Emissions

Efforts by the Trump administration to roll back the U.S. fuel economy standards set by the previous administration were confirmed with the release of the Safer Affordable Fuel-Efficient (SAFE) Vehicles Rule on 31 March 2020. The new regulation revises the standard that applies to passenger cars, pickup trucks and SUVs and will affect vehicles starting […]

  Commercial vehicles can require large volumes of stored energy to propel them over extended distances. The trade-off between an electric battery’s added weight and volume, and the storage space available for freight has long been identified as a barrier in the electrification of commercial vehicles. Maximising the energy batteries can hold for a given […]

Australia is home to a population of 25 million people and, with a gross domestic product (GDP) of AUD1.69 trillion (USD1.19 trillion) as of 2017, is the 13th-largest national economy by nominal GDP. In 2018, Australia registered the largest median wealth per adult, derived from a total net worth of Australian households of AUD8.8912 trillion […]

The European Commission recently uncovered new evidence of deceit on CO2 emissions tests. A letter and explanatory “non-paper” sent by commissioners Miguel Arias Cañete and Elzbieta Bienkowska to the Austrian presidency of the EU, the Chair of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health, and Food Safety, and the lead Member of Parliament on new […]

Mandatory emission reduction targets for European vehicles come into effect in less than three years. By 2021, phased in from 2020, fleet averages for all new cars must not exceed 95 grams of carbon dioxide (CO2) per kilometer. For many auto manufacturers, achieving the 2021 target remains a challenge with some still looking around for […]

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) last December approved a USD 663 million low-carbon transportation plan to increase the use of clean cars, heavy-duty trucks, buses and freight equipment. The funding will help the state cut climate-changing gases while promoting technologies that reduce harmful diesel emissions, particularly in disadvantaged and low-income communities. CARB oversees all […]

  Compiled from staff reports During the 10th International Symposium on Fuels and Lubricants (ISFL-2016) held in Delhi, India, in April, two most discussed topics were the forthcoming emission norms of BS VI, which is equivalent to Euro VI, in 2020 and the fuel economy mandates for passenger cars which start in April 2017 and […]