The electric car solved emissions by hiding them.

The carbon an EV loses at the tailpipe reappears upstream, in batteries, in mines, in the ground itself. Axis makes a vehicle's true impact provable, from the mine to the road. Powered by Telos.

We prove the whole car is clean. We do not stop at the tailpipe.

Why Now

The clean-car story has an upstream problem.

6x

An electric car requires roughly six times the critical minerals of a combustion car, shifting its footprint from the road to the supply chain.

Source: IEA

15%

Road transport is over 15 percent of global energy-related emissions, the largest single piece of transport's footprint.

Source: IEA

post-2030

Major automakers' full Scope 1 to 3 emissions may not peak until after 2030, with some still rising, because the tailpipe win hides an upstream loss.

Source: ICCT analysis

Where a vehicle's emissions actually live.

  • Tailpipe: 4%
  • Battery & minerals: 46%
  • Manufacturing: 28%
  • Materials & other: 22%

Illustrative EV lifecycle emissions. The tailpipe is the smallest part. Source: IEA battery lifecycle analysis.

Introducing Axis

One platform. Every vehicle, all the way down.

Powered by iQuantile infrastructure, Axis traces a vehicle's carbon, minerals, and labor from the mine to the road, turning a clean claim into a proven record.

What Axis Does

Five fronts. One honest vehicle.

  1. Supply Chain Provenance
    Axis traces every battery mineral to its source, with forced labor proven out of the chain.
  2. Lifecycle Carbon
    Axis measures full Scope 1 to 3 emissions, mine to road, not just the tailpipe.
  3. Battery & Circularity
    Axis tracks recycling and second-life so spent batteries cut the need to mine again.
  4. Responsible Sourcing
    Axis verifies that the minerals in the car did not come at the cost of Indigenous land or exploited labor.
  5. Workforce
    Axis makes fair conditions across the manufacturing workforce provable, not assumed.

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Lifecycle emission shares, percent

  • Tailpipe: 0%
  • Battery & minerals: 78%
  • Manufacturing: 100%

The Sustainability Dividend

A clean transition has to be clean all the way down.

On Axis, proving a vehicle is clean all the way down is what makes the clean-car promise real and fundable.

What Becomes Possible

Environmental

  • Real reductions: Verified lifecycle data cuts the emissions the tailpipe number was hiding.

Social

  • Clean minerals: Proven provenance keeps forced labor and stolen land out of the supply chain.

Market

  • Passport-ready: Verified lifecycle records meet Battery Passport and procurement requirements as they take effect.

Capital

  • Lower cost of capital: Provable responsibility opens financing that unverified supply chains cannot reach.

Frameworks We Adhere To

  • EU Battery Passport
  • GHG Protocol Scope 1-3
  • Science Based Targets
  • OECD Due Diligence
  • IRMA
  • ISO 14040 LCA

Additional frameworks are configured during the assessment based on your markets and supply chains.

Global Alignment

A clean transition advances global goals.

  1. Responsible Production
    Lifecycle traceability turns vehicle manufacturing into accountable, provable production.
  2. Climate Action
    Full Scope 1 to 3 measurement targets the emissions a tailpipe number leaves out.
  3. Decent Work
    Verified sourcing keeps forced and exploited labor out of the battery supply chain.
  4. Industry & Innovation
    Provable clean manufacturing builds the responsible industrial base the transition needs.

The Blueprint Is the First Step

Prove the whole car is clean. Then the clean car is true.

The Blueprint maps your vehicle's full impact and supply chain and plans how Axis proves it, scoped to your models and delivered in four to six weeks.