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Vehicle efficiency improvements vastly insufficient to achieve Paris goals says new GFEI report in urgent call for policy action
Urgent action is needed by policymakers to reduce CO2 emissions from vehicles globally says the new benchmarking report ‘Vehicle fuel economy in major markets 2005-2019’ for the Global Fuel Economy Initiative (GFEI) by partner the International Energy Agency (IEA).
Projecting international Plug-In Electric Vehicle adoption: Is the recent past a Prologue for the future?
GFEI’s Working Paper 21 explores the trends in electric vehicle sales and examines what insights the trends in sales from 2010 to 2017 give for the future.
India cannot afford to delay fuel efficiency vehicles regulations, says CSE report
The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), a local GFEI partner based in India, has released new analysis reviewing the country’s fuel efficiency standards.
ICCT paper for ZEV Transition Council shows EVs have lowest emissions
GFEI partner the ICCT has conducted a wide-ranging new life-cycle assessment (LCA) of the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from a variety of passenger car powertrains and fuels.
ITF: Clean vehicles report provides in-depth analysis and policy recommendations
A new report by GFEI partner the International Transport Forum (ITF) identifies technologies capable of helping transition road transport to clean vehicles in a cost-effective manner.
ICCT update on government targets for phasing out new sales of ICE passenger cars
GFEI partner the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) has recently published a global overview of all targets announced (as of June 2021) for phasing out of the sale or registration of new internal combustion engine (ICE) passenger cars.
GEF support for UNEP to support 17 further countries in the transition to electric vehicles
GFEI partner the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is ramping up its support developing countries to transition to electric vehicles, as part of a new Global Environment Facility (GEF) project.
UNEP continues to raise issue of used vehicles flows to developing countries
GFEI partner the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) continues to influence vehicle policy in developing countries, recently drawing attention to the need to manage global flows of used vehicles.
IEA launches first comprehensive Net Zero energy roadmap
GFEI partner the IEA has launched new analysis that sets out government actions to rapidly reduce emissions by 2050.
IEA: EVs set for impressive growth, but more efforts needed to meet climate goals
A new report from GFEI partner the IEA reveals that by the end of 2020 there were 10 million electric cars on the world’s roads.