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SUVs are getting wider, outgrowing roads and parking spaces in these countries

Baua Electric

Interestingly, while the world of automobiles is thriving towards zero-emission mobility by introducing various cleaner and greener powertrain technologies, the rising demand and sales of fossil-fuel-run SUVs are offsetting the benefits coming from electric vehicles and other cleaner fuels.

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ICCT analysis finds real-world vehicle fuel consumption gap in Europe at all-time high of 42%

Green Car Congress

Since September 2017, a new test procedure, the Worldwide Harmonized Light Vehicles Test Procedure (WLTP), has to be followed for new vehicle types. From laboratory to road: A 2017 update of official and “real-world” fuel consumption and CO 2 values for passenger cars in Europe. com (Spain); and the car club TCS (Switzerland).

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