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Audi pricing 2015 A3 sedan starting at $29,900 in US; diesel, PHEV coming

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Audi of America announced that base pricing for the 2015 A3 sedan in the US will start at $29,900. It will be joined later in 2014 by the recently announced Audi A3 Cabriolet; A3 TDI clean diesel; the high-performance S3 sedan; and in early 2015, the A3 Sportback e-tron gasoline electric plug-in hybrid (PHEV).

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JATO: registrations in Europe for electrified vehicles overtook diesel in September for first time

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JATO Dynamic’s data for 27 markets in Europe shows that the total number of electrified cars registered in September (encompassing pure electric, plug-in hybrids, full hybrids and mild hybrids) was higher than the number of registrations for diesel cars. At the same time, the diesel market share posted a record low of only 24.8%

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Audi of America introduces 2015 A3 Sedan with gasoline engines; diesel and PHEV coming

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Audi of America introduced the all-new 2015 A3 Sedan with both the 1.8 TFSI gasoline-fueled powertrains. The A3 Sedan will be joined later in 2014 by the recently announced Audi A3 Cabriolet, A3 TDI clean diesel, the high-performance S3 Sedan and in early 2015, the A3 Sportback e-tron gasoline electric hybrid (PHEV).

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New report finds global CO2 vehicle emission reduction measures falter; dropping diesels, increasing SUVs

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Average new LDV fuel economy (liters gasoline equivalent per 100 km (L ge /100 km) by country or region (2005-17) and new registrations (2017). per year between 2015 and 2017. A total of 27 countries—including Sweden, Canada and the United Kingdom—saw the fuel economy of their fleets stagnate or worsen from 2015 to 2017.

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JATO: European new car CO2 emissions highest average since 2014; shift from diesel to gasoline and SUVs rise

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The analysis covered 23 markets in Europe and found a direct correlation between diesel car registrations and average CO2 emissions. With increased negative public perception towards diesels, combined with new government regulations such as WLTP and scrutiny of the fuel type, demand for diesel fell by 18% in 2018.

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New cars in Europe in 2013 collectively met 2015 CO2 target two years ahead of the deadline

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2015 target: 130 g CO 2 /km. AFV are alternative fuel vehicles: electric, LPG, NG-biomethane, E85, biodiesel, hybrid and plug-in vehicles. The average CO 2 emissions level of a new car sold in 2013 was 127 g CO 2 /km; the target for 2015 was 130 g/km. The average per-km CO 2 emissions for gasoline-fueled cars was 128.62

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European car market logs best year for alternative fueled vehicles, lowest diesel share since 2001

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Diesel vehicles posted their lowest market share since 2001, as demand fell by double digits in 20 of the 27 markets included in JATO’s analysis, with the biggest drops in the UK (-30%), Scandinavia (-22%) and Benelux (-22%). and recorded its lowest volume since 2014. —Felipe Munoz, JATO’s global analyst. market share. In total, 5.4

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