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When developing life-cycle assessment (#LCA) guidelines, the #IMO has an opportunity to address this—by limiting high-ILUC-risk feedstocks through assessing their global market effects, using science-based metrics. ✅
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Indirect land-use change (#ILUC) happens when biofuel production displaces food crops, driving agricultural expansion elsewhere. This is the single most important factor influencing the life-cycle emissions of biofuels.

🚢 Today, ICCT Fuels Program Lead Chelsea Baldino spoke at #ISWGGHG21 in London on why global safeguards against indirect land-use change must be part of the International Maritime Organization's Net-Zero Framework—or crop-based marine biofuels could drive up emissions. ⚠️ 📣 @imohq.bsky.social

Fast-tracking the Eurovignette Directive: How road-toll exemptions can accelerate zero-emission truck adoption - International Council on Clean Transportation Implementing the Eurovignette Directive can help EU Member States narrow the cost gap between diesel and electric trucks and speed up the adoption of zero-emission vehicles.

Reducing Europe’s reliance on diesel in road freight requires closing the cost gap with electric #trucks. The EU’s Eurovignette Directive could be the missing piece of the puzzle in many markets. 🧩🇪🇺

Our latest blog explores how countries can make use of the Directive ⬇️

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In Poland 🇵🇱, the same exemption reduces the TCO gap for regional trucks from 17.7% to 7.4%, and for long-haul trucks from 33.6% to 21.2%.

With maximum CO₂ charges, model year 2030 long-haul electric trucks could be 10.7% cheaper than diesel.

In France 🇫🇷 a 100% toll exemption makes model year 2026 electric regional trucks 3.7% cheaper than diesel, and long-haul trucks 4.9% cheaper.

When combined with maximum CO₂ charges, the benefits grow: Model year 2030 electric long-haul trucks have a 24.5% lower TCO than diesel in France.

Road tolls and CO2 charges: Impact on the total cost of ownership of trucks in Europe

The EU’s Eurovignette Directive allows CO₂-based tolls and zero-emission truck exemptions.

ICCT modeling for 2026 and 2030 trucks over a 5-year service period shows it can substantially lower electric trucks’ total cost of ownership 🚛💰

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Using the Netherlands🇳🇱 as a case study, we find that for an e-kerosene facility that produces 50,000 tonnes SAF per year, all assessed policy options combined can bring down the price of e-kerosene from €4.23/L to €2.21/L, a 48% reduction.

These fuels currently cost 4–10 times more than fossil kerosene—which the EU Commission seeks to address by exploring revenue certainty mechanisms.

But Member States don’t have to wait.

Recent ICCT analysis assesses how existing policy levers can already help bring down costs. 💰️

✈️ By combining existing policy levers, EU Member States can narrow the cost gap between fossil kerosene and the sustainable aviation fuels needed to meet EU targets:

➡️ Cellulosic fuels made from solid waste or agricultural residues

➡️ E-kerosene produced through electrolytic hydrogen + captured CO₂

Beyond the rhetoric: The plug-in hybrid mirage and the myth of China’s “playbook”

Can “technology-neutral” policies support Europe’s EV transition — or are they a convenient myth? 🚗⚡

These questions sit at the heart of today’s political discussions in Europe’s electric vehicle transition, particularly when talking about plug-in hybrids.

Road transport is a major source of air pollution in European cities. 🚗💨

The European Parliament has now an opportunity to improve this with the #RoadworthinessPackage revision.

It can make remote sensing mandatory as proposed by the European Commission.

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European Car Market Monitor: February 2026 - International Council on Clean Transportation European market monitor for cars and vans offers data on new registrations and estimates of manufacturers’ compliance with CO2 emission targets in February 2026.

Europe’s car market monitor is out 🚗⚡ #ICCTMarketMonitor

In February 2026, new battery electric vehicles (BEVs) reached a 19% market share across Europe 🇪🇺, a 3-percentage point increase compared with a year ago.

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Race to zero: European heavy-duty vehicle market development quarterly (January–December 2025) - International Council on Clean Transportation Analyzes manufacturers’ market readiness to develop and deploy zero-emission trucks and buses in Europe in 2025.

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🚐 🚌 Some segments show closer alignment. By end of 2025, ZE shares for medium trucks & vans were nearly identical: 22% in China and 21% in the EU. For urban buses, China has maintained ~100% ZE since 2021, while the EU increased rapidly from under 25% in 2023 to 58% in 2025.

Trucks show the largest difference. 🚛The EU reached a 2.7% ZE share in Q4 2025. China's ZE share rose from 6% in 2023 to 29% in 2025, supported by decreases in vehicle prices, widening diesel, LNG and electricity cost differences, and policies targeting industrial sectors like steel, power & cement.

The EU reached a 2.7% ZE share in Q4 2025. China's ZE share rose from 6% in 2023 to 29% in 2025, supported by decreases in vehicle prices, widening diesel, LNG and electricity cost differences, and policies targeting industrial sectors like steel, power & cement.

Europe's zero-emission (ZE) truck & bus sector is growing steadily. How does it compare to China, where ZE adoption has accelerated rapidly?

Our new heavy-duty market monitor provides a data comparison 🇪🇺 🇨🇳

Race to zero: European heavy-duty vehicle market development quarterly (January–December 2025)

In 2025, Europe saw a growing number of zero-emission trucks and buses 🇪🇺 While overall truck and bus sales in the EU declined slightly, registrations of zero-emission models are picking up.

The ICCT’s latest monitor is out, covering the full year of 2025:

European Car Market Monitor: January 2026 - International Council on Clean Transportation Market Spotlight

All data & insights available in ICCT's latest market monitor 📊⬇️

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Europe's battery electric car share hit 19% in January 2026, up 3 percentage points from Jan 2025. 📈

Germany🇩🇪 stood at 22% and France🇫🇷 at 28%, while Poland🇵🇱 tripled its share to 9%.

Fleet-average CO₂ emissions from January 2025-2026 stood at 97 g/km, 4 grams away from the 2025–2027 EU target 🎯

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Reducing the cost gap for sustainable aviation fuel through policy intervention: A case study of the Netherlands - International Council on Clean Transportation Examines the role of policy interventions in closing the cost gap between sustainable aviation fuels and conventional fossil kerosene through a case study in the Netherlands.

How can EU Member States reduce the cost gap between sustainable aviation fuels (#SAF) and fossil kerosene?

New ICCT research assesses national and EU policy levers to support production of synthetic e-kerosene and cellulosic SAF—fuels needed to meet future EU targets.⬇️

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🚨Don’t miss our webinar on how to close the cost gap between #SAF and fossil kerosene in the EU—there’s still time to register! The session will present new research, explore policy recommendations for Member States, and include a Q&A with ICCT experts.

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Electric truck batteries: The bigger, the better? - International Council on Clean Transportation In this blog we dive into a key question for electric freight trucking in Europe: are fleet operators oversizing (and overpaying for) their electric truck batteries?

Is bigger always better when it comes to electric truck batteries? 🚚⚡

In our latest blog, we dive into a key question for electric freight trucking in Europe: are fleet operators oversizing (and overpaying for) their electric truck batteries?

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Join us for an upcoming webinar on closing the cost gap between sustainable aviation fuels and fossil kerosene in the European Union!

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⚡🇪🇺 Europe’s largest car markets continued their upward trend in electric vehicle registrations in January.

🇫🇷 France recorded the highest BEV market share among the five largest markets, reaching more than 28%.

Learn more on Europe's EV market at #ICCTMarketMonitor
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Elektromobilität und soziale Teilhabe in Deutschland - International Council on Clean Transportation Der ICCT-Monitor „Elektromobilität und soziale Teilhabe“ bietet ein statistisches Porträt des Pkw-Markts in Deutschland aus sozialer Sicht.

📊 Weitere Daten und Analysen zur sozialen Dimension der #Antriebswende gibt's im aktuellen ICCT-Monitor „Elektromobilität und soziale Teilhabe“, gefördert von der @stiftungmercator.bsky.social: theicct.org/elektromobil...