News & Events
iCET held its BestEV project kick-off and consensusdevelopment meeting in Beijing
iCET held a BestEV kick-off meeting to advance EV commercialization in Beijing on December 3, 2015 at the Energy Foundation China HQ. Local and national policymakers have taken steps to increasingly strengthen consumer benefits in order to accelerate NEV commercialization but despite these efforts, supply and demand of high-quality EVs has remained low. As a step to increase EV performance, BestEV aims to provide the general public and automakers with insights regarding China’s EV market.
2015 CAFC Report Press Conference
The Innovation Center for Energy and Transportation (iCET) held its 5th China Passenger Vehicle Fuel Consumption 2015 Development Annual Report press conference at Media Coffee in Beijing on December 2, 2015. Attendees included representatives from more than 30 different companies, higher educational institutions, rand media outlets, including NDRC, Tsinghua University, CATARC, BATC, GreatWall Motor, Ford, GAC, Business News, Petroleum Business News, China Auto, China Daily and others.
iCET joined the Future Transport Laboratory and signed a collaboration framework agreement with Shenzhen Urban Transport Planning Center (SUTPC)
iCET joined the Future Transport Laboratory and signed a collaboration framework agreement with Shenzhen Urban Transport Planning Center (SUTPC) in November 2015. Formed in January 2015, the lab goes beyond sharing experiences and lessons from partner cities and parties and aimed at spearing transport planning and innovation through open knowledge exchange platform and forums.
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iCET participated in the 5th meeting of NEA-TC/22 as a standing committee member
The fifth meeting of NEA-TC/22 was held at COFCO Beijing Research Institute on November 26, 2015. iCET’s Clean Transportation Manager Liping Kang, a standards’ standing committee member, attended the meeting which was was initiated by China National Energy Administration to develop bio-liquid fuel product and standards for promoting the sustainable development of the Biofuel industry.
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iCET jointly conducts ADB railway energy conservation research
After more than a year of research work, Dr. Feng An, President of iCET, as well as the leader of Asian Development Bank Railway Energy Conservation Research Team, successfully held the final report meeting in Beijing on Oct.25th 2015. The research team consists of members from iCET and China Academy of Railway Sciences and the National Institute of Economic System and Management Development and Reform Commission. The project aims to promote policy recommendations for the Chinese government and relevant enterprises to provide energy saving railroad and railway, and to raise awareness of the Asia-Pacific region government’s energy efficiency policies and measures as well as to provide relevant methods and tools.
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