2012 China Environmentally Friendly Vehicle Report (June 2013 / Clean Transportation Program)

This periodic report makes use of iCET’s Environmentally Friendly Vehicle rating computing tool to report on China’s greenest cars in 10 different market segments. The 2012 report includes trends identification based on three consecutive years of data collection and annual reporting. The report’s green score ranking, ranging between 1 (least performing) and 10 points (best performing), is based on a globally recognized GHG lifecycle assessment methodology tailored to China’s characteristics. Various private vehicles segment are targeted, such as compact cars, mid-size, medium and large cars, as well as luxury cars, SUVs, MPVs and NEVs. Highlights: 2012 Top 10 models scored 5.69L/100km, marking an annual increase of only 0.05 from the 2011 5.74L/100km on average; The overall environmental performance of China’s Top 10 EFV greatly improved on average. This improvement is likely to be the result of industrial adherence to China’s CAFC; 2012 average green score of newly listed models was around 4.5-6.5 points, compared with 2011 models new listing scores concentrated around 4-6 green score points.