ERTRAC—European Road Transport Research Advisory Council

ERTRAC—European Road Transport Research Advisory Council

Road transport is one of the greatest conundrums challenging the sustainability of our lifestyles today. Mobility is essential—for the individual, for commerce and for industry. Indeed, the increased prosperity of the past 40 years has been underpinned by road...
A European framework for water quality

A European framework for water quality

In October 2000 the European Commission published an all-encompassing Directive for water. Five years on from the first concept, the Water Framework Directive (WFD) was intended to replace a patchwork of other legislation, often overlapping and even contradictory,...
CONCAWE Review – Spring 2005

CONCAWE Review – Spring 2005

Volume 14, issue 1: ERTRAC was established in 2002 as an ‘Advisory Council’ with a view to improving European research in the road transport sector. Its first objectives were to develop a shared Vision of road transport in 2020+ and an associated Strategic Research...
Fuel effects on emissions from advanced diesel engines and vehicles

Fuel effects on emissions from advanced diesel engines and vehicles

Report no. 2/05: To update understanding on emissions from road transport, CONCAWE is continuing to assess fuel effects on emissions from new engine/vehicle technologies as they approach the market. In this work, two advanced light-duty diesel vehicles and three...