China covers carbon footprint data for all domestic passenger car models: data

China has logged the carbon footprint of every passenger car model on the market, creating a unified emissions record that strengthens the auto industry's low-carbon transition and export credentials, according to official data.

China's Automotive Industry Carbon Footprint Publicity Platform (CPP) collected carbon footprint data on over 12,100 vehicle models from 92 passenger car manufacturers nationwide as of the end of July 2026, covering all domestically produced passenger cars and mainstream imported models, according to the latest figures released by the platform.

Experts say this signals a new phase for China's automotive carbon data management system, which is becoming more comprehensive and systematic.

The country's automotive industry once faced challenges in low-carbon management, including inconsistent standards, fragmented data, and incomplete traceability.

The CPP platform has now established a carbon data chain spanning from upstream raw materials to the vehicle use stage, systematically driving carbon reduction across the entire industrial chain.

"Overseas markets are increasingly demanding detailed carbon traceability and accounting for products. The CPP platform has built a cross-border carbon footprint mutual recognition system, and has become a core platform for mutual recognition of life cycle assessment rules and standards between Chinese and foreign automotive industries," said Zhao Dongchang, a chief expert at the China Automotive Technology and Research Center Co., Ltd. (CATARC).

The platform's data resources are expected to support the establishment of standardized, benchmarkable, and assessable low-carbon development metrics, serving as a "green passport" for Chinese vehicles going global.

China covers carbon footprint data for all domestic passenger car models: data

Nearly 200,000 people have been evacuated near Bordeaux, a city on the Garonne River in the Gironde department, as wildfires rage on in southwestern France.

Water-bombing aircraft swooped low over the fires raging outside Bordeaux, but load after load of water disappears into the flames.

"The intensity is enormous. We already had a fire in 2022 in the same spot. It started right here. As you can see, there's nothing left. And four years later, we're back in the same place," said Arnault Des Granges, a firefighter.

Twenty kilometers west of Bordeaux, the biggest of the 32 fires raging out of control in the south of France is scorching the pine forest.

"It's so terrible that the fire is hard to control. The fire is 500 meters away, and the flames are leaping 500 meters. With the wind they're forecasting at 80 kilometers per hour, I don't think we'll put it out. It's going to spread," Granges said.

A bit further down the road, the race was on to get horses out. Spooked by the smoke and noise, they were rushed onto trailers and driven to safety.

At a makeshift reception center, beds were laid out, and huge quantities of food prepared for exhausted firefighters.

"We're making them some paella and camembert with fries. That way they can eat and regain their strength to fight the fire," said a staff member at the center.

Around 200,000 evacuated as wildfires rage on in southwestern France