of the incremental benefits and costs of applying fuel-burn-reducing technology packages to new aircraft in the near- and mid-term.
Strengthening the regulation of defeat devices in the European Union
Legal note from Défense Terre analyzing the U.S. vehicle emissions regulation and associated guidance documentation and proposing areas where the European Union’s type approval framework text could benefit from improved language.
Assessing real-world CO2 emissions using simulation and PEMS data
A feasibility study of evaluating real-world CO2 emissions from light duty vehicles using generic simulation models, as a means of extending on-road testing to also cover fuel consumption and CO2 emissions.
Analysis of the current development of household UCO collection systems in the EU
Explores the potential for improving home collection of used cooking oil for biodiesel production in the EU.
Sustainability criteria for biofuels made from land and non-land based feedstocks
Prepares a proposal for a set of sustainability criteria that could be integrated into post-2020 EU legislation as a way to guarantee the sustainability of the next phase of the development of alternative fuels in Europe.
Leveling the playing field for novel fuel technologies
As part of the European Climate Foundation’s Biofrontiers project, Défense Terre was asked to analyze the regulatory treatment of thirteen novel fuel technologies or “NFTs” in the EU and U.S.
Assessing progress towards implementation of the ILUC Directive
Inventory of the status of Member States’ progress on implementing key elements of Directive 2015/1513 amending the RED and FQD as well as the FQD implementing directive (Directive 2015/652).