Green Car Congress
MARCH 13, 2010
Average new car CO 2 emissions in the UK fell by their biggest ever margin last year with the impact of recession and the Scrappage Incentive Scheme boosting the continued influence of technological advances made by vehicle manufacturers, according to the annual New Car CO 2 Report from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT).
Green Car Congress
MARCH 19, 2011
improvement recorded between 2008 and 2009. in the first half of 2010 compared with the same period in 2009. The scrappage scheme, which ended in March 2010, was a significant factor in this trend. respectively on 2009 figures. An earlier report by the SMMT showed that average new car CO 2 emissions fell 4.7%
Green Car Congress
JUNE 29, 2011
The decrease in average emissions in 2010 was lower than in 2009 (5.1%); the results in 2009 were possibly influenced by the economic crisis and the scrappage schemes in some member states. The average engine capacity of the cars sold in 2010 slightly increased compared to 2009.
Green Cars News
OCTOBER 13, 2009
The scrappage scheme has put the car industry on track to meet the EU target of 130g/km of CO2 by 2012. That’s the verdict of Clean Green Cars , which launched an investigation that found that average new car CO2 fell by 5.5 Other manufacturers to have made significant gains include Hyundai with an average of 134.4g/km
Green Cars News
APRIL 22, 2009
It didn’t take long for vehicle manufacturers to jump on the scrappage bandwagon in a bid to strike while the iron is hot. One of the first manufacturers to react to Alistair Darling’s Budget 2009 announcement was Citroen.
Green Cars News
APRIL 22, 2009
Alistair Darling’s 2009 Budget, which announced the introduction of a £2,000 scrappage incentive scheme in the UK, has been met with mixed reviews from industry experts. “To describe this scrappage scheme as environmentally friendly is not just greenwash, it is hogwash. What do you think of the scrappage scheme?
Green Cars News
JULY 6, 2009
The much derided scrappage scheme in the UK has started to benefit new car registrations for June 09. We are now beginning to see the positive impact of the scrappage scheme translate into new vehicle registrations,” said Paul Everitt, SMMT chief executive. Average new car CO2 emissions fell to 152.3g/km
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