# 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.

## Meet Otto

### Ask Otto what a vehicle really costs the planet.

#### OttoVerified intelligence
Is our flagship EV actually clean end to end? Can we prove our cobalt is not from forced labor? Does recycling actually reduce our mining demand?

#### 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.