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BMW: “We don’t cheat”; diesel is needed to hit CO2 targets; call for WLTP and RDE

Green Car Congress

Meeting future requirements will not be feasible without diesel drive trains, since a diesel engine emits roughly 15 to 20% less CO 2 on average than a comparable petrol engine. The progress achieved so far in CO 2 reduction in Europe is largely due to the use of diesel technology. This represents approx. 20,000 vehicles in the US in 2014.

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Norwegian/Finnish studies find Euro 6 cars exceeding NOx and CO2 type limits in real-world conditions; below on PM

Green Car Congress

Although the researchers believe that heavy vehicles with Euro VI engine will have low emissions of NO x even in cold test conditions, they will test this during the winter 2015/2016. —TØI Report 1407/2015. —TØI Report 1407/2015. TØI Report 1407/2015. TØI Report 1405/2015. TØI Report 1259/2013.

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Volvo makes its last diesel car and puts it in a museum

Baua Electric

Electrek’s Take It’s good to see the end stages for diesel, which peaked in 2015, some 30 years after it first achieved a double-digit share of the European market. Petrol-burning engines are soon to see the same fate. Next year, the EU is tightening its restrictions with a 15% reduction in CO2 emissions by 2025 for both cars and vans.

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Ford doubles German production capacity of 1.0L EcoBoost to 1,000 units per day

Green Car Congress

Ford of Europe has previously announced plans to triple annual production of vehicles equipped with fuel-efficient EcoBoost petrol engines to approximately 480,000 by 2015, from 141,000 in 2011. liter EcoBoost that will be the first non-hybrid gasoline-powered family car in Europe to offer 99 g/km CO2 emissions. Earlier post.)

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Fiat becomes lowest average CO2 carmaker

Green Cars News

Fiat has the lowest average CO2 emissions figure on all cars sold in Europe the latest figures show. The new figure – corroborated by automotive data provider, JATO – means that Fiat is the only mainstream car brand to achieve the European average goal, of 130 g/km by 2015, five years early. Tags: Fiat CO2 emissions leader.

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Lessons From Norway’s Journey To Becoming The Global Leader In EV Adoption

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To learn from its experience, let’s look back through Norway’s 30-year journey to becoming an EV giant: it all started with a mission to curb the country’s CO2 emissions. Curbing CO2 Emissions with Electric Transport. By 2015, Norway already had 10,000 charging stations.

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Naysayer Alert – the hydrogen red herring

My Electric Car

In addition, it is subject to similar refining, storage and distribution costs currently associated with petrol and diesel, including upstream CO2 emissions where the electricity required is usually generated from fossil fuels. Fourth, like all fossil fuels hydrogen is highly volatile, far more so than petrol.