Reports
Charging the future: challenges and opportunities for electric vehicle adoption
2018
Author(s): Lee H, Clark A
Electric vehicles (EVs) have advanced significantly this decade, owing in part to decreasing battery costs. Yet EVs remain more costly than gasoline fueled vehicles over their useful life. This study analyzes the additional advances that will be needed, if electric vehicles are to significantly penetrate the passenger vehicle fleet.
Financing clean energy transitions in emerging and developing economies
2021
Author(s): International Energy Agency
The report aims to address the challenge of mobilising investment and finance to support clean energy transitions in the emerging and developing world. This is based on detailed analysis of successful projects and initiatives, including almost 50 real-world case studies – across clean power, efficiency and electrification, as well as transitions for fuels and emissions-intensive sectors – in countries ranging from Brazil to Indonesia and from Senegal to Bangladesh.
Accelerating to zero: speeding up the decarbonization of heavy-duty vehicles in the EU
2021
Author(s): Xylia M, Gong J, Olsson O, Johnson FX
The objective of this report is to analyse the current status and outlook for decarbonization of the heavy-duty vehicle sector in the EU. The authors focus on developments over the coming 10 years, and how much the sector’s emissions could be reduced through energy efficiency improvements, electrification, and increased biofuel deployment.
Handbook: e-rickshaw deployment in Indian cities
2019
Author(s): Shandilya N, Saini V, Ghorpade AR
This handbook is a comprehensive document which provides an overview of Electric Vehicle (EV) policies, subsidies, schemes, growth of e-rickshaws in cities. It also highlights the benefits, drawbacks and operational challenges and impact of these rickshaws for cities mobility. The report ends with a FAQ section which tries to answer the questions, queries, processes, decisions and approaches that cities can take for deployment of E-rickshaws.
Used vehicles and the environment:-a global overview of used light duty vehicles: update and progress 2021
2021
Author(s): United Nations Environment Programme
The export of used light duty vehicles (LDVs) has increased significantly. In 2015, 3.4 million used LDVs were exported globally, by 2019 this had increased to 4.8 million. Most likely due to the covid-19 pandemic, there was a reduction of used LDVs in 2020 to 4 million. This report gives updated and new information to the 2020 UNEP report, “Global Overview on Used Light Duty Vehicles: Flows, Scale, and Regulations”.
Used vehicles and the environment: a global overview of used light duty vehicles - flow, scale and regulation
2020
Author(s): United Nations Environment Programme
The study shows that the global fleet of light duty vehicles (LDVs) is set to at least double by 2050. Some 90 per cent of this growth will take place in non-OECD countries which import a large number of used vehicles. Despite the critical role they play in road accidents, air pollution, and efforts to mitigate climate change there are currently no regional or global agreements on the trade and flow in used vehicles.
Transforming trucking in India: pathways to zero-emission truck deployment
2022
Author(s): NITI Aayog, RMI
This report outlines the economic case for scaling ZET adoption and presents a blend of near-term and long-term strategies and solutions including policy, financing, access to charging, and technology innovation that can enable India to capitalize on the far-reaching benefits of a zero-emissions trucking future. The report also shows that the estimated total cost of ownership for medium-duty ZETs under a mature production scenario is lower than diesel trucks and could feasibly reach parity in the heavy-duty truck segment by 2027.
Shifting gears: the evolving electric vehicle (EV) landscape in India
2020
Author(s): KPMG Assurance and Consulting Services LLP
The report provides an understanding of segment wise propensity to transition to EVs by analyzing use cases and Total Cost of Ownership, and estimates the EV penetration by 2025 and 2030. It evaluates the policy framework and the readiness of the enabling ecosystem for EVs i.e. charging infrastructure, ownership models, localization of production, financing, and recycling.
Use of electric vehicles to transform mass transportation in India
2018
Author(s): PricewaterhouseCoopers Private Limited
This report elaborates on the imperatives for transportation through a sustainable electric vehicle transport system by the adoption of a transformation strategy relating to use of electric vehicles in mass transportation, the penetration of drivers of electric vehicles and the future of e-Mobility in India. These measures will go a long way in fulfilling the nation’s promise of reducing carbon intensity and achieving sustainability to improve the quality of life of its inhabitants.
Antigua and Barbuda: renewable energy roadmap
2021
Author(s): International Renewable Energy Agency
The Roadmap charts a path for the Government of Antigua and Barbuda, providing options for achieving a 100% renewable energy share in both the power and transport sectors.