Evaluation of CO2-regulation measures for light freight vehicles beyond 2020
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From 2014 to 2017
TML contributed to the economic and environmental impact assessment of possible design options for CO2 regulations for cars and light goods vehicles, based on the MOVEET and EDIP models, to analyse the impact on the transport market and social equity to support new binding emission targets.
As road transport accounts for 80% of transport emissions within the EU, it is important to drastically reduce them. For light goods vehicles, binding emission targets have already been set by the European Commission, in measures for passenger vehicles and vans (443/2009 and 510/2011 respectively). Both measures contribute greatly to the 60% standard.
However, for the period after 2020, additional policy measures were needed to meet the greenhouse gas emission targets. Moreover, it was necessary to set new binding emission targets for light goods vehicles.
The overall objective of this project was to screen possible design options for CO2 regulations for cars and light goods vehicles. We also calculated the likely impact for each of the design options. Those options are based on the following elements:
- The development of a powertrain technology scenario and evaluation of new technologies.
- An evaluation of the appropriate target level.
- An evaluation of modalities and the exploration of a combination of modalities.
- An evaluation of the economic impact, including effects in terms of competitive neutrality and social equity and a macroeconomic evaluation at European level.
- An environmental impact evaluation.
TML contributed to the economic and environmental impact evaluation, mainly supported by the results of the MOVEET and EDIP models.
MOVEET was used to estimate impacts on the transport market, including transport demand, fleet composition, and, related to this, emissions from light goods vehicles and their energy consumption.
EDIP was used to estimate the social equity impacts of the proposed regulatory measures.
