We use micro-level data on fuel consumption, mileage, and travel mode to study plug-in hybrid drivers’ response to fuel prices. When fuel prices rise, plug-in hybrids reduce fuel consumption more than gasoline and diesel cars. They do not reduce their mileage but increase electric recharging,...

This paper considers whether the California Air Resources Board, in implementing regulations to achieve the greenhouse gas reduction goals of the AB32 legislation, should include motor vehicle fuels as part of a cap-and-trade program. Its conclusion is that it is of importance to do so. While...

This paper provides a comprehensive evaluation of the world’s largest environmental tax reform. We compare carbon and air pollutant emissions of the German transport sector and synthetic counterfactuals following the 1999 eco-tax reform, and find average reductions in external damages of...

This report analyses the factors influencing fuel consumption and CO2 emissions of passenger cars in real-world operating conditions. Their effect generates the divergence between the officially reported fuel consumption and the one experienced by the drivers.

A specific service request has been issued by the EC under Framework Service Contract CLIMA.C.2/FRA/2013/0007. The work under this contract, managed by TNO, has the objective to identify, define and assess options for Certification, Validation, and Reporting and Monitoring of fuel consumption...

The Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission, the European Council for Automotive R&D (EUCAR), and CONCAWE jointly completed this vehicle test programme to investigate the effect of oxygenates in gasoline on the fuel consumption, regulated emissions, and particle emissions of three...

The Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission, the European Council for Automotive R&D (EUCAR), and CONCAWE jointly completed this vehicle test programme to investigate the effect of oxygenates in gasoline on the fuel consumption, regulated emissions, and particle emissions of three...