Stimulating low-carbon vehicle technologies
Contributors: International Transport Forum; Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Series: Round table -- 148; Round table (Transport Research Centre) -- 148.
Publisher: OECD/ITF
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Paris
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource]
Number of pages: 162
ISBN-13: 9789282102978; 9789282102916
Subjects: Automobiles; Environmental aspects; Technological innovations; Government policy; Fuel consumption
Description: "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."--Publisher's description.
Notes: "Transport Research Centre."

At head of title: OECD, International Transport Forum.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Summary of discussions; title: Combinations of instruments to achieve low-carbon vehicle-miles / by Don Fullerton and Daniel H. Karney; title: Why the market for new passenger cars generally unvervalues fuel economy / by David Greene; title: The impact of economic instruments on the auto industry and the consequences of fragmenting markets : focus on the EU case / by Luc Bastard; title: The demand for and the supply of fuel efficiency in models of industrial organisation / by Johannes Van Biesebroeck.