Climate Change

What matters is not the promise of electric vehicles but the actuality

What matters is not the promise of electric vehicles but the actuality

Friday 18 September 2015 saw Dieselgate break.  This was the culmination of a growing dissonance between real-world nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions and official values for cars and vans.  The rupture was created by governments picking a technology, for the purposes of decarbonisation, where too much was taken on trust within a fragile governance system.

The inevitability of hybridisation?

The inevitability of hybridisation?

While the direction of vehicle powertrain policy and strategy is firmly oriented towards full battery electric vehicles (BEVs), the results of Emissions Analytics’ latest testing and lifecycle modelling suggests that hybridisation may prove to be the dominant outcome, whether intended or not.

Are diesels done for?

Are diesels done for?

As the government loses a second high court ruling brought by ClientEarth, many are now sounding the death knell for diesel cars. Not so fast, says Emissions Analytics, diesels can be clean and govenments are highly unlikely to give up the greenhouse gas advantage of diesel in the short- or medium-term.