Governments around the world are increasingly intervening in automobile markets to improve fuel economy and reduce emissions of CO2 from new vehicles. This report reviews the rationale for such intervention and examines measures for maximum effectiveness and minimum cost. The Round Table brought...

Analyse und Ausblick auf die Zukunft der Autoindustrie. Die Zeitenwende wird in 3 "Wellen" skizziert: Antriebsintelligenz (abgasfreies Fahren), künstliche Intelligenz (autonom fahrende Autos) und Schwarmintelligenz / Sharing Economy (gemeinschaftliche Kfz-Nutzung). (2-3)

With a focus on establishing whether climate targets can be met under different personal transport scenarios we introduce a transport sector representing the use and profile of light domestic vehicles (LDVs) into the integrated assessment model WITCH. In doing so we develop long term projections...

Flüssige Kraftstoffe werden auch künftig eine bedeutende Rolle spielen. Andere Energiestoffe haben es schwer sich auf dem Markt durchzusetzen, teilweise weil die Infrastruktur fehlt und teilweise weil weltweit ein riesiger Fuhrpark aus Fahrzeugen mit Verbrennungsmotoren, deren Lebensdauer...

This paper provides the first empirical evidence of the distributional effects of subsidies for the purchase of alternative vehicles based on an extended version of Hausman's exact consumer surplus. Consistently with economic theory, we estimate changes in household welfare, inequality and...

The transport sector is the only sector where carbon emissions continue to grow. This has led policy makers to propose ambitious policies to reduce emissions in the car sector, in particular fuel efficiency standards, portfolio mandates for Electric Vehicles and purchase taxes or subsidies. A...