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Zero Emission Vehicle Glossary Of Terms

Zero Emission Vehicle Glossary Of Terms

 

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

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