Online event with Vanchhit Johri (German Chancellor Fellow), Amit Bhatt (ICCT) and Christian Hochfeld (Agora Verkehrswende)

This webinar presented the results of an ICCT study of the total cost of ownership (TCO) of fuel cell electric trucks (FCETs) in France, the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, and Poland, home to more than 75% of HDV registrations in the EU in 2020.

The video “Transport Sector at Crossroads – The Indian Story” was made to showcase the Indian transport sector scenario to the world in the Transport and Climate Change (TCC) Week 2021.

As part of the European Green Deal’s target of a climate neutral European Union by2050, the transport sector is called on to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by90% compared to 1990, and ICCT’s projections show that a large part of this reduction needs to come from passenger cars.

A variety of technologies for reducing new passenger car type-approval CO2  emission levels are available, including efficiency improvements of combustion engine vehicles and transitioning to electric vehicles.

With introduction of the EU’s first CO2 standard for new passenger cars, official type-approval emissions decreased at a rate of about 3.5% per year, compared to about 1.2% prior to regulation.

The presentation “International Review on Integration of Electric Vehicles charging infrastructure with distribution grid” by Prof. Zakir Rather, IIT Bombay focussed on the topics covered in the report that includes countries analysed in detail, EV policies, EV demand and charging infrastructure status, grid Integration of EV, and case studies (demonstrations and commercial implementation). . The presentation was held during the e-launch of the first two reports from the project “Integration of Electric Vehicles Charging Infrastructure with Distribution Grid: Global Review, India’s Gap Analyses and Way Forward”. 

The presentation on “Fundamentals of Electric Vehicle Charging Technology and its Grid Integration” by Prof Pablo Frias, IIT Comillas, Spain focussed on the topics covered in the report that includes fundamentals of EV charging technology, interoperability, challenges of grid integration of EVs, grid support from EVs, and smart charging & cyber security. The presentation was held during the e-launch of the first two reports from the project “Integration of Electric Vehicles Charging Infrastructure with Distribution Grid: Global Review, India’s Gap Analyses and Way Forward”. 

The “Clean Vehicles Directive” (CVD) of the European Union sets binding minimum targets for the first time for the purchase of new low-emission and CO 2 -free buses in local public transport. 

Among transportation subsectors, on-road diesel vehicles are the leading contributor to air pollution and associated disease burdens. Within that group, heavy-duty vehicles are the main contributor to exhaust emissions, accounting for 86% of on-road diesel nitrogen oxides (NOx) emissions in 2015.