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The study indicates the utilization of a solar system in North Africa, expressed as equivalent full load hours, with an order of magnitude of over 2300 hours per year, while in Germany this is less than 1000 hours.

In January 2021, new passenger car registrations were 29% lower than compared to one year earlier. The decrease was strongest for Hyundai (-37%) and lowest for BMW (-18%).

The analysis evaluates tailpipe CO2 emissions from light-duty and heavy-duty vehicles in the EU from 2020 to 2050 under currently adopted policies and three new policy scenarios: lower ambition, moderate ambition, and higher ambition.

Students from low-income communities are particularly exposed to air pollution. 60% of students from low-income families ride the bus to school, compared to 45% of students from families with higher incomes.

ICCT is currently undertaking an analysis of the key transport energy and emissions models for India that have been developed by research organizations with well-established modeling frameworks.

The Volkswagen Group presented its technology roadmap for batteries and charging up to 2030 on its first Power Day. The goal of the roadmap is to significantly reduce the complexity and cost of the battery in order to make the electric car attractive and viable for as many people as possible.

This study focuses on the scenarios that incorporate policy interventions that could help decarbonize the sector. Besides the Business-As-Usual (BAU), there were typically two kinds of alternate scenarios incorporated in the models which were analyzed: the Moderate effort and the High Ambition.

In January 2021, new passenger car registrations were 29% lower. The decrease was strongest for Hyundai (-37%) and lowest for BMW (-18%). The total share of electric vehicles was 14%, split between 6% battery-electric and 8% plug-in hybrid electric vehicles.

In the debate about automation towards driverless cars, ethical, safety-related and legal issues have so far been in the foreground. The impact on the traffic turnaround and thus on the climate and the environment, on the other hand, has remained a subordinate issue.