Zero Emission Vehicle Glossary Of Terms
A-ICE Autonomous Vehicle With Internal Combustion Engine
A-EV Autonomous Electric Vehicle
AQEG Air Quality Expert Group
AQMA Air Quality Management Area
AV Autonomous Vehicle
BEIS Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
BEV Battery Electric Vehicles
BRT Belfast Rapid Transit
CAFS Cleaner Air for Scotland – The Road to a Healthier Future
CAV Connected and autonomous vehicle
CBTF Clean Bus Technology Fund
CNG Compressed natural gas
CO2 Carbon dioxide
COMEAP Committee on the Medical Effects of Air Pollutants
COPERT COmputer Programme to calculate Emissions from Road Transport
CVRAS Clean Vehicle Retrofit Accreditation Scheme
CVTF Clean Vehicle Technology Fund
DAERA Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
DCLG Department for Communities and Local Government
Defra Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
DfT Department for Transport
DH Department of Health
DVSA Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
ECA Emission control area
E-REV Extended Range Electric Vehicle
EST Energy Saving Trust
EU European Union Euro standards EU-wide standards for exhaust emissions of air pollutants. Current standards for new vehicles are: ‘Euro 6’ for light duty vehicles (cars and vans) and ‘Euro VI’ for heavy duty vehicles.
EV Electric vehicle
FCEV Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle A vehicle that uses hydrogen gas as fuel used to drive an electric motor
GHG Greenhouse gas
GLA Greater London Authority
HGV Heavy goods vehicle
HRS Hydrogen refuelling stations
ICE Internal Combustion Engine
IO Individual Ownership
ICED Internal Combustion Vehicle Blocking An EV Charging Point
LAQM Local Air Quality Management
LCCT Low Carbon Truck Trial
LEZ Low Emission Zone
LGV Light goods vehicle
Low CVP Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership
LNG Liquefied natural gas
LPG Liquefied petroleum gas
MARPOL International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships
NLEF National Low Emission Framework (Scotland)
NO Nitric oxide
NO2 Nitrogen dioxide
NOx Nitrogen oxides (includes NO and NO2)
NRMM Non-road mobile machinery
OLEV Office For Low Emission Vehicles
PHE Public Health England
PHEV Plugin Hybrid Electric Vehicle
PiCG Plugin Car Grant
TaaS Transport As A Service
TFL Transport for London
ULEV Ultra Low Emission Vehicle ( emits 75g CO2/km or less)
ULEZ Ultra Low Emission Zone
VOS Vehicle Operating System