Abstract: Der Deutsche Verkehrssektor emittiert knapp 160 Mio. t CO2 pro Jahr (d.h. 18% der gesamtwirtschaftlichen Emissionen) und trägt bisher am geringsten zum Erreichen der Emissionsminderungsziele bei. Um die Anreize zur Emissionsminderung beim Hauptverursacher im Verkehrssektor, dem...

As road transport is responsible for a major part of greenhouse gas emissions, broad diffusion of electric vehicles (EV), in combination with electricity generated from "clean" energy sources, can contribute to reducing overall CO2 emissions significantly. EV include plug-in hybrid electric...

For cutting down greenhouse gas emissions in road transport, core economic measures are relying on the response to increasing fuel prices—i.e., the fuel price elasticity. A focal point of the effectiveness of these measures is the heterogeneity in fuel price elasticities of different vehicle...

In the European Union (EU) and in Germany the transport sector is the only sector with increasing CO2 emissions (in the EU by about 32% and in Germany by about 1% since 1990). Especially in road freight and air transport a further strong increase is forecasted. In the transport sector this might...