Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 23, 2019
Uber is adding more polluting car trips to already-clogged European cities such as London and Paris, new analysis by European NGOs suggests —contributing to air pollution and climate change and exploding the company’s sustainability claims. Source: “Europe’s giant ‘taxi’ company: is Uber part of the problem or the solution?”.
Green Car Congress
JUNE 10, 2016
Air pollution from sources such as transport and agriculture is still being emitted above legal limits in 10 European Union (EU) Member States according to new data published by the European Environment Agency (EEA). The EU-28 as a whole did not exceed its aggregated emission ceilings for any of the four air pollutants in 2014.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 21, 2017
Within the EU28 the trends vary between countries with decreases of 6% for the UK and Bulgaria and of 3% for Greece and Spain, while increases of 5% in Ireland and Denmark and of 4% in Sweden and Finland occurred. Since 2015, the EU’s CO 2 emissions have stabilized, representing 9.6% Other greenhouse gases keep creeping up.
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 6, 2013
Within the EU, it cites examples from France, Germany, Spain, the United Kingdom, and Denmark. Spain has set a goal of 250,000 electric vehicles on the road by 2014. In the US, President Obama declared an American goal of putting one million EVs on the road by 2015. —“Electric Vehicle Grid Integration”.
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 24, 2013
SEAT in Spain, with an 8MW solar array, generates 56% of its own power. CO 2 emissions by the European new vehicle fleet will be reduced by some 30% during the period from 2006 to 2015—emissions will be below the threshold of 120 grams CO 2 /km for the first time by 2015. Volkswagen sustainability targets.
Green Car Congress
JULY 4, 2017
Eleven EU Member States breached air pollution ceilings in 2015 mostly due to high emissions from agricultural and transport sources, according to new data and a briefing released by the European Environment Agency (EEA). The briefing includes information on countries’ 2015 emissions and national ceilings for different pollutants.
Green Cars News
SEPTEMBER 15, 2009
EU regulation is striving to cut the CO2 emitted by cars to an average figure of 130 g/km by 2015. Spain / 148 / 153 / 6. Portuguese drivers are the greenest in Europe when it comes to buying cars with an average CO2 rate of 138g/km (eg. The average British driver comes sixteenth in the list with 158g/km (eg. VW Passat).
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