China Environmentally Friendly Vehicle (EFV) Annual Research Report 2010 (May 2011 / Clean Transportation Program)

This report is based on the Environmentally Friendly Vehicle methodology jointly developed by iCET and the Vehicle Emission Control Center of the Ministry of Environmental Protection in 2006-2007 for evaluating the impact of individual models of vehicles on the environment based on openly available data. Taking a lifecycle perspective, the methodology looks at the production and use of vehicles, taking exhaust emission standards, fuel type, fuel economy and curb weight as basic parameters for evaluation. iCET &#39s database now contains more than 5400 models of vehicles made under 80 brands in the Chinese market. A Green Rating is available for all vehicles, and the report has also generated top-ten rankings in each of the categories of micro cars, small cars, compact cars, midsize, medium and large cars, luxury cars, SUVs, MPVs, sports cars and New Energy Vehicles.