Twilight of the carbon economy
Dusk approaches, but the denouement is unclear. Will the flames of 2026 engulf fossil fuels, the internal combustion engine, electric vehicles or net zero? Are we about to see the twilight of the carbon economy? Or perhaps twilight of our environmental idols?
Podcast: Nick Molden joins Chris Caldwell, CEO of United Renewables on his podcast Conversations on Climate change
Molden and Schmidt: the sustainable motoring podcast
Nick Molden, and former Volkswagen executive Oliver Schmidt, have joined forces to confront the thorniest issues facing the industry. The podcast brings together two of the sector's most experienced independent analysts . Their podcast - Molden and Schmidt - is available on Spotify, YouTube, Apple and the Emissions Analytics website.
Podcast: Emissions Analytics featured in CoMotion Postcast
Presentation: Emissions Analytics Tire Technology Expo Presentation 20 March 2024
Why you should be interested in tyres
A surprisingly compelling subject
Dinner table, or social media, conversation may centre on arguments over which football team deserves to win the league, or whether the Mustang or Camaro is better, but the common feature of such polemics is that they represent simple and interesting questions. The topic of tyres, however, and if you dare raise it, may stun your companions into silence. Tyres are not simple and interesting. They are complex and boring – at least on the outside.
Webinar: Tyre emissions from the latest electric vehicles
Our CEO & Founder, Nick Molden presented a webinar on the tyre emissions from the latest electric vehicles on 19th September 2023. The world is on a path to electrifying everything that moves, primarily driven by the desire to decarbonise. But no vehicle is zero emission, and the latest emissions regulations in Europe, the US and beyond are now starting to incorporate non-exhaust emissions.
FUD off
Fear, uncertainty and doubt in an age of decarbonisation
Fear. Uncertainty. Doubt. This rhetorical triptych is increasingly used as an insult to describe interventions from anyone who deviates from the current environmental orthodoxy. When French philosopher René Descartes sat down in the seventeenth century Netherlands to write his Discourse on Method, he also faced FUD.
Cabin fever
In our last newsletter we looked at the unethical challenge set by a high profile academic to see whether you would die if locked inside your garage with an internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicle running.
NEW international Cabin AIR Index launched
Emissions Analytics and the University of Portsmouth collaborate on the study to investigate impact of toxic tyre chemicals in UK waters
Emissions Analytics is thrilled to be featured in a groundbreaking news article by the University of Portsmouth. The article, titled "Study to Investigate Impact of Toxic Tyre Chemicals in UK Waters," sheds light on a crucial research endeavor that aims to understand the environmental consequences of tyre chemical pollutants.
Open letter: Regulating pollutants from tyre emissions
Don't try this at home!
Increasingly simplistic calls to #Stopburningstuff and #Stickyourselftothings have recently been accompanied by another call: that anyone who challenges the virtues of battery electric vehicles (BEVs) should shut themselves in their garage alongside their idling internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicle for an hour, to see whether they emerge to tell the tale.
What matters is not the promise of electric vehicles but the actuality
Friday 18 September 2015 saw Dieselgate break. This was the culmination of a growing dissonance between real-world nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions and official values for cars and vans. The rupture was created by governments picking a technology, for the purposes of decarbonisation, where too much was taken on trust within a fragile governance system.
AIR welcomes the publication of a standardised method to collect vehicle interior air quality data
The AIR Alliance (Allow Independent Road-testing), the independent alliance set up to improve air quality by promoting independent, on-road vehicle emissions testing, welcomes the publication of the CEN workshop agreement CWA 17934, the real drive test method for collecting vehicle interior air quality data.
Environmental justice
The term ‘environmental justice’ can often be used in a mushy, socialistic sense, but behind it is a deadly serious concept. Put broadly, it means that all parts of society should be treated equally under environmental law, or that everyone has the right to the same protection from pollution and other harm from emissions.
Champagne Supernova?
When an exploding star led to the observation of supernova SN 2003fg in 2003, it was nicknamed the ‘Champagne Supernova’ due to its unusual brightness, and its inexplicably great mass. Many supernovae eventually succumb to their own weight, leaving behind a black hole. Are we at this stage with battery electric vehicles (BEVs)?