CLEANER-DRIVE - Use and integration of new-generation vehicles and radically improved propulsion systems in the transport system
Overview
Background & policy context:
CLEANER-DRIVE is a 3-year collaborative research project supported by the European Commission DG Transport and Energy.
Objectives:
CLEANER-DRIVE aims to exploit the experiences, stakeholder contacts and market influence of national programmes to overcome barriers to the introduction of cleaner vehicles in Europe. One of the key objectives of CLEANER-DRIVE is to develop a robust European methodology for vehicle environmental rating that draws attention to cleaner vehicles and technologies, and to pilot its use in a web-based tool.
Methodology:
Cleaner Drive’s car environmental rating system considers all the major emissions released from cars’ exhausts (tailpipe emissions) as well as from fuel production and supply (fuel cycle emissions) and combines them to give each car a single overall environmental score. Environmental scores are shown as numbers between 1 and 100 – the higher the number the cleaner the car. The rating system considers greenhouse gas emissions, i.e. those that contribute to global warming, and ‘air quality’ emissions, i.e. those that are detrimental to human health and ecosystems.
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