THE INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL ON CLEAN TRANSPORTATION INC

PASSENGER VEHICLES/ELECTRIC VEHICLES:THE LIGHT-DUTY VEHICLE (LDV) SECTOR WHICH INCLUDES PASSENGER CARS, LIGHT TRUCKS AND VANS, MOTORCYCLES, SCOOTERS, AND OTHER TWO- AND THREE-WHEELED VEHICLES ACCOUNTS FOR ABOUT A THIRD OF GLOBAL OIL DEMAND AND PRODUCE ABOUT HALF OF ALL TRANSPORTATION-RELATED GREENHOUSE GAS (GHG) EMISSIONS. ICCT'S PASSENGER VEHICLES PROGRAM ANALYZES AND IDENTIFIES THE TECHNOLOGIES AND PUBLIC POLICIES THAT ARE MOST EFFECTIVE AT ELIMINATING CARBON AND OTHER HARMFUL EMISSIONS FROM LDVS. WHILE EFFICIENCY STANDARDS HAVE REDUCED EMISSIONS FROM CONVENTIONAL LDVS, OTHER POLLUTANTS LIKE SULFUR OXIDES, NITROGEN OXIDES, AND PARTICULATES STILL POSE SIGNIFICANT HEALTH AND CLIMATE RISKS. ICCT RESEARCH HELPS IDENTIFY AND ANALYZE ADDITIONAL PUBLIC POLICY ACTIONS THAT COULD STRENGTHEN STANDARDS AND HELP ENSURE CAR MANUFACTURERS DEVELOP AND DEPLOY THE LATEST TECHNOLOGIES TO FIGHT CLIMATE CHANGE.ELECTRIFICATION IS CENTRAL TO THE ICCT'S PASSENGER VEHICLE (PV) PROGRAM. ICCT RESEARCH SUPPORTS AN ACCELERATED TRANSITION TO ZERO-EMISSION VEHICLES (ZEVS) AND A THRIVING ELECTRIC VEHICLE (EV) MARKET. ICCT REPORTS PROVIDE IN-DEPTH SUMMARIES AND ANALYSES OF EV TRENDS, INCLUDING THE LATEST BATTERY TECHNOLOGIES AND THE DEPLOYMENT OF CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE; HOW REGULATIONS, TAX INCENTIVES, AND NONFISCAL POLICIES HELP DRIVE THE EV MARKET; AND COMPARISONS OF POLICY APPROACHES FROM AROUND THE WORLD TO IDENTIFY BEST PRACTICES. FOR EXAMPLE, THE ICCT PRODUCED THE GLOBAL AUTOMAKER RATING TO ASSESS HOW THE WORLD'S LARGEST AUTO MANUFACTURERS ARE PROGRESSING IN THE TRANSITION TO EVS.

HEAVY-DUTY VEHICLES/ELECTRIC VEHICLES:MOST HEAVY-DUTY VEHICLES (HDVS), INCLUDING BUSES AND TRUCKS, RELY ON DIESEL ENGINES THAT EMIT DANGEROUS LEVELS OF PARTICULATES, NITROGEN OXIDES, AND OTHER POLLUTANTS. PEOPLE EXPOSED TO HDV EMISSIONS ARE DISPROPORTIONATELY MORE LIKELY TO BE PEOPLE OF COLOR OR TO RESIDE IN LOWER-INCOME HOUSEHOLDS. ICCT RESEARCH FOCUSES ON STRATEGIES INCLUDING VOLUNTARY MEASURES, INCENTIVES, AND MANDATES TO DECARBONIZE AND ELECTRIFY THE GLOBAL HDV FLEET. THE ICCT ALSO IDENTIFIES THE MOST COST-EFFECTIVE AND IMPACTFUL SOLUTIONS THROUGH A VARIETY OF RESEARCH METHODOLOGIES, INCLUDING TOTAL COST OF OWNERSHIP (TCO) ANALYSES AND CASE STUDIES ON BATTERY SWAPPING AND OTHER TECHNOLOGIES. THE ICCT CONTRIBUTES ITS PRACTICAL EXPERTISE TO GOVERNMENTS, MANUFACTURERS, AND FLEET OPERATORS TO HELP DEVELOP A CLEANER AND ELECTRIFIED HDV SECTOR.