Focus on vehicle efficiency to reduce GHG emissions

Sustainable transportation is a key aspect of reducing global carbon emissions to stem the climate crisis. The avoid, shift, improve, and fuel (ASIF) framework outlines a comprehensive approach to creating more sustainable transport systems. While much attention is given to alternative fuel technologies, particularly electric vehicles (EVs), the efficiency improvement strategy remains one of the least discussed but highly effective levers of sustainable transportation. This strategy, however, often gets overshadowed by the excitement surrounding new fuel technologies. While all other strategies, such as modal shift from private to public transport or road to rail transport, are important, efficiency improvement is a crucial yet under-appreciated policy lever.