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What do superhero duos and EU climate policy have in common? Both fall apart when one partner doesn't show up. 🦸 Our new staff blog looks at the duo soon teaming up to fight CO₂ emissions from Europe's road transport: the CO₂ standards for cars and vans, and the ETS2. 🔗 theicct.org/weakening-eu...

What could changes to EU's car and van CO2 standards mean for emissions, consumer costs, and zero-emission vehicle uptake? 🇪🇺🚗 Join ICCT experts at our upcoming webinar on the proposed changes, followed by a live Q&A. 🗓️ November 2, 15:00 PM CET 🔗 Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

🇪🇺 Europe’s battery electric car registrations reached a 31% market share in September. 🚗⚡ This brings the year-to-date average share to 24%, a 7-percentage-point compared with the same period last year. #ICCTMarketMonitor

theicct.orgEuropean Car Market Monitor: September 2026 - International Council on Clean TransportationIn September 2026, 31% of new vehicles in Europe were battery electric. This brings the average share for January–September 2026 to 24%, a 7-percentage-point or 45% increase over the same period in 20...

In September, BEV sales rose 69% compared with the same period last year. Germany and France recorded sharp increases of 95% and 108%, respectively. Spain also saw strong growth, with sales rising by 71%. Learn more👉 theicct.org/publication/...

Did you know some of the most rapid battery EV uptake is happening outside the world’s major car markets? Our new blog has the latest global data on BEV registrations, sales shares and growth—with impressive stats from markets like Vietnam, Indonesia, and Thailand! 🔗 theicct.org/the-next-wav...

Europe’s dependence on oil imports is strongly intertwined with the future of the CO2 standards for cars.🇪🇺 🚗 The current CO2 standards for cars would cut the import dependency of energy used by cars and vans in Europe from 94% to 30% by 2050. But other scenarios offer diverging trajectories.👇

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Petrol cars need 3x more energy than fully electric cars to cover 1 km. The ICCT’s modelling reveals the economic risks Europe faces as the European Parliament and Council negotiate the future of the CO2 standards.

In 2050, Europe’s annual oil import bill for cars and vans would reach 11 billion euros under current standards, versus 82 billion euros under the Salini report. Read more👉 lnkd.in/ecMEdqYq

The flexibilities included in the Salini report, the draft proposed by the rapporteur of the European Parliament environment committee, would only reduce it to 81%.❗ This gap stems from Europe’s structural dependence on oil imports for road transport and the efficiency gap between technologies.

🚨 There is still time to register for our upcoming webinar where ICCT and Fraunhofer ISI researchers will discuss forecasting Europe’s electric truck charging demand with the VESUVIO model. 🗓️ Oct 22, 14:00 CET 🔗 Register now: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

How are sustainable aviation fuels progressing in Europe, and is the market keeping pace with regulation? ✈️ 🇪🇺 #SAF At the 2026 Transport Policy Conference by @euractiv.com, Jane O'Malley, ICCT Interim Fuels Program Lead, spoke on this topic. 🎬 Watch the discussion: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mvp3...

theicct.orgClearing the air: Unpacking the role of sustainable aviation fuels   - International Council on Clean TransportationAs governments and industry work toward this target, sustainable aviation fuels (SAFs) have emerged as a primary strategy for reducing emissions from air travel.

📹 Video credit: Rapporteur/@euractiv.com

🔎 Explore the ICCT's research on SAF: theicct.org/unpacking-th...

Electric truck charging demand in Europe will grow strongly over the next two decades, and most of it will be depot-based. 🚛 ⚡ But en-route public charging still matters, especially in transit countries where freight tends to pass through. 🔗 Learn more: theicct.org/publication/...

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Where will electric truck charging demand emerge across Europe? 🇪🇺 Join ICCT and @fraunhoferisi.bsky.social for a webinar on the VESUVIO model and what its findings mean for grid and charging infrastructure planning. 🗓️ Oct 22, 14:00 CEST 🔗 Register now: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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🔌Wo muss die Ladeinfrastruktur für E-Lkw in Europa ausgebaut werden? ➡️ Das Tool VESUVIO zeigt mögliche Engpässe auf. 👉 Dashboard mit @iccteu.bsky.social: purple-forest-070fb5f03.1.azurestaticapps.net ➡️ Pressemeldung: www.isi.fraunhofer.de/de/presse/20...

🇪🇺 Europe’s battery electric car registrations spiked to a 29% market share in August. 🚗⚡ #ICCTMarketMonitor These sales represent an increase of 5 percentage points from the previous month. The two largest markets, Germany (33%) and France (38%), drove most of the growth with record shares.

From January to August, battery electric car registrations continued to grow across Europe’s largest markets except in Poland: • 🇩🇪 Germany: 27% (+9 p.p.) • 🇫🇷 France: 30% (+12 p.p.) • 🇮🇹 Italy: 8% (+3 p.p.) • 🇪🇸 Spain: 10% (+2 p.p.) • 🇵🇱 Poland: 5% (-1 p.p.) theicct.org/publication/...

NEW ANALYSIS: Charging hubs in a small share of locations could cover most energy demand from electric trucks across Europe. 🚛 The ICCT and @fraunhoferisi.bsky.social have quantified charging demand from battery electric trucks across the EU, Norway, Switzerland, and the UK between 2030 and 2045. ⚡

theicct.orgSpatiotemporal analysis of electric truck charging demand in Europe

Charging demand from electric trucks will grow strongly but unevenly, concentrating along freight corridors, motorway intersections, metropolitan areas, and industrial hubs. This allows infrastructure planners to focus on a limited number of hotspots. 📈 Read the report: theicct.org/publication/...

purple-forest-070fb5f03.1.azurestaticapps.netVESUVIO Dashboard: Mapping Electric Truck Charging Demand HotspotsSpatiotemporal analysis of electric truck charging in Europe

🔎 Explore our interactive dashboard with projected weekly charging demand on a granular level by country, year, and electrification scenario: purple-forest-070fb5f03.1.azurestaticapps.net

15 Sept

22% of all passenger cars registered in Europe during the first half of 2026 were battery electric. How does this compare to other markets around the world? 🌎🚗 🔗Download the ICCT’s latest EU market monitor to find out: theicct.org/publication/...

theicct.orgRisks of the fuel crediting system in Europe’s light-duty CO2 standards - International Council on Clean TransportationThis policy brief models the impact of a fuel crediting mechanism under the EU CO2 standards for cars and vans on zero-emission vehicle sales and greenhouse gas emissions.

14 Sept

The European Commission has proposed letting carmakers count the emissions savings of certain renewable fuels toward their 2035 CO₂ targets. This is not without risks: it could effectively weaken targets, keep combustion cars on the roads, and raise fuel prices. ⚠️⬇️ theicct.org/publication/...

⚡🚗 🇪🇺 Electric vehicles accounted for 27% of all cars produced in the European Union in 2025. The share has tripled since 2020, when the European car industry suffered a downturn in production due to the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Since then, EV production has grown, reaching 3MIL units in 2025, while combustion engine car production shrunk from 91% to 72% of the total EU car production. Fully electric car production is driving the shift. On average, battery electric vehicles (BEVs) made up 19% of cars produced in the EU.

theicct.orgPassenger car production and electrification in the European Union - International Council on Clean TransportationThis market monitor presents a descriptive analysis of passenger car production in the European Union (EU), focusing on how production volumes and powertrain composition have evolved across Member Sta...

Thirteen EU countries produced electric cars in 2025. Germany led by volume, followed by Czechia, France, and Spain. 👇 Read the full analysis: theicct.org/publication/...

Thank you to everyone who joined us in Brussels yesterday for the launch of this year’s EV Transition Check✅. The event was organized in partnership with the Irish Presidency of the Council of the EU 2026. If you haven't checked the report yet, here is a link: theicct.org/publication/...

Photo credit: © Elio Germani 2026

7 Sept

🚨NEW: Electric cars are 33% cheaper to drive than gasoline in Europe, while electric trucks are approaching cost parity with diesel. Our second EV Transition Check✅ finds that, as battery costs decrease and fuel prices remain high, EVs are becoming the most cost-effective vehicle choice in Europe.

🚛Battery electric and diesel truck models could reach total cost of ownership parity in the long-haul segment as soon as 2030. 🇩🇪Germany has already crossed that line: thanks to road toll exemptions, a long-haul electric truck already costs 11% less to own and operate than a diesel truck.

theicct.orgEV Transition Check 2026: Measuring progress toward zero emissions for road transport in Europe - International Council on Clean TransportationThis report investigates the gap between real-world and official CO2 emissions of the European passenger car market, using on-board fuel consumption meter data for approximately 8 million cars newly r...

7 Sept

📊 Explore all details in our report theicct.org/publication/... Today in Brussels, we will present the study in an event in partnership with the Irish Presidency of the Council of the EU. The programe is available here: theicct.org/the-ev-trans...

🚗🔌 With the start of the oil crisis in February 2026, the gap has widened further. In early 2026, the energy costs of combustion engine cars rose by 12%–36%, while those of battery electric cars remained largely unchanged.

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3 Sept

Plug-in hybrid cars set to fuel fresh political fight over CO2 standards

dlvr.itPlug-in hybrid cars set to fuel fresh political fight over CO2 standardsGap between official and real-world emissions widens, with drivers apparently reluctant to switch off the petrol engine

3 Sept

The real-world CO2 emissions of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles registered in Europe in 2023 were 4.6x larger than official values. A new ICCT report evaluates the causes for this discrepancy and considers how the European Commission could mitigate this in the future. 🔗 theicct.org/publication/...

theicct.orgEuropean Union CO2 standards for cars and vans: Low-carbon steel credits - International Council on Clean TransportationExamines how the “low-carbon steel” credit mechanism in the EU’s proposed amendments to the CO2 standards for cars and vans can be designed to incentivize fossil-free steel technologies.

1 Sept

The European Commission’s proposed amendments to the CO2 standards for cars and vans include a mechanism for “low-carbon steel” credits. How can this mechanism be designed to to support a fossil-free EU steel industry? 🚗🇪🇺 We've explored this question our latest brief ⬇️ theicct.org/publication/...

theicct.orgEuropean Car Market Monitor: July 2026 - International Council on Clean TransportationThis European market monitor for cars and vans offers data on new registrations and estimates manufacturer compliance with CO2 emission targets in July 2026.

28 Aug

🇪🇺 Europe’s battery electric car registrations recorded a 24% market share in July. For January to July 2026, the market share was 22%, a 5-percentage-point increase compared with the same period in 2025. 🚗⚡ #ICCTMarketMonitor Learn more👉 theicct.org/publication/...

26 Aug

The ICCT is pleased to announce we will be joined by Mr Kurt Vandenberghe and Sigrid Friis MEP at our upcoming report launch: The EV Transition Check 2026. 📍Brussels 📆 September 7, 4pm 🔗Register: theicct.org/the-ev-trans... More speakers to be shared shortly.

theicct.orgAn overview of the global zero-emission medium- and heavy-duty vehicle market

🚨NEW REPORT: Global electric truck and bus sales nearly doubled in 2025, crossing the half-million mark in sales for the first time. Download the full report at: theicct.org/publication/...

🚛 Outside China, electric truck sales remained relatively slow, reaching about 41,000 units sold. Sales in some regions like the EU and India are picking up speed thanks to favorable economics, policies, and wider model availability.

theicct.orgGlobal EV Market Monitor: Trucks and Buses - International Council on Clean TransportationGlobal EV Market Monitor

Explore the dashboard here: theicct.org/global-ev-ma...

theicct.orgAn overview of the global zero-emission medium- and heavy-duty vehicle market

🚨NEW REPORT: Global electric truck and bus sales nearly doubled in 2025, crossing the half-million mark in sales for the first time. Download the full report at: theicct.org/publication/...

🇨🇳 China accounted for close to 90% of the overall global zero-emission sales, with heavy and medium truck sales doubling for second year in row and reaching a nearly 30% market share.

🚌 Electric bus sales expand globally, leading commercial vehicle electrification across most countries and reaching a 17% market share of zero-emission heavy-duty vehicles.

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19 Aug

🚛🚌 Truck and bus enthusiasts👇 Tomorrow, the ICCT will launch an annual report covering truck and bus sales across 34 countries, representing 80% of all commercial vehicle sales globally. It will be paired with an interactive dashboard with quarterly updates to explore market trends. Stay tuned!

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11 Aug

ICCT welcomes Richard Bruce as the ICCT's next CEO, effective Sept. 28! He brings 20+ years of exemplary leadership in international transport decarbonization policy, most recently as Director of the UK's Office for Zero Emission Vehicles. Our global staff are looking forward to what's ahead! #ICCT

31 July

Join us live in Brussels on Sept 7 📣 The ICCT, in partnership with the Irish Presidency of the Council of the EU, is launching the 2026 edition of The EV Transition Check—our annual assessment of progress toward zero-emission road transport in Europe. Learn more & RSVP: theicct.org/the-ev-trans...

theicct.orgRace to Zero: European heavy-duty vehicle market development quarterly (January–June 2026) - International Council on Clean TransportationAnalyzes manufacturers’ market readiness to develop and deploy zero-emission trucks and buses in Europe in the first two quarters of 2026.

30 July

OUT NOW: New data on Europe's truck & bus market 🚚🇪🇺 More than 14,300 new #electric trucks and buses were registered during the first two quarters of 2026—a 40% increase over the first half of 2025. 🔗https://theicct.org/publication/eu-hdv-market-development-quarterly-january-june-2026/

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20 July

Der Markt für E-Autos hat sich deutlich weiterentwickelt: mehr verfügbare Modelle, durchschnittlich mehr Motorleistung und größere Reichweiten bei niedrigeren realen Preisen. ➡️ Studie mit @iccteu.bsky.social: www.isi.fraunhofer.de/de/presse/20...

22 July

🇪🇺 Europe’s battery electric car registrations recorded a 24% market share in June. For H1 2026, the market share was 22%, a 5-percentage-point increase compared with the same period in 2025.🚗⚡ #ICCTMarketMonitor Learn more: theicct.org/publication/...

20 July

NEW: EV prices #Germany 🇩🇪 have decreased by 18%, while model availability has increased fourfold. The ICCT and @fraunhoferisi.bsky.social analyzed price trends in the EU’s largest car market from 2020 to 2025. Our new study is based on over 100,000 vehicle data points across six market segments.